The name of Mike Tyson He was back in the orbit of the boxing world with a possible return to the ring. The former boxer has been showing on social networks that the agility and strength in his shots is still intact and, believe it or not, At the time it came to scare Muhammad Ali himself.
The World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) held a virtual tournament among the best heavyweight boxers in history and after the preliminary rounds Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali reached the final. “Don’t win the real fight. Ali is the greatest ever. “, he claimed Kid dynamite about his triumph in virtual combat.
Tyson and Ali. Photo: Taken from Twitter @boxingscene
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But here comes the most interesting story. This week a confession was released in which Ali told George Foreman how impressed he was with the skills that led to Tyson to enshrine himself as world champion.
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“Muhammad Ali told me this himself. I said, ‘Do you think Tyson could beat everyone?’ He said, ‘Man, Tyson hits really hard.’ He felt Tyson hitting harder than anyone he had ever encountered. He once told me that he did not have the confidence that he could have defeated Mike Tyson. ”revealed the former 88-year-old champion.
Foreman’s anecdote was part of the new biography of Cassius Clay which will go on sale in the coming weeks under the title ‘The Life of a Legend’ by writer Fiaz Rafiq.
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