Comments Thread For: Mike Tyson Reacts To Wilder's Prediction of Beating Him

[strykr619]

I think Wilders height would be an issue.

The super heavyweights of today would give the greats of the past problems just due to their size and strength. Wlad for example would crush Mike to death in a clinch.

Um Tyson was KOing guys who were 5-6 inches taller them him regularly. Wilder is a toothpick. Wlad wouldn't have the Chin to service, if you said Vitali that's a different story.

[Oshio]

No way Wilder would be top 5 in any era apart from this. Swinging windmill in the best is suicide!

[Boxingfanatic75]

Yes it is. He fought like 2 good guys in his pro career.

See prior post already covered

[Merazdlcvu]

You maybe from the bronx that’s why you won’t mention how bad fury beat you boy the first time...Imagine Wilder missing one of those long shots to Iron Mike,what will MT counterpunching do to Wilder? Wilder it’s a one punch champion..not one of the greatest not with those opponents besides fury

[billeau2]

Fury would keep him away with ease, and make him quit.

I thought we were talking about Wilder. Fury would fight like Douglas. Mike would really have to be able to come in deep... I think Fury stops the attacks before they do damage.

[vitali1999]

How did you know ????

[chirorickyp]

Tyson would crumble Wilder with body shots. End of that story. Tyson in his prime did well against taller fighters and Fury would not be able to keep him off and eventually would be out on his feet against the ropes or the ref would stop it. Fury has never fought a fighter with the intensity and power of Tyson.The problem is that people remember Mike Tyson of the 90's. People don't remember Sugar Ray Leonard in the 90's, anyone would have beaten that version of him too.

[Ajboxing2818]

What a great response by Mike Tyson. It shows how much Mike has grown as a man and a human being.

[PunchyPotorff]

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With Wilder's total clueless approach to proper footwork and other Boxing 101 bits... prime Tyson vs prime Wilder would be an embarrassment to Wilder. The young unbeatable Tyson had not only thunderous body and head punches, he also had a bob-and-weave that was very tough to infiltrate. And BTW, prime Wilder would be smashed by prime Razor Ruddock as well. Just my 37 cents worth, that's all.

I love the way people view Tyson's career through rose colored glasses.
The fact is that the first time he fought a big man in shape with a plan, he got exposed and knocked out. Holyfield again exposed him twice. The second time he was so frustrated that he bit off a nice chunk of Evanders ear like the spoiled brat he was.

Tyson wasn't in shape for either of those 2 fights you describe... and both Evander and Douglas were way better boxers than Wilder. BTW, not a Tyson fan. Just calling 'em as I see 'em.

[PunchyPotorff]

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Originally Posted by Boxingfanatic75
I’m one of the biggest Tyson fans. Watched him when he was a teen coming up. However Wilder’s punching power is an indisputable fact. He is the hardest hitting single punch KO artist ever. This isn’t even debatable

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Its not debatable? He foughts like 40 over matched opponents he was set up to beat and maybe 2-3 genuinely good fighters.

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Originally Posted by PunchyPotorff
Yeah big power doesn't get the wheels it needs to function properly without proper boxing technique... of which Wilder is totally bereft of. You need more that a huge punch to beat a prime Tyson. His prime years defense was too solid to penetrate properly.

Besides a good defense, Tyson had one hell of a chin if he did get clipped. Anybody who thinks Wilder is going to just walk down Tyson and cold-**** him like he did Brezeale never saw a Mike Tyson fight.

Yep. Anyone who saw him getting clipped in his prime vs Razor Ruddock was seeing a granite chin in action.