Yea another Tyson thread..

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Granted, he beat Ali after a 3 year layoff, but that's still a better win on paper than Iron Mike has on his resume. That being said, I still think Mike woulda whooped Smokin' Joe in both their primes

In which case you'd also have to say that Tyson would whoop the Ali that faced Frazier for the first time. This all starts to get a little weird. But yeah, If I was a betting man, my money would be on Tyson over Frazier also.

My whole point is that it ain't quite so "obvious" that Frazier's resume is much better than Tyson's.

I don't know about that Joe Frazier is underrated at times in mythical match ups. He just simply was never the same after that brutal 1st encounter with Muhammad Ali, but that verion of Joe Frazier was a beast. Non stop aggression with non stop body punching, and a hell of a chin and determination.

Mike Tyson could maybe KO Joe Frazier early, because Joe Frazier starts like a turtle. He was always a slow starter which would give a fast starter like Mike Tyson a chance, but theres also flip side that Joe Frazier survives the early onslaught, and wears Mike Tyson down with his body punching. And dishearten's Mike Tyson stopping him late on.

If they could fight both in their primes I think it would be a great fight in the mould of Hearns-Hagler exdcept with both men hitting the deck. Problem for Tyson would be Joe always got up (even from Foreman who punched even harder than Tyson) and Tyson never semmed to manage it and IMO never faced anyone who had a punch like Fraziers left hook!

So IMO this fight would be Frazier wins KO 4th round after climbing up from the canvas.