15-17 year old Mike Tyson in the late 19th century

Having watched some of Tyson's amateur fights and having watched some film of fighters from the late 19th century, early 20th century, I must say, even as an amateur, Tyson looked so much more advanced than many of those guys.

In fact, especially with those small, horse hair gloves, I think a 15-17 year old Tyson would look quite destructive against those relatively crude heavyweights. I even think it'd be a good chance he'd be the champion. How does anyone else see Tyson at that age doing in the heavyweight division of that time? Keep in mind, Tyson was around 200 pounds at 15-17 years old.

Also keep in mind that at 16, Tyson was sparring with fighters like Carl Williams and Frank Bruno, both of whom, at the very least, were as good as many of the fighters of the late 1800s, early 1900s.

 

Of course the youngest ever world champion, Wilfred Benitez, turned pro at 15 and was world champion at 17. Fighters like Walcott and Conn turned pro at 16. Patterson was 17 when he turned pro and was the Olympic middle weight champion at that same age. Ali was 18 when he turned pro and when he was the Olympic light heavyweight champion. And I know 18 is officially "legal", but in the real world, there's not much difference between a 17 and 18 year old, in fact, the 2 are virtually indistinguishable. Unless you're talking specifically about Tyson.

 

Just because you hate Tyson doesn't mean **** to me. I get it, that's only true if you don't like a fighter **** off

 

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