George Forman VS David Tua + Tyson VS Tua + Tyson VS Forman + Tyson VS Vitali

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Savarese? The guy who lost to a 48 year old Foreman??

Savarese would be tooken apart clinically by VK, not some bizarre KD, bar brawl manner way in which Tyson beat him.

Lou Savarese vs. Tyson was some strange KO anyway (Tyson was lucky he wasn’t disqualified......AGAIN!) and Savarese came from a loss after a 1-year-layoff. So it’s hardly a proof for “Tyson, the Goliath-killer”. Tyson was an animal in the ring, any thinking fighter with a solid chin had the ability to frustrate him....

Kirk Johnson owned non-title winning Savarese, im guessing he beats 100 Vitali's too then? Savarese = VK mark II! LOL. Give up...

[Master]

George Forman beats David Tua
Tyson beats Tua
Tyson beats Forman
Tyson beats Vitali

These fights should have there own threads.

[Master]

LOL thats complete garbage

Tyson had lost to Douglas in 1990 and Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title.

Tyson was in rebuilding mode and took on Razor Ruddock, who was leagues above fat, slow, faded Foreman who didn't even deserve a title shot. Holyfield actually ducked Ruddock to fight Foreman ... Bowe also avoided him. So how did Tyson "duck" Foreman when Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title? He "ducked" him because Foreman chose to take a title fight? The truth is that Foreman didn't deserve a title bout and Holyfield should have fought either Tyson or Ruddock, the two best fighters in the division. Foreman's biggest win was Gerry Cooney at that time, who was a bum. Holyfield saw him as an easy opponent who would generate a lot of cash so he fought him.

By the time he was released from prison he was collecting titles and then "lost" to Holyfield around the same time Foreman lost to Shannon Briggs.

Foreman lost to Tommy Morrison ... Tyson would've beaten him too ... look at how these morons try and prop up Gerry Cooney vs George Foreman as some kind of amazing fight that showed Foreman was "legit." Foreman was slow and fat and beat on another fat and slow bum. He beat one of the weakest champions around in Michael Moorer to win two heavyweight titles ... and Moorer clearly outboxed him the entire fight. That article has no credibility at all and any moron who was simply aware at what was going on in the year 1990 and after knows that.

I never bought that Tyson was afraid of Foreman. I do think there is a grain of truth about watching Fraizier v Foreman fights because Tyson and Cus loved to do that. However Tyson fought Rudduck and he was the most avoided fighter at the time. Tyson fought him twice and nearly got knocked out because of the power of Rudduck. Maybe a prime Foreman would be intimating for Tyson but not this George but style wise he would give Tyson problems.
Tyson would fight Foreman the way he beat Rudduck, brutal body shots and broken jaws, his speed would get him out of trouble. George would not be able to take it. George was nearly knocked out by Holyfield in their fight.

[TysonBomb]

Those fights were BRUTAL

Whenever it seemed like Ruddock had Mike in trouble, he would throw these insane counter shots and stop Ruddock in his tracks and even knock him down. I don't think that Mike was ever in any real trouble ... he was literally IRON in those fights and the shots that he took could KO a damn elephant. Just the sound from the impact of their crushing blows was nuts.





No way does an old Foreman contend with even an early 90s Tyson, after the Douglas fight. The body shots would take everything out of him and leave him open to getting KOed. Not even George Foreman (albeit an old version) can exchange punches with Mike Tyson ... the hardest puncher in the division (Ruddock was hitting harder than Foreman at that time and probably even Tyson) couldn't even do that.

Any given round of either of those fights is superior to the career of both Klits btw lol.

[Spicoli]

LOL thats complete garbage

Tyson had lost to Douglas in 1990 and Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title.

Tyson was in rebuilding mode and took on Razor Ruddock, who was leagues above fat, slow, faded Foreman who didn't even deserve a title shot. Holyfield actually ducked Ruddock to fight Foreman ... Bowe also avoided him. So how did Tyson "duck" Foreman when Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title? He "ducked" him because Foreman chose to take a title fight? The truth is that Foreman didn't deserve a title bout and Holyfield should have fought either Tyson or Ruddock, the two best fighters in the division. Foreman's biggest win was Gerry Cooney at that time, who was a bum. Holyfield saw him as an easy opponent who would generate a lot of cash so he fought him.

By the time he was released from prison he was collecting titles and then "lost" to Holyfield around the same time Foreman lost to Shannon Briggs.

Foreman lost to Tommy Morrison ... Tyson would've beaten him too ... look at how these morons try and prop up Gerry Cooney vs George Foreman as some kind of amazing fight that showed Foreman was "legit." Foreman was slow and fat and beat on another fat and slow bum. He beat one of the weakest champions around in Michael Moorer to win two heavyweight titles ... and Moorer clearly outboxed him the entire fight. That article has no credibility at all and any moron who was simply aware at what was going on in the year 1990 and after knows that.

I never bought that Tyson was afraid of Foreman. I do think there is a grain of truth about watching Fraizier v Foreman fights because Tyson and Cus loved to do that. However Tyson fought Rudduck and he was the most avoided fighter at the time. Tyson fought him twice and nearly got knocked out because of the power of Rudduck. Maybe a prime Foreman would be intimating for Tyson but not this George but style wise he would give Tyson problems.
Tyson would fight Foreman the way he beat Rudduck, brutal body shots and broken jaws, his speed would get him out of trouble. George would not be able to take it. George was nearly knocked out by Holyfield in their fight.

I think there is alot of Marvel comic speak going on with respects to hindsight and Tyson. Mike wasn't 'nearly' knocked out by an older, slower Holyfield who landed 23+ flush power hooks on Forman...he was knocked out. I saw the only guy avoiding Ruddock was Tyson in 89' when he pulled out of a contracted fight with him, later to be sued for breech of contract, and opted to a 'easy touch' in Buster Douglas and a massive gate in Tokyo with a match with mandatory challenger Holyfield in the wings. We all know how that turned out.

Ruddock was alot of things but a bigger puncher then George Foreman was not one. He literally had one punch he used over and over against Tyson and his jab was never a factor in that period, not to mention an often MIA right hand. Half of his rep then came off putting out an aged Dokes and Smith...who had him on the floor...and taking a tremendous pounding from Tyson. Foremen even at 42 was a much better technical puncher with natural power in both hands and he had actually won mega fights in his lifetime.

[TysonBomb]

Savarese? The guy who lost to a 48 year old Foreman??

Savarese would be tooken apart clinically by VK, not some bizarre KD, bar brawl manner way in which Tyson beat him.

Lou Savarese vs. Tyson was some strange KO anyway (Tyson was lucky he wasn’t disqualified......AGAIN!) and Savarese came from a loss after a 1-year-layoff. So it’s hardly a proof for “Tyson, the Goliath-killer”. Tyson was an animal in the ring, any thinking fighter with a solid chin had the ability to frustrate him....

Kirk Johnson owned non-title winning Savarese, im guessing he beats 100 Vitali's too then? Savarese = VK mark II! LOL. Give up...

You are dumb as hell

Tyson destroyed him with ONE PUNCH the same way he would crack every bone in Vitali's skull. A one year period of inactivity is nothing in boxing ... its not like he was out for years and hand't seen even sniffed a boxing gym during that hiatus. Tyson didn't even train for that fight, he was preoccupied with the slaying of his bodyguard and friend and was involved with preparing his funeral.

Vitali would suffer the most humiliating beat down of his life if he ever dared to enter the ring with a prime Iron Mike Tyson. He would be nothing but a footnote of the division, a journeyman who ended up on a Tyson highlight reel.

Tyson was the most ferocious human to ever step in a boxing ring and would overwhelm your mythical Quitalli Clinchko despite any amount of anabolics and PEDs he tried to take. His fragile body couldn't endure it.

[TitoFan]

If you're gonna have a "round-robin", you forgot two fights:

1. Foreman-Tyson
2. Tua-Vitali
3. Foreman-Tua
4. Tyson-Vitali
5. Foreman-Vitali
6. Tyson-Tua

And forget old Foreman. What he did was admirable, but he was older and slower.
I'll talk about young Foreman.


Fight 1: Tossup fight, but I'll say 55/45 Foreman. Foreman's defense was negligible, as in he didn't need it most of the time. Tyson's speed would exploit that. Coming in, however, Tyson would be vulnerable to Foreman's bombs. Foreman hit harder than anybody Tyson ever faced.

Fight 2: Vitali pretty easily. Tua, as demonstrated against Lewis, was nothing but a huge left hook. And Vitali's chin would be very far away. Tua would be caught coming in, and would lose by mid to late round TKO.

Fight 3: Ditto. Frazier was short and squat with a huge left hook. Tua was just a bigger version, but with less boxing skills than Frazier. Foreman destroys Tua.

Fight 4: Prime Vitali gives Tyson trouble. Great chin and power, as well as huge height and reach edge. But Tyson's speed would make up for a lot of that, and I slightly favor Tyson in this one.

Fight 5: Two big guys with power... great fight. But Foreman had more in his arsenal than Vitali, and I'd favor George by about 60/40.

Fight 6: As most people, I think Tyson would sweep the floor with Tua. Tua's only chance would be to catch Tyson early with a left hook... but by that time Tyson would've probably connected a dozen shots of his own, and Tua would be reduced to defense.

[Master]

LOL thats complete garbage

Tyson had lost to Douglas in 1990 and Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title.

Tyson was in rebuilding mode and took on Razor Ruddock, who was leagues above fat, slow, faded Foreman who didn't even deserve a title shot. Holyfield actually ducked Ruddock to fight Foreman ... Bowe also avoided him. So how did Tyson "duck" Foreman when Foreman went on to fight Holyfield for the title? He "ducked" him because Foreman chose to take a title fight? The truth is that Foreman didn't deserve a title bout and Holyfield should have fought either Tyson or Ruddock, the two best fighters in the division. Foreman's biggest win was Gerry Cooney at that time, who was a bum. Holyfield saw him as an easy opponent who would generate a lot of cash so he fought him.

By the time he was released from prison he was collecting titles and then "lost" to Holyfield around the same time Foreman lost to Shannon Briggs.

Foreman lost to Tommy Morrison ... Tyson would've beaten him too ... look at how these morons try and prop up Gerry Cooney vs George Foreman as some kind of amazing fight that showed Foreman was "legit." Foreman was slow and fat and beat on another fat and slow bum. He beat one of the weakest champions around in Michael Moorer to win two heavyweight titles ... and Moorer clearly outboxed him the entire fight. That article has no credibility at all and any moron who was simply aware at what was going on in the year 1990 and after knows that.

I never bought that Tyson was afraid of Foreman. I do think there is a grain of truth about watching Fraizier v Foreman fights because Tyson and Cus loved to do that. However Tyson fought Rudduck and he was the most avoided fighter at the time. Tyson fought him twice and nearly got knocked out because of the power of Rudduck. Maybe a prime Foreman would be intimating for Tyson but not this George but style wise he would give Tyson problems.
Tyson would fight Foreman the way he beat Rudduck, brutal body shots and broken jaws, his speed would get him out of trouble. George would not be able to take it. George was nearly knocked out by Holyfield in their fight.

I think there is alot of Marvel comic speak going on with respects to hindsight and Tyson. Mike wasn't 'nearly' knocked out by an older, slower Holyfield who landed 23+ flush power hooks on Forman...he was knocked out. I saw the only guy avoiding Ruddock was Tyson in 89' when he pulled out of a contracted fight with him, later to be sued for breech of contract, and opted to a 'easy touch' in Buster Douglas and a massive gate in Tokyo with a match with mandatory challenger Holyfield in the wings. We all know how that turned out.

Ruddock was alot of things but a bigger puncher then George Foreman was not one. He literally had one punch he used over and over against Tyson and his jab was never a factor in that period, not to mention an often MIA right hand. Half of his rep then came off putting out an aged Dokes and Smith...who had him on the floor...and taking a tremendous pounding from Tyson. Foremen even at 42 was a much better technical puncher with natural power in both hands and he had actually won mega fights in his lifetime.

So you are saying Tyson was forced to fight Rudduck due to breach of contract. That could be true, l also read that Rudduck sent Tyson a Christmas card which said he wanted to knock out Tyson’s gold teeth. Tyson would keep it on the mantle piece as a way to remind him how much he was going to punch Razor when they fought.

True Rudduck only had the smash but it was deadly and it did connect with Tyson who still had enough to take it. I say Rudduck was a harder fight for Tyson than Foreman at that time.

[TysonBomb]

Only a fool would say that an old, fat, slow Foreman who had lost a great deal of velocity on his punches hit harder than a prime, young Razor Ruddock.

His left hand punches generated the most power in boxing at the time. There's no way that a plodding fat old man (no disrespect, but Foreman was clearly all of these things) was hitting harder than him. Young Foreman probably did but not the older version.

[Mr140]

I say Tyson destroys Tua, then loses to Forman and as for Vitali i do not know but i like to see the fight. I think the people you chose are kinda random though don't you think not many things in common.

[Beanflicker]

His left hand punches generated the most power in boxing at the time.

THE SMASH

[Spicoli]

Only a fool would say that an old, fat, slow Foreman who had lost a great deal of velocity on his punches hit harder than a prime, young Razor Ruddock.

His left hand punches generated the most power in boxing at the time. There's no way that a plodding fat old man (no disrespect, but Foreman was clearly all of these things) was hitting harder than him. Young Foreman probably did but not the older version.

You are stuck in the cartoon land version of power punching. Power isn't a thing unless you have the delivery, placement and ease with which it's delivered. Otherwise you are a one demensional one trick wonder with no jab, a few feeler throw away right hands and poor footwork who has no plan b. Ruddock was tough as hell but he could be timed and predicted like the sun rising in the morning. He thought outloud where Foreman could punch underneath off the hip or jab from the shoulder with equal impact. He fought with two hands with easy natural thump and didn't effort into his power with redundancy via one punch.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

You are dumb as hell

Say's the man who compared Lou Savarese to VK. Curb your aggresive language it only exposes your butthurt!

Vitali would suffer the most humiliating beat down of his life

Vitali has an iron chin and a huge reach advantage over Tyson. Do you remember Lennox Lewis vs Tyson? There's your answer. VK is very smart and tyson was very angry.

He ever dared to enter the ring with a prime Iron Mike Tyson. He would be nothing but a footnote of the division, a journeyman who ended up on a Tyson highlight reel.

He did dare but mike wasn't even good enough to beat Danny Williams unfortunately. In fact Tyson should be thanking Williams for saving him from an even worse beatdown/humiliation than Lewis or Williams gave him!

Tyson was the dirtiest fighter to ever step in a boxing ring and would overwhelm your mythical Quitalli Clinchko despite any amount of anabolics and PEDs he tried to take. His fragile body couldn't endure it

Edited.

Tyson was vicious, but was exposed to being able to being handled by anyone with an authoritive jab. Klit could beat him on range the same way Lewis did. So no VK was not a Savarese as evidenced here:





And had they fought when the fight was being talked of like here it would have been a one-sided massacre:





Prime Tyson? Sorry but he never faced anyone remotely like VK! He was brutally taken apart by someone with man boobs!

[Master]

Showing old photos of Tyson beating knocked out by Douglas and him standing next to Vitali does not mean he would have beaten Tyson.

[TysonBomb]