Tyson-Hollyfield 1991

[Master]

WHAT IF Tyson Fought Holyfield in 1991? Who wins ?

Before the imprisonment i think he had enough to win but I feel the fight would be so great that they would have 2 other fights which Evander would win. Holyfiels was the nemesis of Tyson, similar to what he did with Bowe, just finished off their careers.

[ykdadamaja]

WHAT IF Tyson Fought Holyfield in 1991? Who wins ?

Before the imprisonment i think he had enough to win but I feel the fight would be so great that they would have 2 other fights which Evander would win. Holyfiels was the nemesis of Tyson, similar to what he did with Bowe, just finished off their careers.

Evander didn't finish off Bowe.... Golota and Lennox Lewis via the media finished off Bowe.

[Master]

WHAT IF Tyson Fought Holyfield in 1991? Who wins ?

Before the imprisonment i think he had enough to win but I feel the fight would be so great that they would have 2 other fights which Evander would win. Holyfiels was the nemesis of Tyson, similar to what he did with Bowe, just finished off their careers.

Evander didn't finish off Bowe.... Golota and Lennox Lewis via the media finished off Bowe.

Bowe was finished by the time he fought Golota.

[Lineal]

I can see Tyson with Jacobs still with him defeating Holyfield, but even Jacobs had a hard time keeping Tyson on track. By '91 the trains was well off the rails

[El Kabong]

Evander may have had to survive a knockdown if they fought more towards Tyson's prime but he always had the perfect style to match Tyson. He met pressure with pressure, he never gave Tyson a chance to gather himself, he stayed busy with his hands, and he made openings vs Tyson and landed clean.


Tyson-Bowe would have been nice around that time or later Tyson-Briggs would have been nice, or Tyson-Rahman, or Tyson-Tua, or Tyson-Mercer, or Tyson-Moorer, or Tyson-Morrison....everyone who is anyone will admit they wanted to see Tyson fight more often and fight more of the stars/contenders after his stint in the hoosegow

[ElTerribleMorales]

WHAT IF Tyson Fought Holyfield in 1991? Who wins ?

Before the imprisonment i think he had enough to win but I feel the fight would be so great that they would have 2 other fights which Evander would win. Holyfiels was the nemesis of Tyson, similar to what he did with Bowe, just finished off their careers.

Evander didn't finish off Bowe.... Golota and Lennox Lewis via the media finished off Bowe.

Bowe finished off Bowe, by being a lazy fat ass who would rather down a burger than run on a treadmill, Foreman did the same thing during the second half of his career but he was an entirely different breed than Bowe

[Hulk]

WHAT IF Tyson Fought Holyfield in 1991? Who wins ?

Before the imprisonment i think he had enough to win but I feel the fight would be so great that they would have 2 other fights which Evander would win. Holyfiels was the nemesis of Tyson, similar to what he did with Bowe, just finished off their careers.

I never thought of it this way, but I believe you are correct. Holyfield took what each man had left to give at the elite level.

He was a motherfucker to fight, wasn't he?

[brocktonblockbust]

Tyson was already standing straight up looking for one punch with muchless head movement than the 80s Tyson. Holyfield was in his damnedest best prime in '91. Evander wins this one. A long slow beat down. UD or maybe late stoppage.

[SugarBoxing]

by all means, Holyfield would do far better than Tillis

[Mr140]

Holyfeild would take it at anytime i fell just a bad match up for Tyson really if you think about it. He had a chin, could recover fast, had stamina for days, could fight inside well and box, more heart then anyone and his head was fucking made of steel. Holyfeild is bad news for most to ever walk into the ring.

[Master]

Holyfeild would take it at anytime i fell just a bad match up for Tyson really if you think about it. He had a chin, could recover fast, had stamina for days, could fight inside well and box, more heart then anyone and his head was fucking made of steel. Holyfeild is bad news for most to ever walk into the ring.

Tyson would have decapitated him at 205lb which was what Evander weighed at his peak. Tyson's body shots would split Evander and he would have had broken ribs. Remember what Tyson did to Ruddock, he broke his jaw too.

[El Kabong]

Tyson would have decapitated him at 205lb which was what Evander weighed at his peak. Tyson's body shots would split Evander and he would have had broken ribs. Remember what Tyson did to Ruddock, he broke his jaw too.

Holyfield's style made it difficult for Tyson to work on the inside. Head to a side, arms in a cross blocking formation protecting the body, ready to roll and counter if Tyson went upstairs...and Evander was constantly moving forward never allowing Tyson to settle and build a rhythm or work his way inside to land cleanly.


Also at 205...who's to say Tyson's chin would have been as good at a lower weight? We saw Chris Byrd a relatively iron jawed heavyweight go down to 175 and get trashed by a guy who wasn't that big of a puncher. We've seen RJJ who went down in weight get a bit weaker in the chin.


Holyfield was just the bigger, badder, bully....ALWAYS. And regardless of time he'd always get Tyson for his lunch money.


I think the most interesting matches for Holyfield would have been Ken Norton and Joe Frazier and the best for Tyson would have been Riddick Bowe and Sonny Liston

[Spicoli]

Holyfeild would take it at anytime i fell just a bad match up for Tyson really if you think about it. He had a chin, could recover fast, had stamina for days, could fight inside well and box, more heart then anyone and his head was fucking made of steel. Holyfeild is bad news for most to ever walk into the ring.

Tyson would have decapitated him at 205lb which was what Evander weighed at his peak. Tyson's body shots would split Evander and he would have had broken ribs. Remember what Tyson did to Ruddock, he broke his jaw too.

Remember how one dimensional, telegraphed and still able to land on Tyson Ruddock was also.

Foreman literally lifted Holyfield off his feet with shots to the body and he was still shooting off 20 punch hook combos later on. Same thing happened to Tyson after he hit him with the best body shots he had in the 5th of fight #1. 205, 212...Holyfield was just all wrong for Tyson and would have been the one doing the breaking.

[jon09]

Holyfield beats him every time no matter the year.

[Master]

You all know nothing. Tyson 1986 version destroys any version Holyfield.

Tyson in 1991 was on the slide but he took the bombs from Ruddock so he certainly could take the punches of Evander who was smaller.

Holyfield ha a chance to fight Tyson but chose Foreman instead.