who could stop tyson back in the day?

[Southpaw Stinger]

Ali was a freak, and mentally stronger than Tyson. This is what makes Ali better than Tyson, he was mentally stronger. Although, he did want to quit or at least take off the gloves, which would force a stoppage, against Liston in there first fight, but Dundee told him to fight on. But to be fair, it is understandable since if something is burning your eyes your first reaction is to want to wipe them.

Ali was past his best when he fought Frazier, Formean, Shavers, Norton, etc.

That says something about the man that puts him above most, if not all.

And thats why I consider Ali a great champion and a great fighter.

[Cambria]

Foreman stops young tyson in 3

[Abe Attell]

Somebody probably mentioned this already

[Krucial]

i just dont see Foreman beating a prime 20 year old Tyson
Foreman is too sloppy for Mikes accurate n devastating punches
Ali tired Foreman out easily n KO'd em
u think Tyson cant swarm all over his ass n ko em?
cuz while Foreman is tryna swing at em all wide n ****
Tyson l' be on the inside takin staraights to em to set up a hard right or sumthin

n it was crazy how george ko'd frazier
i saw 2-3 of those knockdowns to be rabbit punches(to da back of his head)
i mean he woulda ko'd em already
but if it wasnt for his rabbit punches it woulda went further..i think

[butterfly1964]

Somebody probably mentioned this already

I envy Tyson.

[Southpaw Stinger]

I envy Tyson.

Apparently she used to beat Tyson up behind closed doors, so don't envy him too much!

i saw 2-3 of those knockdowns to be rabbit punches

Strange, I just watched the fight again and I only saw one knock down with a rabbit punch. And that was the 1st knockdown in round 2 as Foreman backed Frazier up in the corner and Frazier turned and tried to run out (turning away from Foreman) which was Frazier's fault.

Nearly all of the other knockdowns came from uppercuts - as Foreman was extremely accurate with uppercuts against swarming fighters. Foreman was also accurate when he had an opponent hurt often never missing a shot.

[Krucial]

well if u throw sloppy punches u'll hit em at a point
n how hard foreman hits he buckled his opponents n hurt em rite away which is y he gets accurate witta slowered down opponent

n y would eorge even hit em witta rabbit punch if he had his back turned on em?
yea your rite only 1 was a rabbit punch
but dat seemed to hurt frazier the most,well duh

i think u ****ers convinced me dat Foreman could beat Tyson,lol

[Southpaw Stinger]

i think u ****ers convinced me dat Foreman could beat Tyson,lol

That shows that you were open to new ideas and were taking the debate seriously. good man.

[butterfly1964]

Strange, I just watched the fight again and I only saw one knock down with a rabbit punch. And that was the 1st knockdown in round 2 as Foreman backed Frazier up in the corner and Frazier turned and tried to run out (turning away from Foreman) which was Frazier's fault.

Even that knockdown was not a rabbit punch. If you look closely, Foreman hit him and his head snapped. Your head doesn't get snapped from being hit on the back of the head. Plus when they show it on isolated camera you can clearly see that when Frazier was running away, Foreman hit him flush on the chin and down he went!

[paul750]

Well Douglas stopped him ''back in the day''. I don't even think you need to go back to the likes of Foreman and Ali. I think Holyfield would have always given him trouble, as would Lewis, probably Bowe. You could even add two good fighters with great chins, McCall and Ray Mercer, I think they would have a great shot too.