Boxing Anthony Joshua vs Mike Tyson

[Macpotata]

How would you lads simulate this fight between '' Iron '' Mike Tyson and Anthony '' A.J '' Joshua? I don't follow much of the heavyweight game as tbh it diminished significantly with every passing year. I'll take a stab in the dark and say Joshua hasn't fought that many big names more so to do with the calibre of the heavyweight opposition. He probably fought the best available, which speaks for itself. I know he fought a very big name in Wladimir Klitschko, but how far out of his prime was he when he fought him. That was a terrific fight though it must be said.

On Tyson. I wish he would have got to fight Evander, Lewis or Bowe when he was in his prime, but it didn't eventuate. Even a Foreman or a Michael Moorer, although Foreman would have been past it if they did meet, yet kept fighting for donkey well after his prime had ended I don't think Moorer hit his peak until around 95/96 when Tyson was just out of jail, or about a year into his new found freedom.


Anyway I have to give the nod to a prime Mike Tyson from what I've seen from Joshua at this stage. Remains to be seen what he can do from here on in and only time will tell. Joshua does have that significant height and reach going for him as well as good boxing I.Q. I watched Bruno vs Tyson again on ESPN today and Bruno had no answer for Tyson and didn't utilise his height and reach factor to his full advantage but it's pretty hard to do so when you have that beast in front of you firing on all cylinders. Joshua you would THINK in this day and age would have more knowledge, but would it have been enough.

Tyson gets the win imo. On points. He was able to win decisions against some decent tall fighters that good box well

 

[chefmeister]

lol, Tyson would probably destroy AJ even now.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Joshua would be trying to work out who his niece will be the wife of and Tyson, well....

 

[BoxMatrix]

Prime Tyson would destroy any heavyweight in history. However, that prime was short lived...

If the fight was post Buster Douglas, I could see Wilder giving Mike some trouble with that long ass reach. Wilder's brilliant fitness could also give Mike some trouble in the later rounds. However, I'd give Tyson the edge.

For AJ, I'm not too sure about his chin, and his stamina is a real issue. Combined with the fact he seems to get stunned at least once in his past few fights (at least since the Whyte fight). Mike would go in for the kill when he manages to stun AJ. Mike would win by TKO in the sixth.

 

[Kurve]

I personally, will never forgive Tyson for biting Holyfield's ear off. What a disgrace. Also, he's a short ass.

 

[chefmeister]

I personally, will never forgive Tyson for biting Holyfield's ear off. What a disgrace. Also, he's a short ass.

Yeah, almost as disgraceful as a boxer using PED’s to win fights.

Mr ”Evan Fields” was nothing more than a cheating coward.

 

[BoxMatrix]

I personally, will never forgive Tyson for biting Holyfield's ear off. What a disgrace. Also, he's a short ass.

Lol. Holyfield deserved it. Headbutt after ******* headbutt. The ref wasn't doing anything about it, so Mike just took it into his own hands.

 

[Kurve]

Lol. Holyfield deserved it. Headbutt after ******* headbutt. The ref wasn't doing anything about it, so Mike just took it into his own hands.

Pfft at that level the refs don't make those kinds of mistakes but .... nice try

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[BoxMatrix]

Pfft at that level the refs don't make those kinds of mistakes but .... nice try

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You kidding? Halpern and Lane were absolutely useless in those fights.

Watch this video (turn off the sound though).

Holyfield has a long history of headbutting. He took it to the extreme in the Tyson fight.

 

[Kurve]

Head clashes are to be expected. Biting an ear off .. no.

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[chefmeister]

Pfft at that level the refs don't make those kinds of mistakes but .... nice try

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Yeah, and there’s no corruption in boxing either.

 

[chefmeister]

Head clashes are to be expected. Biting an ear off .. no.

Not really when one guy is almost a foot taller but I guess it’s Tyson’s fault for jumping into it.

 

[Kurve]

Yeah, and there’s no corruption in boxing either.

So make a real statement and bite the ear off the ref .. ?

 

[BoxMatrix]

Head clashes are to be expected. Biting an ear off .. no.

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Their's a difference between a head clash and a headbutt. Holyfield has a long history with headbutting. He's been warned for it. Took it to the extreme.

This was the result of a Holyfield headbutt

 

[chefmeister]

So make a real statement and bite the ear off the ref .. ?

Nah, referees and umpires are good blokes.

 

[Kurve]

Their's a difference between a head clash and a headbutt. Holyfield has a long history with headbutting. He's been warned for it. Took it to the extreme.

This was the result of a Holyfield headbutt

I did respect your post and watched the clip. I saw one more a ram than a headbutt in Tyson v Holyfield and agree, it could have been called. It didnt hurt him, annoyed him more than anything though I think. I haven't watched that fight for a while but iirc looked like Tyson was in a losing position when the ear came off.

Heavyweights can do a lot of damage but I've seen a young fighter's face totally destroyed in a fly weight fight too, his career was over. Worse than this pic here.

 

[chefmeister]

Holyfield has a long history with headbutting.

Guy was a disgrace and in a sport with such low morals as boxing that’s a pretty harsh insult.
I wonder how many people knew Evan Fields also laid the teeth into another fighter way before Tyson did..?

http://articles.latimes.com/1997/jul/02/sports/sp-8945

 

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[Exe Gesis]

 

[Exe Gesis]

Wilder vs Tyson part deux to set up a Wilder vs Joshua super-fight.

 

[IronMike]

See what Ruiz Jr just did to Joshua? Well multiply that by x100.

Joshua would be lucky to get out of the first round.

 

[Bunkdar]

Their's a difference between a head clash and a headbutt. Holyfield has a long history with headbutting. He's been warned for it. Took it to the extreme.

This was the result of a Holyfield headbutt

screw boxing N head trauma
HBO chernobyl character

 

[Exe Gesis]

See what Ruiz Jr just did to Joshua? Well multiply that by x100.

Joshua would be lucky to get out of the first round.