here is what im saying, Frazier hit Ali pretty hard during their trilogy, Foreman got him a few times also in their fight, he was not unhittable, in fact one of his best features was he could take a lot of shots. All im saying is if Frazier could land power shots on Ali, then so could Tyson and believe me NOBODY is getting up when a Mike Tyson left hook lands.
Ali did have great defense, but both Frazier and Foreman landed power shots on him, in fact, Mike Tyson fought more like Frazier than anyone else, both had an unbelievable left hook, tremendous power and both were great in the trenches. I am certain Tyson packed more power into his punches than Frazier did. As far as size goes, all of Tyson's opponents were bigger than him, he is around 5'10". What im saying is its not for certain, one left hook from Mike Tyson and not even Ali would get up.
Ali did have great defense, but both Frazier and Foreman landed power shots on him, in fact, Mike Tyson fought more like Frazier than anyone else, both had an unbelievable left hook, tremendous power and both were great in the trenches. I am certain Tyson packed more power into his punches than Frazier did. As far as size goes, all of Tyson's opponents were bigger than him, he is around 5'10". What im saying is its not for certain, one left hook from Mike Tyson and not even Ali would get up.
Anything is possible, but we are talking hypothetically, and yes maybe Tyson would get a punch in and knock Ali out, but 9 out of 10 times he would lose and probably 6 or 7 of them by KO!! If you think Tyson hit harder than Foreman (each in their prime), then you didn't see the Frazier vs. Foreman fight that ended in 2 rounds!
Khorus jan, i have seen Foreman Frazier, and yes i am sure Tyson hits harder simply because he leans to his side when he punches and uses his legs and Foreman is too big to do that. Ali said it himself in a joking matter but nontheless one punch from Mike and its over and believe me he would land that one punch against both Frazier and Foreman, Ali is a little tougher but still he wasnt unhittable. Both at their prime i'd say Tyson wins 7 out of 10. I mean Foreman is just a no brainer, his head is hanging out there like a freaking baboon, just itching for a Tyson signature uppercut.
All I was saying about Foreman is that he hit as hard as Tyson. Just look at Foreman's record, I think at one point in time he was like 54-2 with 50 KO's. So Ali would probably not go down with one punch from Tyson unless it was the perfect punch, and with Ali's footwork odds are against it. I still contend that with both fighters in their prime, Ali would win 9 out of 10 fights against Tyson.
