Tyson at 20 vs Ali at 20

[JAB5239]

Thoughts? Here's what Mike thinks.

[Willie Pep 229]

Tyrrell Biggs took a year older Tyson (21) for seven rounds; Tony Tucker took him the full 12 rounds.

20 is still very young. Maybe too young for a proper match-up.

I say young Clay over 10 rounds. Maybe he gets up from a KD. 20 year old (pre-title) Tyson doesn't land his first clean punch until the third round.

Clay UD

[QueensburyRules]

- - What Mike thinks is irrelevant since he proven bat crazy.

Clay at 20 was getting knocked down by Sonny Banks and fighting Ancient Archie in his last fight that Arch threw after betting on Clay.

Tyson at 20 was blasting the guy who last beat up Ali, Berbick, near blasting the lurching Berbick out of the ring for his WBC title.

C'mon, I mean really. How about you vs a 6 year old. How about a Lion vs a Rabbit? A Tiger vs a Chihuahua?

[joseph5620]

- - What Mike thinks is irrelevant since he proven bat crazy.

Clay at 20 was getting knocked down by Sonny Banks and fighting Ancient Archie in his last fight that Arch threw after betting on Clay.

Tyson at 20 was blasting the guy who last beat up Ali, Berbick, near blasting the lurching Berbick out of the ring for his WBC title.

C'mon, I mean really. How about you vs a 6 year old. How about a Lion vs a Rabbit? A Tiger vs a Chihuahua?

Giving Berbick credit for that? Brilliant.

[QueensburyRules]

Giving Berbick credit for that? Brilliant.

- - If Ali beat Berbick, he'd be baying at the Moon all night, so yeah, not easy for even a thug like Berbick to hit a clearly sick weak as a 6 yr old girl Ali that Tubby Lar who was still skinny then beat up for the Tinkerbell lineal title.

[JAB5239]

- - What Mike thinks is irrelevant since he proven bat crazy.

Clay at 20 was getting knocked down by Sonny Banks and fighting Ancient Archie in his last fight that Arch threw after betting on Clay.

Tyson at 20 was blasting the guy who last beat up Ali, Berbick, near blasting the lurching Berbick out of the ring for his WBC title.

C'mon, I mean really. How about you vs a 6 year old. How about a Lion vs a Rabbit? A Tiger vs a Chihuahua?

Tyson is and has always been a very astute student and historian of boxing.. I'd say his opinion matters very much.

[BKM-]

I always found it pretty amazing how much Ali changed physically those first few years of his 20s. One of the best examples of a chin still developing at that age. Just a few years after suffering those knockdowns he could tank hits from all time great punchers.

[4truth]

I got 20 year old Tyson over every 20 year old boxer ever.

obviously, nobody beats everyone but I don’t know of anyone I’d favor over young Iron Mike.

[QueensburyRules]

Tyson is and has always been a very astute student and historian of boxing.. I'd say his opinion matters very much.

- - Not when bat crazy is talking about bat crazy.

[JAB5239]

- - Not when bat crazy is talking about bat crazy.

Only someone bat crazy would understand what you're saying. I don't get it.