Riddick Bowe 92 vs Mike Tyson 88

[Max Power]

Alright let's do another tough one.

I seen good evenly matched hypos that could have happened like Moorer/Mercer.

Now who would prevail and how would this one go?

I see this as a closely competitive affair with high uncertainty and could be a major war!

[FinitoElDinamita]

I would take the best of Bowe over any version of Tyson.

I just think that Bowe is tougher when it comes down to it and I believe he can take as much as he dishes out.

Tyson would try to fight in close quarters but bowe's inside game would be too much for him.

[Max Power]

Tyson did have a good chin too though, but he was KO'd though. In his prime though Tyson was very fast and more powerful than anybody Bowe faced.

The biggest problem I see for Tyson is dealing with the height and range difference of Bowe.

Tyson did beat guys of similar size to Bowe but they were all bums.

I cannot write off Mike in this fight but I will lean toward a Bowe victory if I had to choose as well.

On the other hand Bowe was not all that hard to hit and on the inside he could be subjected to Tysons crisp and powerful fast combinations that would rock Bowe. However the Buster fight kind of goes a long way to mitigating that threat and proving that a guy like Riddick could also handle Tyson, probably even better.

Many would defend Tyson here though by claiming that that version of Tyson Buster beat was not prime or suffered drug problems at the time. But I think that Tyson was pretty close to prime.

I still consider later versions of Tyson to be extremely dangerous anyway, despite the losses to Holyfield who was a bad style match up for him at his degenerated slugger style. I think against certain opponents the heftier later Tyson would have been just as dangerous.

But probably not for Bowe!

[Max Power]

Prime Tyson was also one of the most elusive HW's of all time too. Bowe was good and would have landed often enough sure but I think Tyson would still make him miss a lot and capitalise on it.

I really would not want to bet on this outcome at all!

Mike Tyson vs Reggie Gross was my favourite example of Tyson's defensive capabilities. Simply awesome!

[Master]

Tyson KO 1 left hook like he did against Williams. Bowe could not live with Tyson and his inside fighting.

[Max Power]

Tyson KO 1 left hook like he did against Williams. Bowe could not live with Tyson and his inside fighting.

You cannot compare a borderline career bum like Williams to Bowe. Sure Carl was much better than his record suggested but he had nowhere near the chin, power, weight of Bowe and not quite the skill either.

I strongly disagree that Tyson, if he does win, manages it in 1 round. He took more than a round to finish heaps shitter opponents than Riddick.

[Ron Swanson]

Every time I read someone compliment Tysons inside abilities I want to explode and shout "go watch the f'n tape!". Sure Mike could fight inside but he almost never did. He fought on the way in and rested when he got inside. He usually just wrapped both arms around the outside of his opponents arms. Once every blue moon he would fire off an inside combination be it the double left hook to the body left hook upstairs, the right hook right uppercut or jumping to the side and firing off hooks. He very very very rarely did that.

Considering this particular match is rough because Bowe was brought up with the thought eventually he would have to face Tyson. If you wonder why a man Bowes size has such a good inside game I'd bet dollars to donuts he learned it always preparing for the eventual Tyson fight. Tyson wrapped both arms around the outside, Bowe looked for the uppercut on the inside. I doubt that's a coincidence. Bowe was molded specifically to beat Tyson. But he was too dumb to pull it off in my opinion.

[Beanflicker]

Tough fight to call. I'd have to go with Tyson though.

Bowe's jab and inside fighting would have been a tough night for Tyson though.

[Bo-Bo24]

Mike Tyson within 6 rounds. In his prime he would of landed something significant sooner or later because his movement and energy was electric back then.