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Playing keep away and flicking out a week jab wouldnt keep Tyson off them, neither would it get them a win on the judges cards

Holmes could have ran like a biitch all night and flicked out his little sissy jab to the 12th round but he wouldnt have beaten him, thats all he would have been able to hope to do against Mike, anyone who trys to plant their feet against that Tyson gets knocked out and Ali wouldnt have lasted long on the ropes either.
Prime Ali had legs and didn't lay on the ropes. What I'm saying is prime Ali's jab would have been more effective than Holmes' and his movement was better than Tillis'. He would have been a super version of both guys and no one had a better chin than Ali. Had Mike caught him clean he would have still been there. The question is what would a demoralized Tyson have done in the later rounds once his power didn't have a visible effect and he felt himself tire. Tyson could be intimidated and I think Ali would have been the one to do it.
Are you joking?

Ali got dropped by Banks, Cooper, Frazier and Wepner

Tysons got a better jaw than Ali by far, even an out of shape and rusty old Tyson took Lewis's best right hands for 8 rounds and then had to be pushed down Oh, he also wan a round, so he did better against Lewis then Holmes did against him in that comeback
Ali may have gotten dropped, but did he look worse for wear after getting up? Tyson was GONE after Douglas knocked him down and all Buster had to do was clean up. It's not even about whose chin was better, I don't think Ali could have KO'd Tyson. I think he would have been happy to just outpoint him. Tyson could be intimidated. Any fighter who had answers for what he could do would befuddle him. Tyson thought he could throw one punch against Holyfield and then he would magically disappear. When Holyfield not only survived but began whaling on Mike he didn't know what to do with himself. Even in loss, when has anything like that ever happened to Ali? Truth is, both fighter would have given each other problems, but at the end of the day Ali would've solved the Tyson riddle, whereas, Tyson couldn't have solved the Ali one.