What If Tyson had KO'ed Holyfield?

[Master]

Remember the first punch of the fight where Tyson bobbed which means he would normally throw a left hook but instead throws a right hand which surprised Holyfield. What if he did KO or stop Holyfield after that punch in the first round and won the fight. How would have their careers panned out?

Tyson was avoiding Lewis and was a shell of a fighter. So who would he have beat before being found out?

What about Holyfield, he was far from finished but there would be no demand for a rematch. How would his career have looked knowing what we know now?

[porkypara]

Remember the first punch of the fight where Tyson bobbed which means he would normally throw a left hook but instead throws a right hand which surprised Holyfield. What if he did KO or stop Holyfield after that punch in the first round and won the fight. How would have their careers panned out?

Tyson was avoiding Lewis and was a shell of a fighter. So who would he have beat before being found out?

What about Holyfield, he was far from finished but there would be no demand for a rematch. How would his career have looked knowing what we know now?

A Lewis fight would have been proboly would have been next in which Lewis would have won IMO.

[wesrman]

I wish he would have KO'd him.

[rjj tszyu]

Good question! I really don't know.
Tyson would probably have gone down in History as a better Heavyweight than what he will do but that said I think he would still have been beaten off Lennox which would probably have been his next fight. Also he would have never have bitten Holyfields ear and lost a lot of respect in the boxing world.

As for Holyfield I think he would still go down as a great but Tyson is definitley his greatest moment and without it he would lose a bit of the shine from his illustrious career.

[match]

Holyfield was coming off of a subpar perfomance against Bobby Czyz and that made him a huge underdog in the first fight, so people probably wouldn't have given Mike all that much credit for an early KO anyway. I agree with most that if that would have happened, Lennox was the only main fight out there after that and Lewis would have beaten him.

[Spicoli]

Many People were saying Holyfield was washed up and I remember more than one TV pundits openly suggesteing Holyfield might get severley damaged and should be watched very carefully. He beat up Bobby Czyz as a come back fight with "He had something on his gloves,My eyes" swirling around after wards.Yawn.In hindsight ,Its hard to say what might of happened in a One punch KO scenario but It became obvious as it unfolded that it was Tysons Best/maybe, only hope .They might have had a quick rematch, though in light of Holyfield being worn down and KO'd face first exactly one year earlier in third Bowe fight.....It might not have been much demanded ??

[Majesty]

Remember the first punch of the fight where Tyson bobbed which means he would normally throw a left hook but instead throws a right hand which surprised Holyfield. What if he did KO or stop Holyfield after that punch in the first round and won the fight. How would have their careers panned out?

Tyson was avoiding Lewis and was a shell of a fighter. So who would he have beat before being found out?

What about Holyfield, he was far from finished but there would be no demand for a rematch. How would his career have looked knowing what we know now?

If Tyson had KO'd holyfield we wouldnt have to deal with his 'comebacks' and boxing would be better off