Mike Tyson Named 1 Heavyweight He'd Have Never Beaten - Even in His Prime

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Mike Tyson & Muhammad Ali's Legacy in Heavyweight Boxing

Mike Tyson

'Iron Mike' made an impact on the sport of boxing from an early age as he became the youngest fighter to ever win a heavyweight world title, after defeating Jamaica's Trevor Berbick by TKO for the WBC belt in 1986. His achievement of doing so at just 20 years of age remains intact to this day.

Muhammad Ali

Even though Tyson and Ali reigned as heavyweight champions in different eras and never crossed paths in the ring, it has not stopped boxing purists from debating how a possible fight between the two legends would have played out.

Mike Tyson Knows Muhammad Ali Would've Beaten Him

Evidently, Tyson had a lot of respect for Ali's achievements as a fighter and wanted no business potentially squaring off against him in the ring. Nevertheless, some boxing fans would have given him a chance in a potential fight between the two had they met due to the explosive style Iron Mike possessed during his prime years.