who could stop tyson back in the day?

[NJFighter91]

Buster Douglas beat him in his young days(and dont give me **** about tyson on that night LOOK AT MY NAME)

haha, funny..."look at my name"

i honestly dont think douglas coulda beat him...it was tysons worst night and douglas's best night

[Verstyle]

if foreman was a bigger puncher than tyson, and i think he was, i don't see tython knocking smokin joe out. a prime tython - when he threw combinations, moved his head, and put his body weight into his punches would give a prime frazier a good fight, but i think once tython realized he couldn't really hurt frazier he would start mentally caving in. a prime frazier knocks tython out in the middle rounds.

quarry is a very underrrated fighter, i think, had less fighters ducked him he had all the tools to be a hw champ - then we'd all be talking about how great he was. a "good fighter" in quarry's time - the 70's is a great fighter against today's hw bums

there were ppl tyson didnt k.o in his prime and i didnt see him quit or try less. so the stuff your speaking of is tyson outta his prime.ppl tend to confuse both

[Prime Tyson]

If nobody has mentioned him yet (long thread, haven't read it all), I'd like to add Big George Godfrey's name to the mix as another historical heavyweight that stood a very good chance of beating a young Mike Tyson at his best.

[Pork Chop]

I don't see how Quarry would have a chance. He cut too easily, plus, he wasn't really a spectacular fighter.

How many fights did Tyson finish by cuts?
He wasn't the type to jab and try to cut someone.
Yeah, Quarry lost to Frazier on a bad cut, I don't see how that means Tyson would cut him. Tyson didn't use old school gloves, Frazier's punch output in that fight was ridiculous, there are just too many variables. I personally don't think Tyson's as good on the inside in the trenches as Frazier was.


My point on the KOs wasn't that Mike should've KOed everyone, but that KOing Frazier wasn't a given, just like it wasn't a given that Mike would KO those other guys who had more KOs on their records from lesser fighters than Foreman.


Quarry and Frazier were both the type to make a fight with Tyson a trench war- the type of fight I'm not so sure Tyson could win, let alone in the spectacular fashion he'd need to in order to keep from getting busted up by either of those 2 in the later rounds.


And yes, Tyson's punch output tended to drop off dramatically in the late rounds; I've got the majority of his fights on dvd myself.

[Verstyle]

How many fights did Tyson finish by cuts?
He wasn't the type to jab and try to cut someone.
Yeah, Quarry lost to Frazier on a bad cut, I don't see how that means Tyson would cut him. Tyson didn't use old school gloves, Frazier's punch output in that fight was ridiculous, there are just too many variables. I personally don't think Tyson's as good on the inside in the trenches as Frazier was.


My point on the KOs wasn't that Mike should've KOed everyone, but that KOing Frazier wasn't a given, just like it wasn't a given that Mike would KO those other guys who had more KOs on their records from lesser fighters than Foreman.


Quarry and Frazier were both the type to make a fight with Tyson a trench war- the type of fight I'm not so sure Tyson could win, let alone in the spectacular fashion he'd need to in order to keep from getting busted up by either of those 2 in the later rounds.


And yes, Tyson's punch output tended to drop off dramatically in the late rounds; I've got the majority of his fights on dvd myself.

on the inside frazier is better then tyson. and tysons punch output dont fall dramactically i dont know what dvd u watchin. and tyson did cut up quite a few ppl

[Kid Achilles]

Quarry merely a "good" fighter? No way in hell. He was easily as good as Spinks. I think he was better than Spinks. Quarry was "very good" borderline "great". Tyson probably beats Quarry but he'd still be one of his biggest challenges.

[butterfly1964]

Quarry merely a "good" fighter? No way in hell. He was easily as good as Spinks. I think he was better than Spinks. Quarry was "very good" borderline "great". Tyson probably beats Quarry but he'd still be one of his biggest challenges.

Ok, Quarry was "very" good, but not great.

[Verstyle]

Ok, Quarry was "very" good, but not great.

shut up butterfly

[butterfly1964]

shut up butterfly

Cry me a river.

[Verstyle]

Cry me a river.

shut it butterfly