Post by Rob on Apr 28, 2021 4:06:16 GMT
Who would win between Muhammad Ali vs. Mike Tyson?
For me this one is easy
Just look at the James Buster Douglas fight with Tyson, Mike was the undefeated Champ, in his Prime, the most feared fighter in boxing at that time, Douglas was a good solid top 10 contender at best, definitely not a Champion, yet he took Tyson apart, HOW?
Well he fought on heart and soul and dug deep to pull it out, he had just lost his Mother and used that as inspiration, but that alone won't beat Mike Tyson, but it allowed him to mostly avoid being scared of him, afraid to fight him and dig in and battle it out with him as all his other opponents had never done before, Spinks did not even try, but then again he was a LHW moving up too far, but everyone was so afraid they would not fight their fight and try to win, they were only in the ring to try and survive.
Douglas threw all that out the window and fought his fight, followed his game plan and his heart carried him through it.
I've heard Tyson was not training as hard, he lost people that helped him in the past, he was not the same Tyson, maybe a bit of that was true, but he was still the feared undefeated Champ in his Prime that had devastated everyone before Douglas, so I throw all that crap out the window, he was in shape, he looked tough, he fought hard, he hit Douglas, he even put him down, so I don't buy into all the excuses, he was still an animal in the ring.
So if you compare Douglas's style to Ali in that fight, they were very similar, Ali would fight Tyson nearly the same as Douglas, the differences being, Ali was so much faster than Buster, he hit harder, he was quicker, he was 10x The Ring General, quicker and faster with his hands and feet, his movement was much better, and he could take 10x the punch Douglas could.
Put all of that together and even Tyson at his best still loses to Ali about the same was he did against Douglas, if Buster can do it, then Ali surely does it better, maybe a tougher fight with Tyson at his 100% best, but Ali at his 100% best still offests things and he wins just as douglas did.
Tyson proved he could not handle adversity like losing rounds or being behind in a fight, if he did not take you out early he had issues. He could not even beat Holyfield a former LHW & CW that moved up to HW, he was a juiced up HW, that was obvious, pour Iron Mike had to bite off his ear to keep from getting knocked out.
So there is no doubt Ali wins by TKO or decision, but I say TKO, he could not take the volume of Punches that Ali would land on him the way he did against Frazier.
He might try for an ear bite but Ali deflects that and shoe shines him!
For me this one is easy
Just look at the James Buster Douglas fight with Tyson, Mike was the undefeated Champ, in his Prime, the most feared fighter in boxing at that time, Douglas was a good solid top 10 contender at best, definitely not a Champion, yet he took Tyson apart, HOW?
Well he fought on heart and soul and dug deep to pull it out, he had just lost his Mother and used that as inspiration, but that alone won't beat Mike Tyson, but it allowed him to mostly avoid being scared of him, afraid to fight him and dig in and battle it out with him as all his other opponents had never done before, Spinks did not even try, but then again he was a LHW moving up too far, but everyone was so afraid they would not fight their fight and try to win, they were only in the ring to try and survive.
Douglas threw all that out the window and fought his fight, followed his game plan and his heart carried him through it.
I've heard Tyson was not training as hard, he lost people that helped him in the past, he was not the same Tyson, maybe a bit of that was true, but he was still the feared undefeated Champ in his Prime that had devastated everyone before Douglas, so I throw all that crap out the window, he was in shape, he looked tough, he fought hard, he hit Douglas, he even put him down, so I don't buy into all the excuses, he was still an animal in the ring.
So if you compare Douglas's style to Ali in that fight, they were very similar, Ali would fight Tyson nearly the same as Douglas, the differences being, Ali was so much faster than Buster, he hit harder, he was quicker, he was 10x The Ring General, quicker and faster with his hands and feet, his movement was much better, and he could take 10x the punch Douglas could.
Put all of that together and even Tyson at his best still loses to Ali about the same was he did against Douglas, if Buster can do it, then Ali surely does it better, maybe a tougher fight with Tyson at his 100% best, but Ali at his 100% best still offests things and he wins just as douglas did.
Tyson proved he could not handle adversity like losing rounds or being behind in a fight, if he did not take you out early he had issues. He could not even beat Holyfield a former LHW & CW that moved up to HW, he was a juiced up HW, that was obvious, pour Iron Mike had to bite off his ear to keep from getting knocked out.
So there is no doubt Ali wins by TKO or decision, but I say TKO, he could not take the volume of Punches that Ali would land on him the way he did against Frazier.
He might try for an ear bite but Ali deflects that and shoe shines him!