I hate to say it, but I think Wilder would've beaten Prime Tyson

[MisterPullman]

tyson was faster, stronger, and was a bigger hitter with everything but a long right hand.


the only issues tyson would have are the height and his own stamina [which you missed ]. if wilder did somehow develop skills and nuances in clinching and walking his man to the ropes he could tire tyson out relatively quickly and then he'd have a shot.


i know this damn game.

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[MisterPullman]

Mike Tyson would tire out just like Ortiz did, then his defense and offense would get sloppy.. before you know it, it's Ortiz vs Wilder #2 ALL OVER AGAIN.

[Curtis Harper]

No I’m saying young Tyson the fighter would have beaten Wilder. People forget how good he was regardless of age.
Styles make fights and young Tyson would have been a bad matchup for any version of Wilder.
Wilder is a limited fighter blessed with great power in one hand. 20 year old Tyson was a complete fighter that had KO power in both hands.

You say styles make fights. How about level of competence ?

[Curtis Harper]

Very solid points, green K

Mike's fans always either making excuse for his failures or over hyping his skills.

Fast hands and shlt.
When his heart was tested, those fast hands deceived him.

And here is when those excuses pop up.

[LetOutTheCage]

people who say this either dont have a clue or are trolling. Wilder might be heavy-handed but he hasnt exactly fought guys with serious power, certainly not someone as explosive as Prime Tyson.

Stylistically Tyson is a nightmare for Wilder who throws long looping punches. Prime Tyson with that Dempsey roll cut the distance down fast and ko's Wilder in under 5 rounds.

And for people mentioning the size, here is Wilder fighting a Russian who I believe is a similar size to Tyson but no where near as fast or as explosive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugc3ezFPqek

[hugh grant]

Mike's fans always either making excuse for his failures or over hyping his skills.

Fast hands and shlt.
When his heart was tested, those fast hands deceived him.

And here is when those excuses pop up.

IM not a mike fan. I wanted him to lose real bad when he was koing everyone in a round.
21 to 25 he was physically the greatest heavyweight of all time as a puncher and offensive fighter. Post prison only very good.
Wilder not good enough boxer to question Tysons heart in prime. Only landing one good right hand In 6 rounds like he did Ortiz wont cut it.

[j0zef]

Wilder will always have a puncher's chance, but against a prime Mike tyson he gets annihilated 99/100.

Later in his career Mike had problems against taller, high skill fighters, specifically ones that had a terrific jab. Wilder's jab is average on a good day, on a bad day (ie when he gets swarmed), his jab is non existent. Wilder's large reach will work against him against someone like Mike.

Plus I'm not sure why everyone forgets how good Mike's head movement was in his early years. There's a good chance that Wilder doesn't land a single punch on him.

[eco1]

f millennials don't know **** about this.

Tyson would have taken less than a round to KO this Wilder guy.

He has no defense whatsoever when people come at him. Tyson was fast coming in and as much as I hated Tyson, he would have had an easy night against this fool. Also Lennox and Holy. This guys is just fighting tomato cans and the only real boxer(Fury) he fought, he lost the f fight.

Imagine Fury with a little pop, lol, Wilder out on a stretcher.

[GhostofDempsey]

Wilder would not have been able to land a glove on prime Tyson. Mike would have blasted him on the inside and chin-checked him in the first round or two. Wilder would be on wobbly legs until he finally gets KO'd in early to mid rounds.

[Johnny2x2x]

I rank Tyson and Wilder really close to each other on the all time heavyweight list. Tyson probably 12th or 13th, Wilder probably 14th or 15th. So I think Tyson wins 11 out of 20 times.