Tyson Vs Ali. I know it's been beat to death, but I need help

[tysonesque]

Tyson in his prime is a beast.
Tyson should be in everyones top 3.

Compare small heavyweight fighters from any era like tyson..
Tyson is faster, best head movement ive ever seen and has ko power with thighs the size of an elephant.

And not forgetting at the age of 13-15 this kid was sparking out full grown men.

Tyson is a machine.

Ali is what floyd is today.
Beautiful boxing turned into an art.

The prime, young Tyson was like no other heavyweight I've ever seen and I've no doubt that he would have given Ali plenty of trouble. There is absolutely no way Lewis would have beaten the young Tyson either. Whether he could have actually beaten Ali is a different matter though.

His power and hand speed were insane and for someone who stood right in front of you, right in your face, he was almost impossible to hit. The Reggie Gross defensive performance and KO is absolutely unbelievable! Show me another heavyweight who could do that!

You're right, he's definitely in my top three. It's just a shame that his peak was so short and he went off the rails like he did. Having said that, even when was the unbeaten undisputed champ, anyone who knew anything about Tyson was saying he would self destruct and that's exactly what he did.

I don't think the Spinks fight was his best performance. His most conclusive and devastating given the scale of the fight at the time, but not his best.

It was impressive. But it was still only Reggie Gross

Sure, it's only Reggie Gross, but Tyson was just a kid. It's the only time I've ever seen a fighter force his opponent backwards while defending against a barrage of punches and without throwing a punch of his own. Then he picks his spot and Gross is flat on his back from a perfect left hook.

Peak Tyson was so damn in your face and impossible to hit that he put his opponents on the back foot even when they were winging punches trying to attack him. I have never seen another heavyweight do that.