who could stop tyson back in the day?

[Oasis_Lad]

liston
dempsey
foreman
ali
frazier
louis
lewis
holyfield

and a lot more

[Krucial]

i think
-frazier
-liston
-ali
-louis
-marciano
-foreman
-holyfeild
-jones jr.(he would outbox em like ali would)
-bowe
can all beat tyson

[NJFighter91]

i disagree with holyfield and lewis...

prime to prime, they could never beat tyson

[Southpaw Stinger]

i disagree with holyfield and lewis...

prime to prime, they could never beat tyson

and theres no way Jones jr would beat Tyson.

[Abe Attell]

It is my belief that if Mike Tyson had just done what Cus D'Amato had taught him to do he would have won every fight. No one he faced had the style to beat him, Tyson beat himself. "Prime" didn't have **** to do with his loses.

Tyson's prime is "Mental" prime...like it has been stated many times over, without a strong corner, Tyson will have trouble against a good opponent, although he didn't do so bad against Ruddock.

I really need to figure out which documentary I heard it from, but remember it being on ESPN, it goes, "Tyson is only as good as the program you put into him"

To me, that basically sums it up...it was said that Tyson's mental strength came from the people around him: if he was around confident and assertive people, that is who he became...if he was around people that lacked confidence, he started to lack confidence.

Just look at the examples: If you go back and watch Tyson with Rooney, if Tyson said something like "I can't get inside", Rooney would say (with a loud assertive voice), "Don't say that, he is can be hit, get inside and kill the body", and Tyson listened...in the one fight with Tucker, Tyson was doubting himself, came back to the corner, and Rooney said something similar, saying "Your not jabbing, Use the jab, Use the Jab"...Tyson then went out and jabbed the **** out of Tucker, who if you didn't notice was taller than Tyson.


Then go watch Tyson's fight with Douglas or even with his victory over Ruddock, Tyson's facial expression in between rounds when his corner was talking to him had a face that said, "I don't want to be here, you guys are ****, I am not listening"

[butterfly1964]

liston
dempsey
foreman
ali
frazier
louis
lewis
holyfield

and a lot more

The one's in bold are wrong.

[Oasis_Lad]

The one's in bold are wrong.

i disagree

[butterfly1964]

i disagree

Okay, but I don't see how Dempsey would beat Tyson, since Tyson is just a better version of Dempsey.

[Abe Attell]

The one's in bold are wrong.

agree, the two guys that had a good chance were Foreman and pre-exile Ali.

[Verstyle]

Foreman would flatten Tyson, Ali would outbox and out perform Tyson. Liston would have a good chance of KO'ing Tyson, Holyfield would always give Tyson trouble. If Frazier got past round 5 he would have a shot. Buster Douglas at his best could always cause an upset. Prime Larry Holmes would do much better than the old wreck Tyson destroyed.

These are just to name a few.

hahaha your crazy.foremans punchs r to slow for a prime tyson his defense was superb.and when he threw his combos he would pop then and take a few steps back to get outta there range.no way in hell would tyson stay in there like frazier did. and maybe just maybe ali could bet tyson.and u say if frazier got past 5? tysons stamina was crazy in his prime.watch the tony tucker fight threw out.and buster douglas?ahahaha u gotta be kidding me.when tyson fought him he didn't even utilize his jab to confuse and set him up.and liston is another slow fighter they wouldn't be able to figure out how to get passed tysons defense