Muhammad Ali is hailed by many as the greatest heavyweight of all time, but in the eyes of three-time super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch, there is one former heavyweight ruler who would have gotten the better of ‘The Greatest’.
Ali remains as the only three-time lineal heavyweight world champion in boxing history, with his legendary wins over Sonny Liston, George Foreman and Leon Spinks seeing him claim the coveted title on three occasions during the division’s most glorious era.
Whilst Ali is recognised globally as the standout heavyweight in boxing history, and possibly even the best fighter of any weight-class, some argue that a prime Mike Tyson is the most feared and seemingly unstoppable heavyweight the sport has ever seen.
On his YouTube channel, Froch predicted that ‘Iron’ Mike would have been able to dispose of Ali, believing that the size of ‘The Greatest’ would make him vulnerable against Tyson.
“If Tyson catches him on the chin with a couple of big shots, he is flattening Ali isn’t he? But can he catch him? Ali can take a move, ride the shot and move and keep him long. Tyson was an absolute monster, but when Tyson actually stepped up and started fighting the boys he came unstuck, didn’t he?
“After that James ‘Buster’ Douglas loss and then [Evander] Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, I know that he had issues but he wasn’t invincible was he, Mike Tyson, and Ali has got that air of invincibility around him, but I know that he lost as well, late on in his career.
“Mike Tyson knocks him out or loses on points. It is hard to go against Mike Tyson against someone of Ali’s size, so [I predict that] Mike Tyson renders him unconscious!”
Despite Froch believing that Tyson would come on top, Tyson himself has always maintained that he would be no match for Ali, placing his idol in a league of his own when discussing the talent of boxing’s most iconic fighter.
