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

[Thraxox]

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.

What many people missed is that Tyson was LITERALLY faster than the top featherweights at his time.

[Tatabanya]

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.

I couldn't have said it better. Agreed on all terms.

[buddyr]

Tyson in his prime was the best boxer to EVER lace them up and step in the ring. Fast, elusive, Ko power both hands. I'd take Tyson in his prime over any HW ever, including Ali, foreman and anyone else.

One of the best performances I saw from a hw was from Bowe against HOlyfield the first time. Not the best, but one of the best. Bowe was the truth. A prime Bowe would give any hw in history trouble from Ali to Tyson to Lennox to anyone.(yeah bring up the trashing of the WBC title, but also bring up the $10 million Lennox turned down as well)

[BoxingFan85]

Good ol' Larry.. Great HW but salty fella..

[McNulty]

Mike Tyson went down low and then came up and tried to throw roundhouses. But Joshua would just hit him with a straight right hand on the side of his damn chin and Mike wouldn't get up.

“I learned – I took two days off a week, Wednesdays and Sundays. I didn't do anything on those days but sit around and hang out, I got laid a few times too.

What the fùck is a roundhouse punch? Sundays and Wednesdays...huh?

Larry done lost his mind son!

[NahMean]

Larry Holmes is a legend.. and so is Tyson so its disrespectful to say they would lose to current heavyweights because we’ll never ever know since we’ll never see those fights so opinions are pointless and they are just “opinions”. Tyson was a boss and we may never see another heavyweight like him.

Wilder is so bitter he has the audacity to criticise Tyson’s resume lol.. Watch Wilder and his fangirls hate on Holmes now!

[nacho daddy]

I just don't understand why these old Americans hate their own people so much.

the *** media brainwashed (with an enema) americans to hate themselves and embrace their genocide thru immigration just like europe

[Skip Bayless]

it would be a great fight, i would really have to think about who would win. aj would dwarf tyson, sure tyson has fought big men but how many of those could hit like aj or had his skill set? larry may be a bitter **** but i think this is a legit fight.

[bigjavi973]

Tyson would beat AJ via KO.


AJ is a little hyped up right now...

I even think Wilder beats AJ.

oh shiiit wassup pez how u been?

[boliodogs]

Maybe he is still mad that Tyson knocked him out when he was past his prime. The young prime Tyson was a vicious fighter with fast accurate combinations and great power in both hands. He had a short prime but he was a real monster in that prime. It's possible AJ would have knocked him out if Tyson didn't knock AJ out first. AJ hasn't shown an iron jaw or a great defense. I see it as a fight that either man might win and a fight that would end in a KO of one or the other.