1973 George Foreman vs 1986 Mike Tyson

[Master]

Bloody good point Donny

Donny knows nothing.

Tyson does not stand there and get hit like Frazier. Mike punched and moved to the sides and explodes with even more combinations. Tyson was elusive and you could counts on one hand the amount of times he was caught clean.

[IamInuit]

1-Lets be honest, the 1973 George Foreman could not box his way out of a doorway. Yes he won the Olympic gold but he clubbed the majority of his opponents out who were overcome by his size. He sports a 22-4 amateur record with most of his wins ending in similar fashion.
2-He never beat one golden era hev in their prime outside of Frazier but let’s be honest here again, I love Joe Frazier but he was a one handed fighter.
3-Yes he wiped Norton out but Nortons cross armed crab like drag one foot come forward style was perfect for big George. Not only that, Kenny was coming off 2 twelve round wars with Ali that took place in 6 months.
4-Tyson was most likely the fastest hev in history, had no neck with some of the best head movement for a big man that I have ever seen. He had great feet and could come off either side with bone crushing power

5-Cus D’amato’s math;

1 - Left hook to head.
2 - Straight right to head/right hook to head.
3 - Left uppercut.
4 - Right uppercut.
5 - Left hook to body.
6 - Right hook to body.
7 - Jab to head.
8 - Jab to body.

Tyson would mix 5 and 6 punch combinations in any order of those numbers possible with bad intentions on every shot.

Not only was that not the same Tyson in the Douglas fight but that Buster Douglas was perfect on the night and was not going to be denied. I'm not convinced that it would have mattered who was in front of him regardless of the blimp that showed up against Holyfield.

No offense to George as he was a freak in many ways but he’d think he was fighting a crowd.

[brocktonblockbust]

Anyone who picks against Foreman must have got hit by Foreman in the past.

[Master]

Anyone who picks against Foreman must have got hit by Foreman in the past.

Or you have been knocked out by Tyson?

[El Kabong]

Tyson was a bully....Foreman was a bigger bully. Both were scary in their primes. I think Foreman steamrolls Tyson...may have to recover or get off the floor to do it, but Foreman would catch him and finish it. Tyson never got off the canvas to win...and George wouldn't get blasted out in 1-4 either. Once you get to the 5th, Tyson starts to slow

[brocktonblockbust]

Tyson was a bully....Foreman was a bigger bully. Both were scary in their primes. I think Foreman steamrolls Tyson...may have to recover or get off the floor to do it, but Foreman would catch him and finish it. Tyson never got off the canvas to win...and George wouldn't get blasted out in 1-4 either. Once you get to the 5th, Tyson starts to slow

Agrreed. If he goes down, he is getting up and getting meaner. Foreman may have got hit with a knockdown or even two, but he will finish this show. He always finished the show except for against The Greatest. Jimmy Young fought a mentally confused/ready to retire/self-conflicted Foreman. Only Ali had the guile and the chin/body to do it. Tyson coming straight at George would run into a fucking clobbering telephone pole.

[tysonesque]

Tyson has the better hand speed, the better defence, the better movement and the same kind of power.

Peak Tyson ate big, slow guys for breakfast and Foreman would either be knocked out after 6 or 7 rounds or lose a one-sided decision.

Foreman was hit, hurt and decked by lesser fighters than Tyson.

[THE THIRD MAN]

There has never been such a brutal display of awesome power shown by a challenger in the history of Heavyweight boxing than what we saw with Foreman's demolition of Joe Frazier in 1973. This was Joe Frazier...conqueror of the great Muhammad Ali, a man who had taken all before him in the previous 10 years of his career. An Olympic gold medalist and undefeated World Heavyweight Champion and Foreman enters the ring and punches him around the ring like a rag doll. Foreman in 1973 is a monster, a powerhouse the Heavyweight division has never seen before. Ali studied him closely in this fight and his next two, by the time Foreman fought Ali he had only 5 rounds under his belt and Ali exposed this vulnerability and realised big George sent out messages that a punch was coming via the Pony Express! Foreman v Tyson in 1973 is a short fight, Tyson goes 2 rounds and receives similar treatment to Smokin' Joe.