Tyson is five-ten and Ali was six-three, so that is exactly how it would play out. Five-ten is fairly short for a heavy weight. Being tall is only an advantage in a fight from a distance. As soon as the shorter man closes that distance and get in really close, being tall becomes a disadvantage. Long arms don't swing well in tight spaces.
Agree 100%.
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I agree. Tyson was built like a RockEm SockEm robot. He punched up like one too and the results were devastating. My money is on Iron Mike.
I mean there were definitely some hard hitters before Tyson's time i.e. Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Rocky Marciano (who was only one of two boxer in history I believe who won every single fight, the other being Floyd Mayweather, but he fights like a complete coward), and Earnie Shavers who, according to everyone who faced him, hit harder than any other boxer ever. Tyson was a hard hitter, but his blows were very precise and hit in the most perfect of places.
Yeah I haven't seen Ali ever get knocked out. He got close to in the Earnie Shavers fight because he got too ****y, but he still won that fight. I believe it was Larry Holmes who said that Shavers punched him so hard he knocked him out and woke him up in the same punch haha. The toughest boxer in history is Rocky Marciano imo though. He put passion into every single one of his punches no matter how tired he was and would never show any signs of faltering. Ali would show some signs of a wavering will power occasionally. But yeah I still am leaning more on Ali myself, maybe just because I like him a lot.
Tyson had great aim which is why his punches were so devastating. But if others had gotten a shot off like that by some of the other big names they may have been similarly knocked out cold.
Yeah that's actually a really good point about smoking. They conditioned and trained well but they still lived in an era where people believed smoking was healthy haha. And Tyson was the most explosive fighter I've ever seen. The only problem though is that I haven't really seen many of his fights when he was physically conditioned at his best. Tyson also snorted cocaine before all his fights too so that definitely could have given him a strong edge too.
Ali was great at the beginning too. He never got tired ever and probably hit harder then than before. deesade brings up a good point though. I noticed the same thing with Ali too. After his prison sentence, he got a lot slower and was a lot less quick. He wasn't as strong either and had to play smarter by relying on the other guy to tire out instead of his own physical prowess to conquer others. It's almost as if Tyson and Ali never had a prime.
Finally a voice of reason. One of the things that made Tyson great was his head movement called the peak a boo. He was taught this style under Cuz D'Amato and DAmato stressed this more than other trainers. But contrary to popular belief Tyson was good on the inside but that wasnt his greatest strength. Because the essence of his style under D'Amato was the panic, the slip, and the counter. And because of his short height he was forced to employ these maneuvers to get "inside". But after the death of D,Amato he fell prey to his own type of being a power puncher and instead of him using his head movement the way he was taught and waiting for an opening he began to "hunt" and he paid the price by letting himself get tied up like Larry Holmes did. My personal opinion is that if Damato hadn't died and lived 5-10 years longer. Tyson most Likely would have retired undefeated.
