re: Prime Ali vs. Prime Mike Tyson

Cassius Clay was the GOAT.

If we really could have these all time heavyweight matches Ali (Clay) would be the betting favorite against any champion in the history of boxing.

I am not saying he would win every match up, just that he would be favored.

For boxing fans there is a good YouTube channel named Fantasy Fights 2.0 where he matches fighters from different eras, complete with some video highlights, analysis and his prediction of who would win. They are very entertaining. He is knowledgeable and level headed, in my opinion, with his predictions but about 20% of the time I don't agree with his outcome. That is certainly understandable when you are matching up fighters from different eras and guessing how the different styles, power, boxing ability, stamina, chin, determination, etc. would affect the outcome.

Some examples of his Fantasy fights are Corbett vs. Marciano, Fury vs. Foreman (I didn't agree with his choice), Dempsey vs. Johnson, Louis vs. Frazier (didn't agree but this is certainly a 50/50 fight), Usyk vs. Tyson, Hagler vs. Monzon, etc.

He predicted Canelo to beat Crawford in a very close fight, we know how that turned out. Sometimes I think he favors modern boxers slightly more than I would. In my view he doesn't lend enough weight sometimes to the determination, grit and hard life experiences that many of the older fighters had. Those guys were tough!