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Prime Tyson vs any of the three guys mentioned I would pick Tyson with the best chance of victory being Bowe. My take as follows.
Holyfield was too stubborn to fight Mike intelligently back in '91 or '92 and would either get kayo'd outright or TKO'd when he refuses to drop.
Bowe has the best chance of the three. Size, conditioning, athletic prowess, and talent aside, having Eddie Futch is what gives Bowe a chance to beat Tyson. Futch is the smartest trainer ever and could have come up with the way to beat Tyson even at Tyson's best. That said it's a toss up if Bowe could handle the pressure. Holyfield pushed Bowe to the brink, Tyson was much more than Holyfield.
Lewis!?!? All respect due to Lewis for being a classy guy and a respectable champion, but he has little to no business in the ring with prime Tyson. Lewis was stretched by a single punch by two guys who had mediocre power at best. He was hurt numerous times by guys with much less. In my mind this comes down to Mike's warior determination taking anything Lewis has and then somewhere in the middle rounds landing a right to the body and putting the lights out with the left uppercut.
One of the guys I always thought could've given prime Tyson a good fight was Ray Mercer. Not sure I'd pick him over Tyson but I'd give him a better shot than Holyfield or Lewis.
Holyfield was too stubborn to fight Mike intelligently back in '91 or '92 and would either get kayo'd outright or TKO'd when he refuses to drop.
Bowe has the best chance of the three. Size, conditioning, athletic prowess, and talent aside, having Eddie Futch is what gives Bowe a chance to beat Tyson. Futch is the smartest trainer ever and could have come up with the way to beat Tyson even at Tyson's best. That said it's a toss up if Bowe could handle the pressure. Holyfield pushed Bowe to the brink, Tyson was much more than Holyfield.
Lewis!?!? All respect due to Lewis for being a classy guy and a respectable champion, but he has little to no business in the ring with prime Tyson. Lewis was stretched by a single punch by two guys who had mediocre power at best. He was hurt numerous times by guys with much less. In my mind this comes down to Mike's warior determination taking anything Lewis has and then somewhere in the middle rounds landing a right to the body and putting the lights out with the left uppercut.
One of the guys I always thought could've given prime Tyson a good fight was Ray Mercer. Not sure I'd pick him over Tyson but I'd give him a better shot than Holyfield or Lewis.
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