Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
Tyson was fast, skilled and very powerful. There is no way you can overrate him in his prime. Against the all time greats of the heavyweight division he either beats them or gives them a run for their money. Wether you like him as a person or not you have to respect his former ability.
Tyson was all of the things you said, ...but!..he was alot of things you didn't mention, like when he faced a challange he failed every time. Once he become discouraged during a fight that he could not dictate he simply stopped fighting and just took a beating. Louis on the other hand, came back from knockdowns to crush opponents, watch his first fight with Jersey Joe Walcott who was a master boxer and who was beating the hell outta Louis who was just a shell of himself. Louis catches Walcott with a 6-7 punch combo at age 36 and the fight is over just that quick. Louis threw combinations of 7-8 punches that traveled 6"inches that put men in comas, he was just in another level when it came to punching power. I've seen films of all the great punchers Dempsey, Baer, Marciano, Liston, Frazier and Foreman. Louis was the only one that when he hit a man, they would lie twitching on the canvas, their bodies or their feet, not to mention the huge cuts and lumps on their faces in fights that only lasted 4-5 rds. Why do you think Ring Magazine named Louis the best puncher pound for pound in the last 75 years. I think a PRIME Joe Louis crushes a PRIME Mike Tyson....NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.