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Originally Posted by JCM800
Punch himself out? ...ok, lol.
The young early version of Tyson would kill Marciano or anyone for that matter.
Dude was a fucking pit bull in the ring.
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Tyson would beat Marciano. they both were aggressive fighters, zero strategy their game was to come straight at the opponent and knock him out. i think it's clear Tyson prime for prime was the stronger boxer.
the one heavyweight Tyson would lose to? Ali. again, prime for prime, Ali was by far the better pure boxer, he'd out move Tyson and stick him. remember Ali was a natural heavyweight, he never had to go up in weight, in fact he had to train hard to stay at about 220-225. he was 6'3" with a reach 78 inches. Tyson is 5'10" with a reach of 71 inches. clear height and reach edge to Ali. did i mention he's clearly considered the better boxer, yep i did. there's your edge. Ali was never prone to being knocked out, he was rarely knocked down. Tyson wasn't prone to knockout either but mainly because he won many fights so quickly.
one misconception about Ali is he supposedly didn't have great knockout power. Ask Georgie Foreman and Joe Frazier about that. they both said he hit plenty hard enough. i mean, he knocked foreman out when he was 32 and not really in his prime. Foreman said this about the fight ..
"I thought Ali was just one more knockout victim until, about the seventh round, I hit him hard to the jaw and he held me and whispered in my ear: 'That all you got, George?' I realized that this ain't what I thought it was."
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if they could have fought in their prime, Ali would easily beat Tyson.
