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He should fight at Cruiser or even try to come down and make 175. If he gets ripped up and obviously has lost enough muscle mass from age, at 5’9 he should be able to make cruiser, and maybe even 175. If he can do that, I’d give him a 50/50 shot at winning a title. I’d say f heavyweight if I were him at this age against anyone really. He looks like he’s in really good shape and I think he could be around 200 lbs right now. Any old school heavy besides Evander I s going to come n around 300 lbs. no reason to fight someone who outweighs you by 100lbs. Would be interesting to see what Mike can do at light heavy weight right now.
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Prime Tyson was 220 pounds of muscle and lean at that weight. He might have lost some muscle mass with age but he has lost all the other things you lose with old age. It's possible he could make cruiserweight but being strong 175 is not possible. Tyson retired nearly 20 years ago because at his age way back then he was losing to average fighters so he knew it was time to retire. Now that he is almost 20 years older he will be much worse due to old age, not better. His chance of winning a world title at any weight IS NOT 50/50. His chances of winning a world title is zero, impossible, never going to happen so just forget about it. Any top 20 world rated cruiserweight would easily beat today's Tyson. Hopkins is a freak in that he stayed good at such an old age. Tyson is not another guy like Hopkins who stays good into his late 40s and even 50. If he was he would not have been forced to so long ago. Lewis knocked Tyson out and Lewis is older than Tyson. -
He never said he wanted to fight a real bout, why do people keep pushing this??? HE WANTS AN EXHIBITION!!!!!Comment
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Plus going to 175 would be ******, they are faster there and his reflex's would be horribleComment
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Yeah 50/50 was way to high, but I think you aren’t taking enough account of the fact that Tyson was a drug using drunk once he got out of jail with no real work ethic which contributed to his steep decline while Bernard had some of the best work ethic ever. I think Mike would be surprisingly good coming back because I think his level of dedication to health/fitness/training is higher than its ever been since leaving jail. And if he would of continued to work like he did when Cus was alive, he never would of declined or lost till much much later.Comment
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Mikes legs have been gone for decades and his upperbody movement vanished in the 80's...then his reflexs went in the dumps..So what do you think you have left at 54??? yep a no stamina having old man who looks good on the pads for 5 sec clipsComment
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Actually, yes Larryx.
The human body can basically fully recover from almost anything.
The idea that what you do to your body is permanent is pretty much outdated.
It's the same reason I find people who thought Fury couldn't come back and compete, ****** and ignorant.
You can have accidents, break bones, do drugs, drink, and yes, you can erase all of that if you do the right things.Comment
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