So big ol George Foreman was afraid of short ol Mike tyson?

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TF?! :what:

Tyson was a far more skilled fighter than foreman with more agility, better defense, quicker, and equal punching power.
foreman got in the ring with fighters ready to box even if they had no chance of winning. tyson fought people with glass jaw, no grace cant go the distance etc, that is why he can get drop by someone like buster douglas. foreman gave you a lot of exciting matches. can u say the same for tyson
 

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Not a serious boxer? What the fukk are you talking about?
who did he fight that worth talking about... when you talk about foreman fights, you can go on for days about how good they were. these 2 second tyson fight was a joke and hbo wasn't having it
 

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who did he fight that worth talking about... when you talk about foreman fights, you can go on for days about how good they were. these 2 second tyson fight was a joke and hbo wasn't having it

Frank Bruno, Donovan Ruddock, Trevor Berbick, Larry Holmes. Tyson fought a number of good boxers in his time. You must not watched much of his tape.
 

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foreman got in the ring with fighters ready to box even if they had no chance of winning. tyson fought people with glass jaw, no grace cant go the distance etc, that is why he can get drop by someone like buster douglas. foreman gave you a lot of exciting matches. can u say the same for tyson
Tyson was doing blow and fukking Japanese hookers the night before he got laid out by buster douglas. Bad comparison
 

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:ufdup: He didn't beat Mike for the championship
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George has said extensively he's afraid of Mike, no so much physically or based on skill, which he was intimidating, but Mike had a way of getting into fighters heads. If George could overcome the mental part, he could not only take the physical beating, but he could fight better and beat Tyson.

It's one thing that be mentally not intimidated or scared and just survive or get knocked out, but George would beat Tyson.

George wouldnt be a big dummy for Tyson. Tyson would effectively chip away at him, but Foremans in ring experience would lead him to make continual necessary ring adjustments, and not to discredit Tyson, but he wouldnt have rebuttals for all of foremans adjustments. I wont say Tyson would get frustrated, but because Tyson would have to effectively change his approach since Foreman is able to adjust and eat his body shots, and block and parry his hooks, Tyson is going to have to adjust on the fly and Foreman has the ring acumen to get him during that time. Whether he catches him with something big or just takes advantage of striking while Tyson is trying to find something different that is effective.
 
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I don't think George was fast enough to keep Mike outside for long.

He went toe to toe with Ali, and Foreman actually could take a punch. Not saying who would have won, but Tyson would have had his hands full even with an aging Foreman.
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He went "toe to toe" with 32 yr old ali sleeping on the ropes.
 
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