Prime Tyson vs prime Vitali

[disolly]

vitali would win in my opinion

[J.R]

I'd just like to say, thanks to all the guys in this thread for making it an entertaining debate, rather than a name calling troll fest like many other threads here lately. Adult chat FTW. You all deserve, green k.

[J.R]

**** me Tyson hits 100!!

[Khalid X]

I love my Tyson. Him and Prince Naseem are my favorite fighters. With that said...Vitali outboxes and stops Mike Tyson. I cant see Mike getting on the inside and Vitali will land those big right hands and eventually wear down Tyson.

[Devils Advocate]

Prime 1987 tyson didnt really have stamina probblems,

so i'll say tyson by KO around round 6

that's being generous, Tyson 2nd round KO to quick and to much power.

[Royalty]

Tyson wins by decision.

I think Vitali would be able to take Tyson's punches without getting knocked out. Still loses, though.

[Allucard]

Vitali is as good as they get but nothing on two legs beats prime Mike Tyson. Period.

[J.R]

Noting on two legs other than Douglas, and in my opinion, Lewis beats him prime 4 prime.

[geribeetus]

depends on how you define prime for vitali. vit was 25 in his first pro fight after kickboxing for years. his defense was utter **** back then but he likely had more power and better legs. his chin is seriously iron, probably better than mike's, but i think he would've looked like marg against mosley at that point. even a chin like vitali's can only take so much. he just couldn't avoid a punch. mike by midway ko. as he's aged he's gotten technically superior. his punches don't have the snap they used to but he throws a lot more. he's also arguably gotten more accurate as seen against lewis. i would say the lewis fight was the best version of vitali. yeah we know lewis wasn't in shape etc etc excuse after excuse. lewis didn't want a rematch and a chance to come in better shape and supposedly "annihilate" vitali. it's his fault for not proving he was the technically better man. he won on a cut after getting his ass kicked for 20 minutes.
the punch that caused the cut, it didn't even land solid, it sc****d over vitali's eyelid.

anyway, that version of vitali would definately be able to stay away from enough of mike's bombs to go 12 rounds. he throws enough punches that he could hang in there on the cards, but mike moved enough back then to make vitali's unorthodox punches look innaccurate. at the same time, with vitali's height and underrated reflexes mike wouldn't be landing as many of his leaping punches as usual. he'd dig to the body and throw enough combos to get the job done though. i take mike in a comfortable but competitive decision in what would be fight of the year material. 8 rounds to 4 or maybe even 7 to 5.

[geribeetus]

Vitali is as good as they get but nothing on two legs beats prime Mike Tyson. Period.

i sort of agree. tyson the mover instead of tyson the slugger has more than a shot at any man who's ever boxed imo.