Quote Originally Posted by ross View Post
Quote Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales View Post
how many rounds did Tyson win against Lewis?
Yes your right, Mike only wan the first but on all three judges cards and had that been the the Tyson that fought Holmes, the one that rarely got hit, Lewis would have turned in to Bonecrusher and held on like he had a habit of doing.

Yes, this was an old shot Tyson who could really not do much with Lewis but he still managed to last 2 full rounds longer. Then Vitali gets the (apparently) underprepared version

If Mike can last 8 rounds with one of the divisions biggest ever punchers by just basically taking right hands for 8 rounds, I do believe the version from 14 years previous who is as much known for his defence as his speed and power would have
At the very least lasted the full 12, whereas a "prime" Vitali couldnt last as long as the shot version of Mike.
based on what? Lewis is of a higher caliber than Douglas and he got the job done against an undefeated Tyson, who's to say that Tyson would have even beaten a focused Riddick fucking Bowe? funny you keep bringing up Vitali's loss to Lewis yet that's not even considered the best or "prime" version of Vitali, the Vitali Klitschko of recent years is considered to be a lot more technically and strategically skilled than the one that took on Lewis, albeit an older version, Mike couldn't handle a 6'3 Douglas who wasn't known for having a great chin pumping his jab in his face, who's to say that he would have been able to cope against a 6'7 iron kettle for a chin Vitali who has 9 inches of reach and more or less 40 lbs of muscle on him and whom doesn't take a back step? seriously bro, Tyson in his prime was good....but he wasn't THAT good