Mike Tyson (Prime) vs. Joe Frazier (Prime)

[Truth]

a prime Smokin' Joe Frazier vs. a prime Iron Mike Tyson

Who would win this fight? and Why?

[GasPed]

Similar styles, and in their primes, similar animal-like aggression. But where Frazier was the prototype, Tyson was the production model (i.e. Frazier plus 25 pounds of pure power).

Tyson KO2.

[Nautilus]

Similar styles, and in their primes, similar animal-like aggression. But where Frazier was the prototype, Tyson was the production model (i.e. Frazier plus 25 pounds of pure power).

Tyson KO2.

Frazier KO9 Tyson.

[Sir_Jose]

Tyson KO 1

Tyson just does everything better than Frazier

[QueenCity]

Iron Mike wouldn't take him out as bad as Foreman did, but he would still earn a knockout. Joe Frazier is a great fighter and all, but a Prime Tyson would be a bad matchup.

[restless_438]

Tyson wins any way you look at it

[dempseyfire]

Tyson DID NOT do many things better then Frazier-he had a lesser work-rate, did not bob and weave even half as much as Frazier, had lesser stamina, and was a front runner, while Frazier started slow and got stronger as the fight progressed. This comes down to styles-if Frazier comes straight at Tyson, I think he takes too much damage and eventually gets Tko'd in the mid-late rounds. If he chooses to move and box more early, as he did with Foreman in their 2nd fight, and start smoking later in the middle rounds, Frazier wins with a 10th round KO.

[muay]

If he chooses to move and box more early, as he did with Foreman in their 2nd fight, and start smoking later in the middle rounds, Frazier wins with a 10th round KO.

Exactly. You took the words out of my mouth dempseyfire.

But as much as I like Frazier, i reckon Iron Mike will be all over him right after the bell...Tyson by early rounds TKO. All those fighters kept falling like timber against the prime Mike Tyson.

[Soundtraveler]

Not me folks, Smokin' Joe has something Iron Mike has never had, even in his prime - the ability to take a fighter deep and take him out in the later rounds.

Smokin' Joe wins by KO in the Championship Rounds, Tyson will be out of gas completely by the 8th and on the canvas in the 9th or 10th....

[GasPed]

Not me folks, Smokin' Joe has something Iron Mike has never had, even in his prime - the ability to take a fighter deep and take him out in the later rounds.

Smokin' Joe wins by KO in the Championship Rounds, Tyson will be out of gas completely by the 8th and on the canvas in the 9th or 10th....

Smokin Joe had intense staying power, I'll grant you that. But he needed it, because apart from his left hook, he was not a one or two punch KO artist. He just wore you down with his work rate and heart.

I agree Joe would take Tyson in the later rounds if it went there, but it wouldn't. Prime Tyson had dynamite in both fists, and hand speed to boot. Tyson KO2.