Tyson vs. Young Larry Holmes????

tyson, he would find a way to get inside and then it's over

Holmes jab was better, longer, and his chin could take Tyson's punches. After a few difficult rounds Holmes would take control of the fight with his great technique and TKO iron mike

Prime Tyson vs Prime Holmes would be a Tyson victory. Holmes would repeatedly throw a lazy jab and drop his right hand. It wouldn't be long before Tyson would capatilize on this by slipping the jab and come in with a devestating left hook. Holmes was great in his day but Tyson was better.

The Larry Holmes that beat Kenny Norton would have been tough for just about any heavyweight to beat. He was very impressive the night he won the title and I'm guessing Holmes whups Tyson just like Buster did!

Styles makes fights. Unless MT finds a way to avoid Larry Holmes' classic left jab and get past his defense, he'll be punished by it...gets frustrated, loses his focus, comes forward...and eventually gets whooped by Larry's straight right which i reckon is heavier than Buster's.

douglas vs tyson age and physical conditioning didnt have anything to do with that. Tyson could not have been less interested in boxing in early 1990. I beleive tyson had lost his mind by this time. Douglas had lost a miserable performance to tony tucker not too much earlier. Tyson destroyed tucker to unify the titles three 2 1/2 years earlier. Besides tyson nearly knocked him out 1 round earlier. motivation is what lost the match for tyson. i think the holmes match would have been similiar to any other of tyson's earlier title fights.

So Tyson 'aged' over night at 23??? Every fighter has off nights. The very best still manage to win. Tyson showed many of the same weaknesses in the Douglas fight he showed in previous fights, they were just not exploited as much as Douglas did it. Tyson was indeed in his prime, 23 years old at his regular fighting weight, getting jabbed to death and tied up by Buster Douglas. Exactly. How does one just dip out of their prime when they are/should be on top of their game? Tyson couldn't handle the jab and many fighters before Douglas showed the way to beating Tyson was to keep a strong jab in his face, tie him up, and have some heart. Holmes would execute this plan more precisely and to a much more devastating degree. Holmes TKO inside of 9.

So Tyson 'aged' over night at 23??? Every fighter has off nights. The very best still manage to win. Tyson showed many of the same weaknesses in the Douglas fight he showed in previous fights, they were just not exploited as much as Douglas did it. Tyson was indeed in his prime, 23 years old at his regular fighting weight, getting jabbed to death and tied up by Buster Douglas.

I'd have to say I don't consider the Tyson that Douglas beat to be the "prime" Tyson. The prime Tyson was the one who destroyed almost everyone in his path up to that point. Against Douglas he looked a step slower, a shade more tentative and mentally lost. Yeah, sure, Douglas had something to do with that as well (he fought a great fight), but Tyson didn't have his animal instinct with him at all that night. A "prime" Tyson beats a prime Holmes - TKO7.

Holmes TKO 8. Just like the Douglas fight but more dominant. Holmes when he fought Tyson was 38, inactive, and had barely trained. To say it'd be similar to that fight is just plain wrong.

No i meant outcome would of been the same.Tyson just would of got him later or prob got a Decision.

Has anyone remembered that Mike Tyson in his respective prime also had a great jab? He would slip jabs, jab with Holmes and get inside to punish him, catch him with a right hand when he got lax with the jab(Holmes down in the fight). Tyson definitely had the tools to beat Holmes. Tyson UD 12.

Yeah only diff is Holmes age.He would have moved around more,and sticked more jabs out.

Same way, I think. Only round 8 or 9.

what a wicked fight that would be, i don't think a peak holmes ever fought anyone as good as a peak Tyson. If ken norton can take holmes right to the wire then i believe a 20 year old mike tyson would knock him out with 5. styles make fights, as cliche as that sounds. Norton always excelled vs Boxer types. He arguably beat Ali three times. If both Tyson and Holmes were in peak condition in their respective primes, I would go with The Easton Assasin. It would be a fabulous fight with Mike pushing the action early on. Larry Holmes superior chin and left jab would frustrate Tyson. I would look for Holmes to weather the early storm and win a unanimous decision, or late round tko...mostly from Tyson fatiuge. The Larry Holmes that fought tyson was old and admittingly did not train for the fight. He took the fight so he could finance another office builing in Easton. He still showed signs in that fight that Tyson could be outboxed.

what a wicked fight that would be, i don't think a peak holmes ever fought anyone as good as a peak Tyson. If ken norton can take holmes right to the wire then i believe a 20 year old mike tyson would knock him out with 5.

I'd have to say Tyson. Holmes was working his jab and moving pretty well when they did fight and Tyson ripped through his defence. In thier prime, the same would happen, IMO, just later in the fight. Tyson, TKO 9.

For 8 seconds, Earnie Shavers was the heavyweight champion, but then Larry got up and took Earnie to school. If Larry can take the best shot from Shavers and keep coming, Tyson is out of luck. Like Holmes was prone to say, He'd take Tyson out to deep water and then drown him. The blueprint for beating Tyson was always there, whether it be his 20th, 30th or 50th fight. Keep your cool, use your jab, tie him up in close and move judiciously. Don't run, but don't stand toe to toe. Buster made it look rather easy and he wasn't half the fighter Holmes was. naw.. why you wrong is that shavers could do nuttin else he was slow and he wore out much faster then tyson ...best case senerio for holmes would be a loss by decision similar to tyson vs tucker

For 8 seconds, Earnie Shavers was the heavyweight champion, but then Larry got up and took Earnie to school. If Larry can take the best shot from Shavers and keep coming, Tyson is out of luck. Like Holmes was prone to say, He'd take Tyson out to deep water and then drown him. The blueprint for beating Tyson was always there, whether it be his 20th, 30th or 50th fight. Keep your cool, use your jab, tie him up in close and move judiciously. Don't run, but don't stand toe to toe. Buster made it look rather easy and he wasn't half the fighter Holmes was.

id say a young holmes just because of his jab