How would Mike Tyson have fared against a great swarming fighter?

[prinzemanspopa]

Obviously you don't like Mike Tyson,and you're more than entitled to not like him,but you can't seriously believe that Joe frazier would stand a chance.


When did frazier ever show the ability to take the punch of someone who could really ****? Neither you nor I will know this because he spent his entire career avoiding virtually every puncher under the sun and the one time he did step in with one he got exposed.


Marciano has more heart and chin than frazier does so I think he could atleast be competitive.

[frankenfrank]

Obviously you don't like Mike Tyson,and you're more than entitled to not like him,but you can't seriously believe that Joe frazier would stand a chance.


When did frazier ever show the ability to take the punch of someone who could really ****? Neither you nor I will know this because he spent his entire career avoiding virtually every puncher under the sun and the one time he did step in with one he got exposed.
And look at what Tyson did to men like Spinks , Berbick and Bruno.
Combine these 2 facts and Marciano gets destroyed early.

Marciano has more heart and chin than frazier does so I think he could atleast be competitive.

Marciano's division was a lightheavy division : Charles , Walcott and Moore , including Marciano himself who simply did not bother making the 175 limit as the top of the HW division of his time were lightheavies who scaled at their hydrated weight .
Can you see the man who was put down against 2 of these ancient worn lightheavies being competitive against Tyson ?
Leotis Martin could have been a top contender of Marciano's era but not of Frazier's.

[frankenfrank]

he got up and his legs were fine. besides, both guys were great punchers

Maybe P4P they were , but in today's or Tyson's divisions they would have been cannon fodder .
And do you think they were even close to Tyson or Tua in terms of punching power ?