Prime Tyson vs. Prime foreman

[JohnL]

I think either version of Foreman beats Tyson. When Tyson can't bully an opponent he gets discouraged. Did you ever see Big George bullied?

[GasPed]

Bad matchup for Mike, who always had problems with tall guys with a stiff jab. Tyson in his prime would stand a decent chance of getting inside and landing because he was so quick and accurate, but probably a 7/10 chance he would get hammered like Joe did before he even got there.

[Foreman]

"Foreman didn't look good against Ali, Lyle and Young".....blah, blah blah. Tyson didn't look good against Douglas, Holyfield, Lewis, Willaims or McBride. It's called PRIME vs PRIME.

We already saw this fight. It took place in 1973 in Kingston Jamacia. Mike,err I mean Joe came screaming out against George and landed a big left hook. Granted across the board tyson probably hits a little harder than Joe, but Joe's left hook ranks up there with anyone's punch. What did George do? He simply pushed Joe away and there was nothing Joe could do about it. Then George tee'd off with STRAIGHT precise punches at first and the rest is history. George can and would push mikey around the ring at will.

Besides, why can't the tyson nuthuggers accept one fact. tyson had a chance or the most lucrative fight IN HISTORY with a 40+ Foreman and he turned it down. Who turns down the most lucrative fight in history? A scared fighter, that's who. End of story.

[McKay 1]

Actually I think this fight would be more competetive than I originally thought. Tyson in his prime could actually box. He was a great body puncher, had a jab, great movement, always used angles. And he always had the power. The thing about Tyson is that he never had the mental fortitude to use all of his tools, whenever he was faced with adversity even early in career like for instance against Bonecrusher Smith he would break out of boxing and just start standing straight up and trying to land a big right. Which is essentially all he did later in his career. Tyson in slugging mode is still a bad mofo but not bad enough mofo standing in front of Foreman. Even Kevin Rooney could not keep him disciplined mentally. I actually think with Tyson's good boxing he would win maybe even the first 6 rounds. But he wouldn't win them easy. Around the middle of the fight he would break out of boxing, and just going for the one big right hand KO. At that point Foreman would take over and and have him out by 8th or 9th round.

[Pariah21388]

Tyson would win because of his speed and agression.

[McKay 1]

Tyson would win because of his speed and agression.

He would win the first 6 or so rounds with his speed and skill. But eventually like I said he would lose mental discipline, and get knocked out. He will either get scared or more likely start fighting emotional, abandoning everything else and just plodding right in trying to land 1 big knockout punch. I gurantee.

[McKay 1]

Tyson would win because of his speed and agression.

I have seen I think at least highlights of every single Tyson fight.

[druth]

Tyson would win because of his speed and agression.

Speed and aggression means nothing when it's being compared to:

1. Size
2. Strength
3. Power
4. Jab
5. Aggression
6. Chin
7. Heart

Everyone seems to forget that Foreman was a freak of nature. He was abnormally strong, even for his size. No heavyweight has hit as hard as him, including Tyson.

Tyson stands no chance whatsoever in this fight, much like the better version of Tyson, Joe Frazier.

[pinkpanther]

Why are we even bothering - Foreman before Rumble would have battered prime Tyson. It took arguably the smartest fighter to grace the ring to out think and in effect end Foreman (in terms of world domination - the way he was.)With the greatest respect to Mike Tyson brains are not his best atribute

[puppy_dogg]

No heavyweight has hit as hard as him

are you sure, what about marciano? a ko ratio does'nt mean everything i know, but to compare ko ratio's, rocky is still number 1 in history with 88%, foreman a close second at 87%.