Mike Vs Usyk: Evander Holyfield Delivers Honest Verdict On Prime Mike Tyson vs Oleksandr Usyk
Mike Tyson vs. Oleksandr Usyk is a fantasy fight that many boxing fans have debated in recent years.
Mike Tyson was world heavyweight champion during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and after becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion ever, he defeated fighters such as Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks and Trevor Berbick on his way to becoming undisputed.
It is an achievement that Usyk also recently achieved, following up on his undisputed glory at cruiserweight back in 2018 by repeating the feat in the banner division last May to claim all four world heavyweight titles.
Another man that was undisputed at both cruiserweight and heavyweight was Evander Holyfield, and he has weighed in on how a potential prime Tyson vs. Usyk fight could go.
Speaking to Mail Sport Boxing, Holyfield claimed that a prime Tyson would have beaten some of the best heavyweights in boxing history, including George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
However, when it came to predicting a winner between ‘Iron Mike’ and Usyk though, Holyfield admitted he couldn’t split them.
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“I don’t know. I don’t exactly know that one.”
Holyfield himself knows what it is like to have shared the ring with Tyson, having gone up against ‘Iron Mike’ twice in the mid 1990s.
The first bout ended in an 11th round stoppage win for Holyfield, while the second fight became infamous due to Tyson getting disqualified in the third round for biting the ear of ‘The Real Deal.’
As for Usyk, he is expected to return to action this summer, where the Ukrainian could take on IBF champion Daniel Dubois in a bid to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion
