Mike Tyson v. Tyson Fury

[TheMyspaceDayz]

Tyson always had trouble with taller fighters. They’d hang around a lot longer than they were supposed to and could crack Tyson if they were skilled enough to punch on the move. I don’t see Tony Tucker as being any greater than Fury and he nearly knocked Tyson down en route to winning 3 or 4 rounds. Fury - Tyson wouldn’t be some blowout but a real fight.

[SN!PER]

Fury beating up his eponymous childhood hero? That's blasphemy.

[boliodogs]

If a prime Tyson was fighting now I think he would beat everybody else but there is no way to know for certain. I think his combination of speed, power and boxing skill would be more than Fury, Wilder or AJ could handle. Tyson was a master of all the power punches with both hands. Jabs, straight punches, hooks and uppercuts were all very fast and hard and he put them together in combinations. I don't see a guy like Molina or Cunningham lasting more than a round or two.

[2Shotz]

80’s Tyson wins by TKO mid rounds after scoring multiple knock downs. Tyson was a vastly underrated boxer at his peak with excellent footwork, timing and angles to say nothing of his handspeed and power in both hands. Fury would have nothing to keep him honest and Mike would close the distance and chop the big dosser down.

[Thraxox]

Mike Tyson KO via mid rounds. Mike Tyson already demonstrated his gameplan on what he does to Fury, he said that he'll ignore Fury on the chin and just go immediately straight to the body, and if in a clinch he'll go under for left and right hooks to the body.

[ReggieKray]

Tyson no doubt. He's quicker, more explosive, more powerful, and used better angles.

[PRINCEKOOL]

It's often laughable, but it gets really boring how many people give Mike Tyson the ability to easily defeat and almost always by knockout the likes of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Rocky Marciano, and other all-time greats who were rarely floored let alone knocked out.

It's always the same thing, someone says 'a prime Tyson would have absolutely killed him and probably knocked him out within x rounds'. In the case of articles asking about Muhammad Ali or Foreman in particular, it's especially funny and uninformed. Foreman was knocked out exactly once and KNOCKED DOWN only four times in his 80 fights. Ali paid for it dearly in the end but he had a remarkable chin. He was very much hittable after his layoff due to the Vietnam draft issue, if you watch rounds 10 to 15 of any of the three Frazier fights he was getting absolutely pounded with his hands down and only fell once. Yes, Tyson had great power. And in his prime, he impressively knocked out a bunch of mostly subpar but occasionally pretty good competition.

but, on the basis of that all of these Tyson honks immediately contend he would have crushed any of the greats of all time and whenever a hypothetical comes up he's always the favorite..

he was certainly a beast and his bobbing and weaving style and power in both hands was impressive. but he was short, he clearly didn't have a great chin, and let us not forget that in his short prime before going to prison he was beat by Buster Douglas. Excuses don't matter here about his preparation or anything else. Your "best heavyweight of all time" in his prime got beaten and Floored by an average fighter at best.

that's what makes these questions when Tyson is included so boring. The answers are predictable and yet wishful and uninformed on the basis of what I've just stated. Anyone who would compare Spinks or an ancient Larry Holmes to the competition that foreman and Ali beat in their heyday is an idiot. And therefore, the vast majority who always say Tyson and easily may also be--by association.

Above All Else, Tyson Fury is usually difficult to hit... For a man of his size he's tremendously agile and deft at head movement and foot movement. Not to mention, he would have an absolutely MASSIVE reach advantage over Tyson. Much more than Douglas had. Tyson would be getting peppered from outside and he often showed, when frustrated after not getting an early knockout--as he did, quite brilliantly, do with almost all of his opponents [what I consider to be the most impressive feat; although objectively, mostly, again against less than champion level competitors] a penchant to start swinging more wildly for knockouts and abandoning his pretty good boxing skills.

When he lost to Douglas, again I must remind you all in his prime, he was knocked out indeed. But he was also getting out boxed and behind on the cards as he would be against Fury.

Tyson Fury's defense is overrated, he gets HIT all the time 'Have you been watching any of his recent fights? Have you actually followed him during his career? He spent 80% of his early career being bashed up, and having wars with John McDermott.

We know this for a fact? Tyson Fury does not have the power to stop Mike Tyson in his tracks. We also know that his engine/stamina is quite good, but the tempo of the heavyweight fights in this era is afew level's below the 90's 'Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield I was at the time deemed a boring fight' but when you look back now? That fight was fought at a tremendous pace in comparison to 95% of the heavyweight fights in this era.

It is quite simple mathematics 'Tyson Fury cannot hurt Mike Tyson + Tyson Fury at some point will be hit by Mike Tyson + Mike Tyson is going to be difficult to hit, and most likely be able to fight at a higher tempo = Mike Tyson would win via TKO.

[BM dnobagaV]

Bump ....

[BM dnobagaV]

Another bump, post-victory. For everyone caught up in all the Fury hype

[Skip Bayless]

Fury would bury him, way too much size difference. I don’t think mike could even punch his face,