How would tyson deal with Alis TALK

[TBear]

Ali got into heads a lot more headstrong than Tyson's.

[Mugwump]

Tyson was mentally fragile. He admits this pretty frankly in the Tyson documentary.

Paraphrasing "I'm afraid of being bullied".

This statement is impossible to ignore. It cuts straight through to the core of the man.

It's no co-incidence Evander Holyfield, one of the few fighters of that era who not only refused to take a backward step, but also made it his business to reverse the tables on Tyson and intimidate him, prevailed.

If you could get into his head long enough to raise the terrifying spectre of childhood demons his confidence and appetite for fighting would collapse.

Perhaps the only thing Mike feared more than being bullied was quitting, or the repercussions of quitting. And so he became trapped between a rock and a hard place. Against Holyfield he dodged the question by getting himself DQd.

Had he been ejected from the fight in less heinous fashion I reckon he would have DQd himself out of future bouts too. But the colossal embarrassment and shame he suffered in the aftermath meant the only option open to him in the Lewis fight was to pathetically stand there whilst Lewis teed off on him - hoping all the time the ref would step in and end his suffering.

Tyson, like many before him, was one of those phenomenally gifted fighters who might have achieved true greatness had it not been for a single tragic flaw. D'Amato knew about it. Which is why he went to such lengths protecting his fighter.

With the above in mind - how would Tyson deal with Ali? The simple answer is - he wouldn't. Even going into the bout with no knowledge against a young Tyson (assuming D'Amato would take the fight - which I very much doubt) - it wouldn't take long in the ring before Ali (who was as sharp between the ears as any fighter) put two and two together.

I'm sure Mike would get in some good shots. He may even win the first three or four rounds. But the moment Ali zeroes his scope and the taunts begin to fly the fight will be all but over. Ali by DQ win or Ali by career-finishing beating.

[Bodyshot3]

@Mugwump.

Hard to disagree with this.

Ali picked people apart long before the first bell sounded and I think he would have found a way to humiliate, bully or simply get Tyson to completely lose it well before fight night.

A Tyson loss via DQ is a very credible prediction.