Witherspoon vs Tyson:How does this fight play out?

[Toney616]

Witherspoon was always the guy I had pegged to take Tyson's "0". Thanks to Don King we never got a chance to see if I was right.

Poet

PowerTyson
SpeedTyson
DefenceWitherspoon
OffenceTyson
IntangiblesWitherspoon
What did you base your opinion on Poet?

[DeepSleep]

If you were somehow able to get Witherspoon and Tyson to both fight prime for prime I'd favor Witherspoon to win on a close UD, but given that Witherspoon's effort varied so much fight to fight I have a hard time picking him even though I think he has a good skill set to trouble Tyson. So unless I was physic and could guarantee that 'Spoon was going to give it his best I'd favor the more reliable Tyson to win by UD in most cases.

[Obama]

PowerTyson
SpeedTyson
DefenceTyson
OffenceTyson
IntangiblesWitherspoon
What did you base your opinion on Poet?

[Toney616]

My mistake I forgot my own criteria, we are talking about the Mike who beat Ruddock, who had stopped bobbing and weaving. There were three versions of Tyson

Pre Douglas:
Skill set: High
Intangibles: Medium

Post Douglas:
Skill set: Medium
Intangibles: High

Post Prison:
Skill set: Medium
Intangibles: low

So you are right, Witherspoon was better defensively with his Crab defense, high guard and his ability to slip punches

New list:
PowerTyson
SpeedTyson
DefenceWitherspoon
OffenceTyson
IntangiblesWitherspoon