Mike Tyson vs Tyson Fury… Boxing Hall of Famer made interesting prediction for fantasy fight… ‘No contest’

At his best, ‘Iron Mike’ was nothing short of terrifying. In one of his biggest wins, Tyson destroyed Larry Holmes to avenge Muhammad Ali.

However, as good as he was, in the eyes of a Hall of Famer, it wouldn’t have been enough to defeat ‘The Gypsy King’.

Bob Arum says Tyson Fury would’ve defeated Mike Tyson

Bob Arum gave his stance on a showdown between Mike Tyson and Tyson Fury.

Not only does he think the Englishman would win, but would do so with relative ease.

In a 2021 interview with talkSPORT, the businessman explained: “He was named after a famous heavyweight in Mike Tyson. You know, fight fans love to play mythical match-ups… if we ever saw a peak Tyson Fury against a peak Mike Tyson, how does that fight go down?

“Well, there’s no contest. Tyson Fury would beat him; he’s way too big for him. What’s Mike Tyson going to do, jump up and land a punch on Tyson Fury?

“Heavyweights now are so tall and agile, which they weren’t before, that smaller heavyweights like Mike Tyson wouldn’t be competitive with him.

“I always felt that if Mike Tyson got in the ring with George Foreman, who was taller, but not as tall as Tyson Fury, that Foreman would just hit down on Tyson and knock him out.

“And that’s what George thought! He always was after me – this is when he came back, after ten years away [in 1987] – to make a fight with Mike Tyson. And I thought it would be an easy fight for Foreman.”

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While Arum wanted to make Foreman vs Tyson, the bout never came to fruition.

‘Big George’ was desperate for the fight to happen.

He once even approached his rival to discuss the potential contest.