Is Calling Mike Tyson the most dangerous Heavyweight Correct?

[check hook]

In your opinion?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/5...istory#page/21

I think Dempsey, Langford and Liston surpass him.

Your thoughts?

Personally i think he is. The reason i say this is because in his prime, and when mentally and physically ready he was very fast and had a good defense. He would slip punches and exlode from underneath the taller man. He was also physically bigger and stronger than the men you mentioned (with perhaps the exception of Liston).

He could become very aggressive in the blink of an eye and finish a fight that had gone into the later or mid rds ( see Pinklon Thomas fight) or blow opponents out early.

KO power in both hands, left or right. He could finish you with one left hook, straight right or uppercut from either hand.

To me when focused and ready to go he is the most dangerous boxer who ever lived.

[BigStereotype]

Golata ahead of Jack Johnson? List is a failure.

Liston, Foreman, Frazier, Ali, Louis, Johnson, Shavers, Sullivan, Jeffries... I'd rather fight Tyson than any of those guys.

I've been hit in the face and I've been hit in the balls...****ing Golota should be at the top of the list, man. It's like he's got a crusade against all testicles.

[Scott9945]

I've been hit in the face and I've been hit in the balls...****ing Golota should be at the top of the list, man. It's like he's got a crusade against all testicles.

Other than the two Bowe fights, I don't remember any other fights that Golota had that issue. Am I missing something?

[StarshipTrooper]

Other than the two Bowe fights, I don't remember any other fights that Golota had that issue. Am I missing something?

Well, there WAS the Puha fight where he bit the dude on the shoulder :thinking9:

Poet

[Scott9945]

Well, there WAS the Puha fight where he bit the dude on the shoulder :thinking9:

Poet

Yes, I remember watching that on the USA channel. But low blows? It's kind of like Jerry Quarry having the rep as a bleeder when it only happened in two fights. Or Oliver Stone being known as a conspiracy freak when only one of his many movies was about a conspiracy.

[bojangles1987]

I'd fight Tyson five times before I'd want to fight Foreman.

[bklynboy]

I'd fight Tyson five times before I'd want to fight Foreman.

That's funny. When both Tyson and Foreman were fighting (and I was young enough to fantasize being in the ring with them - you know the scenerio "for a million dollars would you fight Tyson") I would choose Foreman any day of the week. He would hit me just hard enough to keep me down for 10 seconds. Tyson would try to separate my head from my body.

[Barn]

That's funny. When both Tyson and Foreman were fighting (and I was young enough to fantasize being in the ring with them - you know the scenerio "for a million dollars would you fight Tyson") I would choose Foreman any day of the week. He would hit me just hard enough to keep me down for 10 seconds. Tyson would try to separate my head from my body.

Man, a young prime Foreman was a born destroyer. I'm unsure.

[GoogleMe]

Julian Jackson and Valero comes to mind....

[StarshipTrooper]

That's funny. When both Tyson and Foreman were fighting (and I was young enough to fantasize being in the ring with them - you know the scenerio "for a million dollars would you fight Tyson") I would choose Foreman any day of the week. He would hit me just hard enough to keep me down for 10 seconds. Tyson would try to separate my head from my body.

Sorry, but Tyson ranks several clicks down the ladder from Foreman on the hardest punchers chart.

Poet