Who wins the pre-fight stare down between these two?
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Foreman wins the stare down, but gets KO'd. He didn't have the speed to deal with Tyson.
Foreman had a great chin and he had the perfect leverage to land deadly uppercuts on Tyson. A well-timed uppercut is kryptonite for a fighter who likes to bob and weave.
thats one of the biggest myths in boxing. young tyson wasnt mentally weak, he was no frazier or ali but he wasnt a mental midget either. besides young foreman had some holes in his mental game too.
i agree foreman would win the staredown though, why? dude was petrified of frazier before their first fight, said so himself but he still stared joe down like an assassin.
He was a mental midget at all times. He just had a trainer that kept it under wraps. You don't just become a mental midget, it's always there.
Foreman's intimidation factor>>>>>>Tyson's intimidation factor.
Tyson's a mental midget. Foreman would stare him into Bolivian.
thats one of the biggest myths in boxing. young tyson wasnt mentally weak, he was no frazier or ali but he wasnt a mental midget either. besides young foreman had some holes in his mental game too.
i agree foreman would win the staredown though, why? dude was petrified of frazier before their first fight, said so himself but he still stared joe down like an assassin.
We have to consider just how intimidating Tyson really was ONLY if we put ourselves in the shoes of a superheavyweight.
Obviously Tyson will scare the **** out of say a normal college kid, but say you are a 6'5 6'6 heavyweight 240+ muscles and skills like say a Riddick Bowe.
Does a 5'10 Tyson still scare you now?
Doubtful.
If I had Bowe talent and was 6'4-6'6 I won't be scared of any 5'10 crazie no matter how hard he punches.
But I still might be a bit intimidated by someone of my size like a 6'4-6'5 Foreman
Trouble is, the little Tyson took big guys heads off. So its not about how tall he is, its about what the short arse is capable of.
Big George was ****ing scary, but im sure many fighters would of believed they could easily out box the mummy. Tysons size and speed would give big men real trouble.
TBH. The guy in my avatar holding the hammer looks scarier then either Young George or Tyson
Neither of them would run from Wlad for 12 rounds, win or lose.
So there's that.
How about Wanderlei Silva and Tyson. Or Cro Cop and Foreman
I agree that Pride probably had the best stare downs in the history of the fight game, but let's keep it within the limits.