who could stop tyson back in the day?

[dansweeney]

no 1 cant beat tyson in his young days

most people are revisionist historians, tyson had at worst in his prime a 50/50 shot at beating any heavyweight fighter that ever lived. i know because i have his whole collection of fights,. i guarantee this. the 20 year old tyson was a totally different animal than any other version of tyson

[catskills23]

Buster ... and he did ... aftyer that he got ktfo by evander and his career became a mess..............

poor guy he had his moments though

And the shot that tyson knocked buster down with was a glancing shot. That was not the full power of tyson . Buster said this himself in an interview . I cant understand why people think tysons power is overated . A lot of the guys tyson knocked out such as saverese,mcneely, douglas and mathis was done so without tyson using his full power. Tyson and the commentators mentioned this.

[Brockton Lip]

I cant understand why people think tysons power is overated .

Because people say he is the hardest hitting heavyweight of all time. Foreman, Marciano, and Shavers hit harder to name some.

[Verstyle]

Because people say he is the hardest hitting heavyweight of all time. Foreman, Marciano, and Shavers hit harder to name some.

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[catskills23]

Because people say he is the hardest hitting heavyweight of all time. Foreman, Marciano, and Shavers hit harder to name some.

Marciano no way . His punch only measured 1000 psi . Shavers and foreman undoubtedly had much more mass behind their punches but tyson had much more speed . power= force * acceleration . So if your talking about power in a scientific sense tyson hit equally hard if not harder than shavers . To use analogy tyson punches were like a car hitting a wall at 150 mph while foreman and shavers punches were like a truck hitting a wall at 50 mph . The faster car would probably generate more force than the heavier slower truck .

[Kid Achilles]

Tyson was not three times faster than Foreman or Shavers Catskills. More like a car going 70 mph vs. a truck going 50 mph. Who hits harder? Doesn't really matter cause you're ****ing dead either way.

[butterfly1964]

Tyson was not three times faster than Foreman or Shavers Catskills. More like a car going 70 mph vs. a truck going 50 mph. Who hits harder? Doesn't really matter cause you're ****ing dead either way.

Good point.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Marciano no way . His punch only measured 1000 psi . Shavers and foreman undoubtedly had much more mass behind their punches but tyson had much more speed . power= force * acceleration . So if your talking about power in a scientific sense tyson hit equally hard if not harder than shavers . To use analogy tyson punches were like a car hitting a wall at 150 mph while foreman and shavers punches were like a truck hitting a wall at 50 mph . The faster car would probably generate more force than the heavier slower truck .

opinions are like *******s.... everyones got one.

[butterfly1964]

To use analogy tyson punches were like a car hitting a wall at 150 mph while foreman and shavers punches were like a truck hitting a wall at 50 mph . The faster car would probably generate more force than the heavier slower truck .

And Muhammad Ali's punches were like a motorcycle going 300 miles an hour!

[Krucial]

ali can take a hit pretty damn good
he could punch alright
he had fast hands n threw combos
ducked-dodged-blocked-parried n weaved

he can beat Tyson