1988 Mike Tyson vs. 1964 Sonny Liston

[BlackSnakeMamba]

22 yrs.old Mike Tyson vs. 34 yrs.old Sonny Liston. Liston just demolished Floyd Patterson in the first round who used the Peak a boo Style, and was also trained by the legendary Cus D'amato while Mike Tyson just annihilated Michael Spinks in 91 seconds, and TKO'ed Larry Holmes in the 3rd round.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Since that was the peak of tyson and the end for liston, i gotta go with tyson via early ko

liston from the late 50s would have been a much harder person to beat and a fight between that version of liston would probably be 50/50

[BlackSnakeMamba]

Speaking of Sonny Liston his real age was revealed in the 1940's Census. He was born in 1930 (not 1932).

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[Ray Corso]

Remember the Holmes bout was against a very far from prime Holmes! In Larrys prime I doubt Mike gets the drop on Larry that easily in fact I doubt he wins at all.
Against Sonny Mike will have his chance as he would against anyone EARLY!
If he can't do damage in the first 3 rounds than the tide will turn even with Sonny who was a very methodical fighter void of a great pace, however he could punch hard and had a very educated jab! It would have been a very good fight I think. Mike hit much harder than Floyd and was as fast as Floyd in many respects as a younger fighter.

Why can't these fantasy bout be held on equal terms? Does Sonny need to have a temperature and a cold too?
Ray.

[boliodogs]

Liston was ducked by everyone and he was already over the hill when he KOed Patterson. I think he was an underrated monster with an iron jaw. Tyson was a monster too. He would come strait at Liston and trade bombs. I can't see Tyson taking Liston's power very long but Liston could take Tyson's punch in my opinion. I pick Liston to KO Tyson in 4 rounds or less.