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  • Silencers
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    #21
    Originally posted by Left Hook Tua
    head to head tyson can beat anyone.

    legacy and resume-wise not a top 10 atg.

    he can beat those that are on the top 10 atg list though......

    his speed , power , skills , etc. are hard to beat. he had a good chin too.

    head to head top 10. resume not top ten though.
    He'd have a chance but I have trouble seeing him beating a few fighters in the top 10. Mentally, he wasn't strong enough.

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    • Left Hook Tua
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      #22
      Originally posted by silencers98
      He'd have a chance but I have trouble seeing him beating a few fighters in the top 10. Mentally, he wasn't strong enough.

      kinda agree but the mental aspect is very hard to figure.

      how many guys in the top ten atg list can take him in deep water long enough to make it a issue?

      ali , holmes and foreman for sure...... dempsey and rocky too small...... frazier is a slow starter if tyson catches him early...... lewis would have been vulnerable...... louis didn't have the best chin......

      very hard judging head to head between eras size difference is just too much.

      his resume loses to all those above though. imho

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      • Silencers
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        #23
        Originally posted by Left Hook Tua
        kinda agree but the mental aspect is very hard to figure.

        how many guys in the top ten atg list can take him in deep water long enough to make it a issue?

        ali , holmes and foreman for sure...... dempsey and rocky too small...... frazier is a slow starter if tyson catches him early...... lewis would have been vulnerable...... louis didn't have the best chin......

        very hard judging head to head between eras size difference is just too much.

        his resume loses to all those above though. imho
        His resume definitely doesn't compare to those guys you listed. As I said, I'd give him a chance against them but it's hard to see him beating some of them.

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        • Left Hook Tua
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          #24
          Originally posted by silencers98
          His resume definitely doesn't compare to those guys you listed. As I said, I'd give him a chance against them but it's hard to see him beating some of them.
          i just don't want to think it......

          size difference was just too big compared to the older guys.

          could you imagine a 6'1 195-200 lb. GREAT like joe louis losing to 6'6 245 lb. wladimir klitschko? blashphemy to even think about it......

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          • -Antonio-
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            #25
            Originally posted by robjr
            underrated.. I dont think there is any boxer in history anyone would fear more to fight than Prime Mike Tyson
            George Foreman? Sonny Liston?

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              #26
              Originally posted by -Antonio-
              George Foreman? Sonny Liston?

              he's our (80's and 90's) big , bad ugly bear that no one could beat......

              tyson to us is what dempsey , liston , marciano and foreman was in their time.

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              • THE REED
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                #27
                Originally posted by jreckoning
                Prime Tyson . Is there ever anything else on but prime Tyson marathons on Ringside or ESPN Classic.

                At least they are getting a better library and showing different fighters.
                hhahaah so true.... tyson marathons constantly

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