10 Dream Heavyweight Fights

[Master]

FOREMAN loses to HOLMES
Jack JOHNSON KO's Jack DEMPSEY
TYSON KO's Louis round 2

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

Muhammad Ali does NOT KO Tyson. Would never happen.

Tyson is overrated. I wouldn't choose him for any of my dream fights.

I haven't had an extremely good look on any of these. Not amazing matchups.

Joe Frazier vs. Rocky Marciano
Ali vs. Louis
Lewis vs. Bowe
Klitschko vs. Klitschko.
Liston vs. Wlad would be really good. A prime Liston was a pure monster.
Foreman vs. Marciano


And how nobody put this one up, I don't know. It's the only fight I want to see Tyson in.

Tyson vs. Foreman. Old Foreman or Young Foreman. Either version knocks him out cold.

[greynotsoold]

I think Tyson would beat Ali. Douglas, fighting the fight of his life against a less than best Tyson, had success with the jab, but mostly because of what he threw behind it. Tyson's whole game was based on drawing a jab, slipping it and countering with something hard, and he was very fast. Douglas maintained distance, made Tyson react to the jab, then countered with other punches. This made Tyson stand up and hesitate, and easier to hit with the jab. Ali's movement would play into Tyson's hands, let him get his forward motion rolling. He'd slip that jab and get to Ali.
And Ali would be at a disadvantage in that event because of his poor punching technique. He had a good right hand, but there was no shoulder in his jab, and he dropped both hands when he threw uppercuts. He never in his career learned how to block a left hook. At his peak, Tyson was faster than Frazier, and a two handed puncher and he'd stop Ali.
Ali's best chance to beat Tyson would be the Ali that fought Foreman. Frustrating Tyson and tying him up, potshotting him with right hands. Tyson didn't like to fight much inside and didn't know how to deal with a guy trying to wrap him up.

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

Tyson didn't have the heart to last past round eight with a good fighter. Ali would last. Ali would frustrate him. His mobility is a sure issue for Tyson. Nobody Tyson ever fought was as much of a dancer as Ali was.

[Spicoli]

Oliver McCall v Ray Mercer would have been insanely abusive
Ike Ibeabuchi vs Vitali Klitscho
Chris Byrd vs Bruce Seldon....call me nuts. I think that would be fun.

[Slim the BoxingManiac]

Now that you bring up Ibeabuchi, I think it'd be entertaining to see Ibeabuchi square off with Evander Holyfield.

Also, Rocky Marciano vs. George Chuvalo.

[Spicoli]

Now that you bring up Ibeabuchi, I think it'd be entertaining to see Ibeabuchi square off with Evander Holyfield.

Also, Rocky Marciano vs. George Chuvalo.

That would be quality. Ike is an enigma and is basically judged on the Tua and Byrd fights. At best it's ashame he blew his chances and went off the reservation. I like Holyfield in that one, think his in and out combination punching would suit him well and he wouldn't get suckered into a tooth and nail war inside. He had the mentality to get Ikes respect and the experience to exploit mental fragility that may have been there.

Marciano and Chuvalo may very well turn one another into hamburger. Really never thought of that one. Chuvalo did not face too many wrecking ball punchers and Foreman and Frazier got him out. Then again Marciano imo tends to get a bit of a pass on fact that he never topped 190 lbs. Respect to em but 190 is 190 in the heavyweight division. He'd be the puncher but also one of the smaller guys Chuvalo faced. Does he get Chuvalos respect, I honestly have no idea.