re: Joe Frazier vs Mike Tyson (Who would win?)

I can remember when Tyson was a young up and comer. I would go visit my Great Uncle who was a welterweight contender back around Sugar Ray Robinson's time.
Anyway, we sat on his boat and watched Tyson destroy some guy. I asked my Uncle what he thought of Tyson. He said if he doesn't let the "game" get to him, he could be one of the best ever. Mentioned that Tyson was just such a skilled animal. His words. But, eventually the money would probably change him. Which it did.

I think a prime Tyson probably beats Frazier in an absolute WAR.
Ali would have done to Tyson, what he did to Liston, Foreman, and even Frazier.
I think a young Foreman would have done to Tyson what he did to Frazier.
Tyson was a tough SOB. Just go look at the beating Douglas put on him. Tyson was out of shape and Buster was a big dude just teeing off on him. After Cus died, Tyson simply didn't have any mental fortitude.


What's always so hard to figure out with these scenerio's is that they were in different eras. Back in Fraziers time, the only way to make good money was to fight other great fighters. So they had to stay hungry. For Tyson, he got paid for beating tomato cans early on. So had Tyson fought back then, maybe he would have been different. Had Frazier or Ali fought now, maybe they would have been different as well.