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You'd be making a big mistake. In his prime, Tyson was unbeatable whereas Foreman was a slow, lumbering poorly skilled tough guy. True, he was very strong, but I don't think he ever learned to punch properly as he most often seemed to be "pushing" his punches and they never had any "snap". It was his strength and tough chin which gave him his successes, not his skill.
Tyson was in a different league as far as skill was concerned and at least as tough and as strong. And he had an excellent defence, of which Foreman really had none.
Foreman only became boxing "savvy" when he got older, but too old to fight anyone good and win, so he carefully picked his opponents, most of whom nobody ever heard of, except for that lucky one punch against Moorer, whom he outweighed by about 50 lbs.
Tyson was in a different league as far as skill was concerned and at least as tough and as strong. And he had an excellent defence, of which Foreman really had none.
Foreman only became boxing "savvy" when he got older, but too old to fight anyone good and win, so he carefully picked his opponents, most of whom nobody ever heard of, except for that lucky one punch against Moorer, whom he outweighed by about 50 lbs.
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