Mike Tyson v Sonny Liston

[Zilla]

You would have had to have been something exeptional to beat the young Tyson and I dont think Frazier and foreman were, they got hit they werent very mobile and werent particularly quick, Tyson would been all over em, Foreman only defended the titles twice before losing it.

Ali had a will to win but he did have trouble with quick fighters who could move and throw more than one shot at a time, he would have also had to be more reserved in his punch output because of Mikes defence.

To be fair to Liston, he did beat Patterson easy who fought with the same technique as Mike but Patterson could probably have fought as a light heavy, Mike would have been a whole different proposition.

In Mikes defence against Ali, Ali himself has actually said something along the lines of patterson being the most skilled boxer he fought.

Its hard for me to defend Mike against Lewis and Holyfield but the Lewis that got beat around by Mercer and the Holyfield that Bert Cooper was smashing around both loose quick to a young Tyson

Out of all the fighters since Tysons heyday, I see Bowe giving him the most to think about, that man was skilled

I can see Mike beating the younger version of Foreman simply because George didn't look that coordinated to me. He threw big punches and that's about it in my book. Frazier was hittable, that's why Geroge pulled the trigger on him. I could see Mike weaving around what George had to offer and blasting him to the body, then coming up to the head. As awkward as George's punches looked I imagine they would have been completely ineffective once Mike got inside. But the older version was much smarter, could absorb a lot of punishment and could have stretched it out until the later rounds where Mike was much less effective. A couple good 1-2s from him might have stopped Mike in his tracks.

[generalbulldog]

That's funny. Just because Tyson beats up an blownup Light heavyweight in Spinks, and that makes some people think he can beat prime Ali? 1 thing for sure Ali wouldn't be intimidated by Tyson's prefight stare or bullying antics. More than likely he makes fun of Tyson's high pitch voice and then whips him in the ring.

A prime Tyson vs a prime Ali wouldn't even be competitive. The only thing that would be interesting about such a fight is what Ali has to say about Tyson during the press conferences.

And hey if Tyson loses to Ali, his fans can say he was past his prime like the excuses they had when Buster Douglas beat him. Or maybe a long count excuse if he gets ko.