would vitali of given mike a hell of a fight

[RayLeonard82]

Dude Shannon Briggs challenged for the Title. Shouldn't that tell you that most athletes in the USA that size are playing other sports. I never said the best heavyweight was in football. I said most of the guys the brothers size with very good mobility, athletic ability are playing football.

Also neither brother to me is all that mobile and very robotic. There going to continue to look impressive against the Sam Peters and Shannon Briggs.

[yessuh]

Excuses,

thats all you're doing and they all fall short.

All of that **** about money is nobodies fault but his own.

That garbage about the best heavyweights being in the NFL is complete horse****. Its the typical excuse americans use to feel better about being lame ducks in the heavyweight division. Just because a guy is big and athletic, doesn't mean he can take a punch to the jaw. If they were great fighters, they would have been great fighters. Instead, they turned out to be great football players.

Yea, we know that about Wlads chin,

but this is about Vitali.

Great post.

RayLeonard82 is an excuse-making moron.

[Rick Grimes]

Good post.

RayLeonard82 is an excuse-making moron.

Shut up Tunney.

[Cash Cow]

Its not about picking Tyson with hearts its about who have these two brothers fought. Majority of potential great USA heavyweights are either in football or basketball and rightfully so because there is more longevity and more money. Wladimer last fight fought Briggs who looked slower than 1997 Sugar Ray Leonard with absolutely no snap on his punches.

Both brothers look great against a division and competetion thats at the worse its ever been. Youngsters in the USA are no longer going to boxing gyms and instead playing pop warner football or heading to the court to play basketball. They have no heroes to motivate them to box because the heavyweight division is horrible. They look up to Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade.

You dont know what would happen if either brother fought Mike Tyson at his peak who would be the most quality USA heavyweight they have ever fought. Your judging off both brothers beating bums.

And Tyson after Prison DONT COUNT....No boxer can lay off 4 years and be the same. Ray Leonard had success because he stayed away from younger fighters.

The Klitschko bros have fought & beat better competition than Mike Tyson....Tysons best wins = Larry Holmes & Spinks......Tyson lost his biggest fights. Knocked out by bum ass Buster Douglas...gimme a break

[gingeralbino]

i see Vitali getting hammered for the 1st 2-3 rds, but his chin is unbelievable, so i think he can last that long.

IF he can last the 1st few rounds (i think he can), and IF Vitali can establish his jab, (not so sure about this one) Tyson is left with someone he can barely get to, and he knows even if he does, he wont KO him.

Tyson doesnt have a great past at dealing with situations like that.

Vitali TKO rd 10

[Great Afrikan]

it would be like Lewis vs Vitali with Mike winning by knockout.

[Jay Volcano]

Tyson would knock-out Vitali. It's not even up for debate.

[starkiller]

The Great Mike Tyson destroyed The Great Buster Douglas(Or was it the other way around?)! thats right, he's not in his prime when he loses. I forgot how people think around here.

[Die Antwoord]

Wlad murdalates any version of Tyson. Paints his face all night long. Wlad matches up better with Tyson than Vitali. Wlad is better at keeping distance, better at keeping his opponents away and he will grab and put all that weight on Tyson. Now people on here will be like, "But Wlad has a bad chin." Lewis had more devastating knockouts, it doesnt matter when youre fighting a little guy like tyson who cant reach you with the uppercut out of the break. That would be Wlad's biggest problem and Tyson couldnt reach with any force. Prime Tyson might put a little pressure on Wlad, but Wlad now can cope with that.

Vitali would box Tyson, crazy people on ehre are saying Tyson would KO Vitali. What evidence of that is there. A guy who has never been knocked down, being KO'ed by a guy who couldnt KO mitch green. After Tyson won the title and stepped up his opposition evena little his KO power was greatly diminished. Sure he could beat LHW Spinks and ancient fat sick Larry holmes, but Douglas, hell Tony Tucker in my opinion could have beated Tyson if he hadnt broke his hand to hell. Just watch the Tucker fight and you can see the blue print for how a taller man could have beat prime tyson.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

It would not be a good match up. Mike would more likely win on points, IMO. I think both fighters would have a tough time connecting to each others head. Tyson too fast, and Vitali too tall. Tyson would get off some good body shots if he went there. Wlad on the other hand would get killed under Tysons pressure.