mike tyson--joe louis comparison

**donnydarkoIRL** · 11-21-2007 09:31 AM

Yeah, Louis taller, Tyson heavier.

**Master** · 12-04-2007 10:51 AM

Boxing goes by weight divisions not by height. Tyson was a stone heavier and therefore bigger. If Tyson did not KO Louis early he would most probably loose.

**donnydarkoIRL** · 12-04-2007 10:53 AM

As a boxer i would prefer to be taller than my opponent than heavier.

**Master** · 12-05-2007 11:56 AM

Not if it was Tyson.

**donnydarkoIRL** · 12-05-2007 12:10 PM

Lennox Lewis would disagree. As would Holyfield and Douglas.

El Kabong · 12-05-2007 02:28 PM

Tyson's style didn't make use of his weight at all anyways...he would bob and weave and try to stay out of clinches....he didn't lean or push guys around Tyson gave space and Louis would have taken advantage of it.

Louis was a greater fighter, tougher fighter, and a mentally sound fighter

**Master** · 12-05-2007 03:57 PM

Tyson made use of the weight when it came to punching power. He could hit and Joe was vulnerable early which was Tyson's best chance.

**PRIDE OF BOSTON** · 12-05-2007 04:51 PM

There is no comparison

**Master** · 12-12-2007 10:12 AM

They were both dynamite at 21ish, Louis lost but improved and became a great, Tyson did not loose but got progressively worse when he did and did not become the great that he should have been.