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Prime vs Prime, opinions?

A draw!

Joe would pummel him. Two guys coming forward, one a great in fighter and the other Tyson.

Both fighters would show their heart, but Tyson would prevail over Smokin with heavier blows and take a decision.

Iron Mike Tyson was great but in his best night, he can't beat the Smokin' Joe of the FOTC. On that night with the great Muhammad Ali, Frazier was magnificent!

It's Kingston all over.

Onetimeonly wrote: ↑20 Dec 2019, 03:13 Joe would pummel him. Two guys coming forward, one a great in fighter and the other Tyson.

Great line!

Frazier by decision or late stoppage. Tyson only could be lucky to land early.

DrDuke wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 13:21 Frazier by decision or late stoppage. Tyson only could be lucky to land early.

That wouldn't do it either.

In his prime, Mike's uppercuts are pretty good. He can catch Frazier like Foreman did with an uppercut. If Mike can't catch him early, Frazier can tire Mike out. Could go either way.

I could see Mike winning the first 3 rounds, possibly even dropping Joe if he catches him just right. Joe's gonna get up though. I mean he got up 6 times against Foreman. He'd get up against Tyson too, and as the fight went on he'd break Tyson down, and either stop him late in the fight or take a wide decision after having dominated the majority of the fight from about the 4th or 5th round on.

Honestly it's hard to imagine Mike making it to the distance with what Joe would put on him. Joe would either knock him out, or he'd just quit somewhere along the way.

Frazier KO 6 Tyson..