Tyson Vs. Frazier //// Tyson Vs. Foreman?

Question

What do you guys think if Tyson in his prime was able to meet up with Joe Frazier in his prime?

Who do you think would win and why?

And Who do you think would win between Mike Tyson and George Foreman.

I see Tyson being able to beat Frazier but not Foreman.

Answer 1

In their primes, Tyson could beat Fazier, Norton, even Ali....would have destroyed Ali. But I'm not so sure about Forman. Size always gave Tyson problems. From his crushing and spanking at the hands of Lewis to his early days (in his prime) where Frank Bruno gave him some serious trouble.... and outside of that one fight, who will remember Bruno, seriously? O.K. maybe a few lonely englanders with nothing better to do than remenice about their native champs.

Answer 2

Tyson would have had a chance against Frazier in the first couple rounds because Frazier was hittable, and he liked to stand and fight. But if neither fighter was knocked out in the first couple rounds, Frazier would certainly go on to beat him. That's probably the conventional thinking. As a side thought though. Did Tyson ever fight someone with Joe's power, speed, endurance, and nonstop pressure? With Frazier's upper body movement, would Tyson's punches have landed cleanly? How would Tyson have responded mentally to one of the most tenacious boxers ever? What if Frazier did get knocked down but kept getting back up and returning fire? How did Frazier historically respond under pressure and resistance? How did Tyson historically respond under Pressure and resistance? The more I think about it, the slimmer it looks for Tyson.

Tyson's chances of beating Foreman in his prime would be next to nothing. Of the great boxers his best shot would be Frazier, but it wouldn't be much of a shot.

Answer 3

I would say that both would beat Tyson. For all you Tyson fanatics out there.... name a great fighter that Mike EVER beat? There isn't one. But He would at least have a chance against Frazier. But against Foreman... forget it! People need to get some tapes of Foreman in his twenties.... he was a monster! Everybody only sees the Ali fight where he totally lost his compusure and let Ali into his head. Physcially, he had no equal. Anybody who thinks Tyson had more power than Foreman is fooling themselves. Big George would destroy him.

Answer 4

First of all in my opinion, any man that lost to Buster Douglas and never beat a great opponent would never beat Joe Frazier or George Foreman. Remember Frazier beat the great Ali and nearly beat him the other 2 fights. Foreman beat Frazier twice and Ken Norton and even beat Michael Moorer at age 45, an amazing feat. Joe Frazier would have outwilled Tyson and landed his vaunted left hooks. Remember Tyson couldn't handle it when Holyfield didn't run and outslugged him? Well Frazier would bob and weave and land smoking left hooks until Tyson eats one too many and Smoking Joe wins by 9th round knockout. George Foreman with his jab, size, strength and punching power would have beaten Mike much the way he beat Frazier and would have knocked out Tyson in the 5th round. I will tell you that Mike had a helluva punch but could not handle things mentally when things got rough. When he actually fought people who could really fight and would punch back he wilted. He lost to Holyfield and to Lewis badly each time and of course to Douglas and regardless of what anyone thinks, it was not a fluke. Mike simply is not in the same league as great fighters like Foreman and Frazier.

Answer 5

I am one of the biggest Tyson fans around. He would have defeated Frazier but Foreman would have killed him. Bad matchup, look what Foreman did to Frazier (knocked him down 6 times), Frazier and Tyson were about the same size. In fact, Tyson refused to fight Foreman back in the day when King was managing Tyson bc Cus D'Amato used to watch old fights with him and he said "It's suicide against Foreman if you're short and fight a swarming attacking style like Marciano or Frazier,"" and it stuck with Mike, he was scared sh**less of Foreman, as illustrated in a reprinting of the story....

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_forum/index.php/topic,40478.0.html

Answer 6

The only two answers worth reading here ( obviously only in my opinion ) are Toughguys and Keith's, i would agree with you that the Frazier Vs Tyson would be quite close, but i would class these two as very simular in styles as styles go they both used to duck and bounce side to side as a defence and were both reliant on their heavy Left Hooks but i just think Joe was a lot more resilient than Tyson and he also fought a much better class of fighter, the only two fighters who beat Frazier (Ali and Foreman) would both of whupped Tyson. Foreman in his prime Vs Tyson wouldn't last two rounds.

Answer 7

Foreman knocks Tyson out within 5 rounds.

I think Frazier takes longer, but still stops Tyson.

Wh did Tyson ever beat that demonstrates he was actually talented? Most of the guys he foought were never-weres, has-beens, and/or underweight.

Answer 8

Exactly. Tyson would knock out frazier. Frazier got knocked out bad by foreman. Tyson would pretty much do the same. Foreman was the most powerful puncher in boxing history. I think Foreman would have knocked Tyson out. I would rank foreman in the top 3 best heavyweight boxers ever.

Answer 9

Well... IT's tough to say. Frazier's an AWESOME fighter, but so is Tyson. I think it would go to the final round, and Tyson would win by decision. The Foreman one's easy. TYSON WOULD ROCK HIM!

Answer 10

How many competitive fights did Tyson win? ZERO. Both George and Foreman would have been competitive. VERY competitive. Would bring the coward out of Mikey very quick.