Mike Tyson’s astute response when asked who would prevail in a bout between him and the legendary Muhammad AliTyson responded with frank honesty.
When asked who he thought would prevail in a heavyweight battle between himself and a prime Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson responded brilliantly.
The news that boxing great Mike Tyson would face Jake Paul again in the ring last month catapulted him into the public eye.
When Tyson fights the 27-year-old on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, he will be 58 years old. There has been much discussion on whether two boxers with such a large age difference should compete against one another.
Nobody can dispute Tyler’s formidable reputation, which is enough to turn this matchup into a major event.
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After winning his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of which came in the first frame, Tyson went on to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world from 1987 until 1990.
He made history by being the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles concurrently. He was also the only heavyweight to do it consecutively.
Following his 1990 knockout loss to underdog Buster Douglas and his 1992 jail sentence, Tyson made a string of successful comeback bouts to win back the WBA and WBC crowns in 1996.
Although Tyson hadn’t competed professionally since 2005, he was back in the ring in 2020 for an exhibition matchup with Roy Jones Jr.
Iron Mike will undoubtedly support himself to defeat Paul, but he was brutally honest when asked how he would fare against the legendary Muhammad Ali.
In a 2012 interview with This is 50, Iron Mike argued that only Prime Ali could have defeated anyone.There is no man like him, he declared. He surpasses anything that we own.
Nobody can outperform Ali; it’s not about concentration or muscle memory, it’s just about his doing it.Hell no f**k this, I can’t defeat that man (laughs).
Regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, Ali was the heavyweight champion of Ring magazine from 1964 to 1970, the unchallenged.
champion from 1974 to 1978, and the heavyweight champion of both Ring and WBA from 1978 to 1979.
In 1999, Ali was selected the Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC due to his domination in the ring and his advocacy outside of it.
