Tyson vs Wilder
FUTURE Hall- of- Famer Mike the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion, recently traded barbs over social media, with Wilder saying he could beat Tyson if they fought in their primes. Tyson even went on to claim he could beat the late Muhammad Ali if they also fought in their prime.
As to who would win a mythical match-up between those who are current or future Hall-of-Famers and those active in the sport can - ers themselves can make a claim on who would win. And in the case of Tyson-Wilder, Tyson simply said he doesn’t think Wilder can beat him.
Tyson and Wilder are like night and day, with Tyson standing
Those who think that size alone boxing ring, can easily conclude Wilder can easily beat Tyson. That can be a good thesis because Wild over Tyson. Well, not so fast!
Tyson actually caught the imagination of the boxing world because he chopped down bigger opponents in a very vicious manner. And he was the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing
On the other hand, Wilder is very intelligent in using his size in beating opponents and has excellent agility for a big man. But he won the
- ponents Tyson fought who measure up to Wilder’s physical stature are inch reach). He beat those big boxers both stopped Tyson.
Wilder has not yet fought somebody like Tyson, and currently sports a perfect record of 40-0 with 39 knockouts. Tyson retired with a
So who wins in the mythical matchup between Tyson and Wilder?
Tyson was at his peak in his early make sense?
Tyson during his reign of terror fought better opponents compared to Wilder, who up to this day has not been bold enough to challenge the other big heavyweight cham of their careers, Ali, George Foreman, and the late Joe Frazier were all itching to get into the ring just to prove who was the best.
To his credit, Wilder stopped a solid contender over the weekend in Luis Ortiz who went into the ring against Wilder with a
- er beat were almost no-names or cream puffs. Well, that is a good way to pad one’s record with knockouts.
resumes, physical stature, and punching power, and take into account impact on the sport, Wilder is nothing compared to Tyson.
Wilder, Fury, and Joshua and the rest of the heavyweight champions after Tyson and Lewis could not grab the limelight and big in the lower divisions like Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Alvarez, and even Manny Pacquiao. Those money than the three top heavyweights in the past years.
On the other hand, Tyson grabbed the imagination of the public with his vicious style and made more than $400 million ring. In short, Tyson continued the tradition of making the heavyweight division the premiere division in boxing. Wilder and the other heavyweight champions today have failed to do that.
So what should Wilder do to make the heavyweight division the centrepiece of boxing anew? soonest time possible. If he does not do that and continues denigrating the legends of boxing, he will surely lose the respect of boxing fans. That may be happening now.