Prime Mike Tyson VS Prime Vitali Klitschko...Winner?

[TitoFan]

Tyson had too much head and body movement. By comparison, Vitali is and was always a plodder. It would've taken more than one punch, to be sure, but eventually Tyson chops down the big tree. Those flying left hooks with the feet off the ground were fearsome. A few of those is too big a dose for any mere mortal to take.

Mike Tyson would never throw a left hook with both feet off the ground. He was a fighter with great skill and balance and that type of shot would be far too wild, raw and primitive for a man of his fine boxing ability.

And of course we all know Mike Tyson was anything BUT "wild, raw and primitive" in his prime.

[tysonesque]

An EASY one sided win for Tyson - no doubt about it.

Tyson either breaks him down and knocks him out after 5 or 6 rounds or wins a very one sided points decision.

People forget just how good Tyson was in his prime - particularly defensively. This was a guy who stood right in front of his opponents, well within range, but no one could hit him. I've never seen any other heavyweight that could do that.

For every jab or hook his opponent threw Tyson would easily avoid it and come straight back with 5 or 6 perfectly timed lightning quick punches and all of them would land. Tyson did have massive one punch knockout power, but the effect of his combinations was what really set him apart from any other heavyweight.

I doubt Vitali would have been able to do so much as hit Tyson with anything particularly telling, let alone win the fight.