Lets end the Mike Tyson debate

[Spicoli]

He and Moorer were pretty much a safe bet if he beat Holyfield. I just can't see him holding up over 12 without Tyson breaking through at one point. Both were very close in regards to the amount of 'mental' baggage they could carry. Moorer was a boxing jab happy fool in that window and had reinvented himself from a free swinging seek and destroy guy, but to take Mike he would have needed some of that fire. Then again he went wild early with ancient Smith and was rocked. Nearly all the big to huge punchers he faced rocked him or dropped him not to mention some of the not so big. Moorer would have to fight a perfect fight with zero mistakes, he slowed down mentally and coasted...Tyson could lapse also but still cave a face made of lego pieces in. I think Tyson gets him out.

[El Kabong]

He and Moorer were pretty much a safe bet if he beat Holyfield. I just can't see him holding up over 12 without Tyson breaking through at one point. Both were very close in regards to the amount of 'mental' baggage they could carry. Moorer was a boxing jab happy fool in that window and had reinvented himself from a free swinging seek and destroy guy, but to take Mike he would have needed some of that fire. Then again he went wild early with ancient Smith and was rocked. Nearly all the big to huge punchers he faced rocked him or dropped him not to mention some of the not so big. Moorer would have to fight a perfect fight with zero mistakes, he slowed down mentally and coasted...Tyson could lapse also but still cave a face made of lego pieces in. I think Tyson gets him out.

I see Tyson vs Moorer like this, in the 3 ways I mentioned
1. Prime vs Prime: Mike Tyson by KO 4. Even in his Prime Moorer didn't have the greatest chin and a free swinging Tyson would have landed flush shots early on and I don't think MM would have taken it well...but it would have been the heavyweight version of Hagler-Hearns IMO not saying MM was a great fighter, but he was fun to watch and he gunned for KO's as much as anyone else.

2. Providing Tyson didn't serve time, they would have met around 1994 after MM beat Holyfield: A closer fight, Moorer probably weathers the first few onslaughts and maybe wins a few rounds due to his boxing more carefully, but I think Tyson eventually catches up with him before Tyson tired out. Tyson TKO 7

3. When they could have actually fought 1996 after MM beat Frans Botha: I actually think MM was a broken fighter at this point and even an older Tyson with less head movement and throwing fewer combinations would quickly dispose of a guy who just didn't have boxing in his heart after the loss to Foreman. Tyson KO 1


And Riddick Bowe vs Tyson? Any takers on that action?