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Jack Johnson
Gene Tunney
Jersey Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Floyd Patterson
Larry Holmes (Prime)
James Braddock

Mike loses to Holmes & johnson, possibly Walcott.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Mike loses to Holmes & johnson, possibly Walcott.

Agreed.

Walcott would have been fascinating. His movement would have given Tyson a difficult target to hit.

The rest Tyson would have demolished inside the distance.

Tyson beats them all.

Jack Johnson UD
Gene Tunney - Tyson WINS MD
Jersey Joe Walcott - Tyson WINS SD
Ezzard Charles - Tyson WINS TKO 9
Floyd Patterson - Tyson WINS KO 5
Larry Holmes (Prime) UD
James Braddock -Tyson WINS TKO 7

Tyson 5-2-0

Eh, I can't agree with (assuming we're going peak-for-peak/prime-for-prime) Johnson beating Tyson.

Its hard 2 say for sure as wen u watch footage of Jack the film is old and of poor quality and it makes him look faster then he was. I was thinking of his defense and how he could stop Tyson doing what he does best. I saw it as Tyson slowing down by round 6 and getting picked off....
But maybe u could be right.

Loses to Holmes (a winnable fight, but not one in which I'd favour him outright), & probably beats the rest. Walcott & Tunney would be live, though. Especially the latter.

Jack Johnson UD15 Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson KO2 Gene Tunney
Mike Tyson TKO5 Jersey Joe Walcott
Mike Tyson KO6 Ezzard Charles
Mike Tyson TKO1 Floyd Patterson
Larry Holmes TKO11 Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson KO8 James Braddock

Johnson is the one I’d favour to beat him. Tyson was always easy to tie up on. Bonecrusher really hugged him and closed down his offence. Johnson would be able to do that and to maintain a steady beat of counters.

Holmes would be a tighter fight. Larry would have a small edge.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Mike loses to Holmes & johnson, possibly Walcott.

Agreed, and probably Tunney.