The Superfight That Never Happened: Tyson VS Foreman

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Tyson would have boxed his ears off, Foreman didn't have the work rate to bother Tyson and would eat more clean leather than ever before. Tyson either stops him or realises that he can't and outworks Foreman for the decision.

What happens when Tyson can't get him outta there and Foreman hits him back very very hard ?

I'd venture to say a similiar thing to what happened when he hit Bert Cooper.

Only it would last into the middle to late rounds.

Tyson had a very good chin, nobody could take him out without serious accumulation. Foreman could hit hard, but not sustain it enough. A pre-jail Tyson is just too good. The Douglas loss was a freak one and a result of not training as his comeback showed.

Tyson was just too young and quick for the big old Mummy.

That is all true. Tyson had one of the greatest chins in heavyweight history. It took one HELL of an ass whipping to finally stop him.

However, call me idealistic, but Foreman hit very hard, and I believe Tyson would be intimidated by Foreman's nightmareish reputation. And Foreman would not be scared of Tyson at all, I see Foreman as the bully in this fight. Also, Foreman could take an even greater ass whipping than Tyson !

It would have been a thrilling fight.

Most would favor Tyson, but I would have to go with Big George.

Foreman didnt hit as hard in the 90's as he did in the 70's. How could he? Its a myth about the last thing to go being power. Ok, a big puncher will always have a big punch but when usain bolt is in his 40's he will still be fast but he wont be competing on the level he was. Once you start slowing the punches lose steam and the opponent can see them more.

If that had been the young Foreman in with Holyfield, some of those punches would have ripped his head off. Mike had a better chin than Holyfield and didnt get hit as much.

The fight would have gone about 7 rounds and George would have been pulled out after being used as a punch bag. Tysons original team would have jumped on this fight. An opponent that is there to be hit and massive money.

If Mike had never fought Holmes and someone said on here, who wins in 88 Holmes or Tyson. We would have all sorts of equations, looking at how Buster beat Mike and how Holmes beat Mercer. We would never have any coming to the conclusion that Mike wins in 4 rounds, bouncing Holmes off the canvas. Well the same goes for George, maybe no one else would have done it to him but Mike would have beaten him stupid.

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Foreman would do to Tyson what he did to Frazier in about 4 rounds.

[Master]

The old George would not have beaten Tyson, even the one after the Douglas defeat. George did come back to fight Tyson but tyson still had too much for old George who was way too slow. Remember Tyson fought Rudduck so Big George would have been a Sunday stroll compared to rudduck.

[FinitoElDinamita]

As stated in the article, Tyson was psyched about big George's myth as a monster after what Custa mato told him. Tyson may have been a beast back then but it was a matter of time before his mental weakness got exposed. With that in mind, I dont think he would have fared too well against Foreman.. This would have been a classic example of a bully being intimidated by a bigger bully.. Big George would not have been intimidated at all by Tyson and he definitely would have had the psychological advantage over him..

Tyson would have went into the bout with some doubts in mind and I just dont see things turning out good for him..

[Master]

As stated in the article, Tyson was psyched about big George's myth as a monster after what Custa mato told him. Tyson may have been a beast back then but it was a matter of time before his mental weakness got exposed. With that in mind, I dont think he would have fared too well against Foreman.. This would have been a classic example of a bully being intimidated by a bigger bully.. Big George would not have been intimidated at all by Tyson and he definitely would have had the psychological advantage over him..

Tyson would have went into the bout with some doubts in mind and I just dont see things turning out good for him..

A 42 year old Foreman against Tyson is not a contest. Prime George would be but not the old one.