Comments Thread For: Larry Holmes: Anthony Joshua Knocks Out a 'Prime' Mike Tyson!

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

true, All subjective, But a young, hungry, in his prime Tyson was seemed unbeatable. He was relentless and had KO power literally in every punch he threw. I think RJjr and Tyson were the two most skilled fighters to ever box at their prime.

Both were supremely dominant in their primes. I just feel Foreman would be able to absorb Tyson's power way better than Tyson would be able to absorb his. Would be a helluva fight regardless.

[richardt]

People forget how blinding fast Tyson was at his peak, to go along with his brutal power and bob and weave defense that is RARELY seen in heavyweights of the last 20 years.

[mlac]

larry has lost his damn mind. this seems to be a condition with people called larry

[Butch.McRae]

People forget how blinding fast Tyson was at his peak, to go along with his brutal power and bob and weave defense that is RARELY seen in heavyweights of the last 20 years.

Agreed. Additionally, i think some discount the size of Mike's opponents. Some of those guys came in the ring north of 230lbs. (Bruno II was 247lbs) And I think guys back then had much better boxing ability on average than what we see today. AJ would lose to some of Mike's opponents back then.

Joshua has fought between 230 - 250lbs his entire career. I think prime Mike sparks him. Way too stiff and upright. Vlad was catching him with little explosiveness. Mike would be a blur.

[Hot Shyt]

I would favor Mike Tyson in his prime against every top heavyweight in the last 60 years except for Vitali Klitschko and Muhammad Ali.

I'd throw Foreman in there

[RussB23]

Past prime holmes would beat wilder

[Chaos]

Hey Larry, guess how long Ali had been out of the ring when you fought him?

****er still brags about beating Parkinsons Ali then makes excuses for losing to Tyson.

[HarvardBlue]

Mike was too strong, too fast, and too ferocious for anyone to beat him in his prime. The way Klitschko caught Joshua would have taken Mike about 2 or 3 rounds to catch him. There's no way he would have survived the round.

[VG_Addict]

HWs today are bigger than they were when Tyson fought.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of them could beat Tyson.

[SplitSecond]

He undoubtedly gets flattened in my mind.