Up to now, the world’s most experienced boxing experts still have to admit that Muhammad Ali is the best boxer of all time, but Mike Tyson is not far behind. However, the private lives of these two boxers are very different, so the way fans remember them is also different.
In a seminar about Ali and Tyson, a surprising result appeared. Almost all 30 experts agreed that Tyson was greater than Ali. This is also the result of many recent polls in this professional sport.
Tyson is a tireless punching machine. In his first match, Tyson himself knocked heavyweight boxer Michael Spinks to the floor in the shortest fight in the history of professional boxing.
Another thing worth noting is that in this first match, Tyson’s thirst for victory and destructive fighting style almost killed Michael Spinks. Ali
defeated his opponent completely differently from Tyson. With a “cat-and-mouse” style of movement, Ali exhausted his opponent before destroying his opponent’s last efforts.
The two fighters’ winning styles are too different. Tyson’s victory was impressive but did not leave a deep impression on fans. Ali’s winning style was enjoyable so it often made people remember it forever. But it must be admitted that Tyson fought more effectively than Ali!
The hardest thing about comparing who is better is that, when Tyson dominated all the world’s boxing arenas, Ali had long hung up his gloves and had become an eternal monument of world boxing. There are also experts who have given very convincing statistics to show that Ali’s talent was far superior to Tyson’s.
Ali at his peak was always victorious. Ali’s opponents were famous boxers who are still remembered today such as Liston, Frazier and Foreman.
Tyson at his peak was different. He also always won, winning like lightning, but Tyson’s “victims” were less famous boxers such as Biggs, Tubbs or Williams.
What cannot be ignored is that the opponents Tyson defeated often never “got up” again. It seems that the fear Tyson instilled in them made them fear boxing for the rest of their lives?
At his peak, Ali did not encounter any opponents taller than him. Pinklon Thomas, Holmes and Frazier were all as tall as Ali or just 2cm taller.
Ali had no trouble fighting fighters of his own stature. Tyson took on any heavyweight boxer who wanted to fight him. Tyson once said: “I can fight right after the first fight without having to rest.
I can fight any heavyweight boxer many times taller than me. The important thing is that I knock them out.” Another difference is that Ali
dominated world boxing for quite a long time. Even after dodging the draft to protest the war in Vietnam, returning to the ring, Ali continued his winning streak.
With Tyson, it was different. He fought fast, won fast and became famous very quickly. Tyson’s reign on the world boxing stage was much shorter than Ali’s. Perhaps this also makes people forget Tyson more easily than Ali?
It may not be entirely accurate to say that Tyson was greater than Ali. But it is easier to agree with fans that Tyson and Ali represent the famous differences in boxing.
