Prime Tyson in the 70s

[El Kabong]

Foreman was too big for Tyson They both weighed 220. Foreman was KO'd by Ali, so just imagine what Tyson would do to him.

Foreman was 6'4 and Tyson was a generous 5'10....chump

[Gandalf]

Foreman was too big for Tyson They both weighed 220. Foreman was KO'd by Ali, so just imagine what Tyson would do to him.

Foreman was 6'4 and Tyson was a generous 5'10....chump

size isnt everything lyle

[Gandalf]

prime tyson is fast and elusive, he doesnt eat punches...and foremans would hurt, admittedly...

tyson would knock him out....

and dont let me hear this tyson was scared of foreman stuff, it doesnt prove anything when we talk prime for prime....

[El Kabong]

Foreman was too big for Tyson   They both weighed 220.  Foreman was KO'd by Ali, so just imagine what Tyson would do to him.

Foreman was 6'4 and Tyson was a generous 5'10....chump

size isnt everything lyle   

It is when you fight Tyson...name a guy that was smaller than Mike that beat him (who wasn't a lawyer)

Foreman was taught by Sonny Liston and he knew Mike's game better than Mike...the mental side of it.

Mike always got hit by uppercuts, his whole career and ONE uppercut from Foreman would have Tyson on his ass. Big George could take a punch. Ali didn't so much KO him as George KO'd himself.

And honestly there isn't ONE great top 10 all-time heavyweight I would favor Tyson against.

Not any of these guys: Louis, Marciano, Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Dempsey, Johnson, Charles, Liston, Lewis, Holyfield, or Bowe

[Gandalf]

Foreman was too big for Tyson They both weighed 220. Foreman was KO'd by Ali, so just imagine what Tyson would do to him.

Foreman was 6'4 and Tyson was a generous 5'10....chump

size isnt everything lyle

It is when you fight Tyson...name a guy that was smaller than Mike that beat him (who wasn't a lawyer)

but size here means height and i think tyson would do an awful lot better than frazier....

tyson would stick around and foreman would be tested...

[drgoodlooking]

KO Them All.

[Gandalf]

am i wrong?

prime for prime for prime, tyson is up there with anybody....

[El Kabong]

Yes you're wrong....who did Tyson beat? I kinow he didn't beat a Prime All-Time great like George Foreman did several times!

[Gandalf]

Yes you're wrong....who did Tyson beat? I kinow he didn't beat a Prime All-Time great like George Foreman did several times!

to quote einstein "all things are relative"....tyson was as good as he could be in his era....doesnt mean he couldnt beat the guys of the 70's....

[AdamGB]

You are all crazy if you think Tyson would have a snowball's chance in hell vs BIG George Foreman!

Tyson wouldn't fight him in the 90's much less if he was in his PRIME!!!!

Tyson was rocked in his prime by Bruno!!! F****** Frank Bruno....Foreman doesn't hurt people and let them get away from him!!!

Bruno could punch...

Like Foreman

Look at Tyson, compare him to Frazier then look what Foreman did to Smokin Joe and tell me Tyson could survive that!

Tyson was KO'd by Holyfield...you know the guy everyone said didn't punch hard enough to be the best heavyweight out there

No... but getting caught clean on the chin... looking rocked and coming back firing off some one who can hit very hard but not as hard as George Foreman doesn't really proove a thing about the outcome of a fight... a punch is a punch... if one hits you clean you'll get rocked...

The accumilation of punches is what got Tyson when Holyfeild beat him... now the power... did you watch the fight or read boxrec?

Tyson is similar to Frazier but now the same... he's the same type of fighter but moved and attacked differently.. ergo different fight...

I'm not calling for either guy but you're using redundant facts to try and prove you argument.

[Gandalf]

and you dragged in names from different eras yourself in a previous posting....80's tyson would have done just dandy. this is a thread about the 70's after all....

[barbaro]

i dont think tyson would have much chance in the 70,s he was like -4 years old,lol.



only mucking around.

[El Kabong]

If anyone ever took the time to stop gawking at his incredible KO's of CRUISERWEIGHTS to notice he never took on an All-Time Great until he fought a past it Holmes, a scared cruiserweight in Spinks, and then he got his asswhippings from Holyfield and Lewis...but never fought Bowe, never BEAT anyone really....a devistating puncher, good skills but he wouldn't stand up to a Top 10 all time great.

I've seen the fight and the big right hand Holyfield lands that STOPPED THE FIGHT was just 1 punch. But yes Evander out worked him on the inside all night long. Evander didn't punch that hard though, when compared to the best heavy hitters.

Frazier and Tyson were suseptible to the same type of attack though.

Tyson was a bigger harder hitting Patterson...he's an ok fighter but nothing close to he was in the 80's

[AdamGB]

would that right hand have outright stopped Tyson if it was thrown in the first round though?

[Gandalf]

If anyone ever took the time to stop gawking at his incredible KO's of CRUISERWEIGHTS to notice he never took on an All-Time Great until he fought a past it Holmes, a scared cruiserweight in Spinks, and then he got his asswhippings from Holyfield and Lewis...but never fought Bowe, never BEAT anyone really....a devistating puncher, good skills but he wouldn't stand up to a Top 10 all time great.

I've seen the fight and the big right hand Holyfield lands that STOPPED THE FIGHT was just 1 punch. But yes Evander out worked him on the inside all night long. Evander didn't punch that hard though, when compared to the best heavy hitters.

Frazier and Tyson were suseptible to the same type of attack though.

Tyson was a bigger harder hitting Patterson...he's an ok fighter but nothing close to he was in the 80's

Again, Lyle...we are talking about primes and you bring up the Holy fight.....its all relative and that one is just out of time....

that wasnt prime tyson....