Mike Tyson claims he would’ve beaten Usyk and AJ in his prime

[dan_cov]

A prime Tyson would of murdered AJ inside a few rounds but I don't see him beating Usyk at all.

I think he would have frustrated the life out of Tyson to the point he'd have done something ****** and got himself D.Qd.

[buddyr]

A prime Tyson would of murdered AJ inside a few rounds but I don't see him beating Usyk at all.

I think he would have frustrated the life out of Tyson to the point he'd have done something ****** and got himself D.Qd.

Tyson I’m his 20s is not losing to a 34 year old fighter moving up in weight without the power to get his respect. You guys are forgetting how good of a boxer tony tucker was. And he was 3 inches taller than usyk. Stop being prisoners of the moment lol. That body work would have took his legs and it would have been over inside of 6. The current he division is azz.

[dan_cov]

Tyson I’m his 20s is not losing to a 34 year old fighter moving up in weight without the power to get his respect. You guys are forgetting how good of a boxer tony tucker was. And he was 3 inches taller than usyk. Stop being prisoners of the moment lol. That body work would have took his legs and it would have been over inside of 6. The current he division is azz.

They said that about Holyfield who was probably just as much if not more past it than Mike! Funnily enough he was also 34.

The division is a55 but so was it when Mike was at his peak.
I give Mike a punchers chance in the first four rounds after that he'll fade as he always did and become increasingly more frustrated.

Everyone loves Mike he likely got 90% of this board into boxing but he was a four round bully, a frontrunner who lost all his biggest fights.

[Tatabanya]

There aren't many fighters a Prime Mike Tyson wouldn't have beat.

According to many experts, he was a bum who would have quit after three or four rounds anyway

[dan_cov]

Tucker never beat anyone worth a damn he has an awfully padded record vs journeymen. The only two semi notable names he did beat were razor close fights with McCall and Orlin Norris.
Nobody today would get hyped for beating someone with such a flimsy record.

[Vlad_]

Tyson claimed no such thing. He asked a rhetorical question on Twitter to reminisce a bit on his past glory. Tyson would have a puncher’s chance against Usyk. That’s about it.

[Zelda]

Given how defensive he fought against Ruiz and Usyk, AJ would have been very, very scared of Mike. At best, he would have been no different than Bruno.

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He’s probably right because he sparked a slick Spinks that moved up from light heavyweight but Spinks wasn’t a Southpaw and I doubt he had Usyk’s footwork.

But we also saw how he got destroyed by Holyfield who moved up from the cruiserweight division.

I don’t rate Mike Tyson but I’d like to see what people think.

Tyson wasn't prime by the time he fought Holyfield. Although both men were relatively young when they fought, Tyson was clearly past his peak, while Holyfield was still somewhat in his zone. A focused, prime Tyson was a beast! Most didn't want that smoke and the few who thought they did, quickly changed their minds after getting into the ring with him.

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Weird take from Tyson, that was a great HW fight. Yet he praises any muck that come out of the UFC even if it’s a slopfest.

[F l i c k e r]

He would have beaten both, definitely.

both are too slow.

AJ has terrible punch resistance for someone as big as he.

While Usyk, who knows how good of a chin he has. Because if he has a Holyfield/Lennox durability, he can beat Tyson who folds if he cant visibly see his punches having a huge effect.

But I dont think Usyk has that. He can box decently but he's not ATG level. So he gets blasted out of there too imo.