Mike Tyson Names The One Heavyweight Whose Power ‘He Could Never Match’
Mike Tyson is seen as one of the most powerful heavyweights the division has ever seen.
Tyson was known as ‘The Baddest Man On The Planet’ throughout his career, partly due to his ferocious power and lightning quick speed.
He won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them inside the very first round, leading to him becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion in history at the age of 20 years, 4 months and 22 days.
Tyson reigned as undisputed champion from 1987 to 1990, and ended his career with 44 of his 50 victories coming by knockout, showing just how powerful he was.
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While that may be the case, ‘Iron Mike’ feels there is one other heavyweight that he couldn’t match when it comes to power, telling FightCamp that the legendary George Foreman takes that accolade.
“I can’t match somebody’s power who’s that big with that much mass. The only thing that allowed me to be exciting was because I threw faster than the other guys.”
Foreman was a two-time world heavyweight champion, with his first reign coming when he claimed a spectacular second round knockout of Joe Frazier in 1973.
After losing his titles to Muhammad Ali in the iconic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ in 1974, Foreman then retired in 1977, but came back after a 10-year absence in an attempt to once again claim world honours.
He did just that when he became the oldest world heavyweight champion in history in 1994, knocking out Michael Moorer in round 10 to show that his huge power was still on display. Foreman retired with a record of 76-5, with 68 of those victories coming by knockout.
One man who took on and beat both Tyson and Foreman was Evander Holyfield, and ‘The Real Deal’ has revealed the difference between their power.
