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Holmes was the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion from 1978 until 1983 and won his first 48 professional fights.
He fell one short of matching Rocky Marciano’s career record of 490 when he lost to Michael Spinks in a 1985 upset.
In 1988, he lost to Tyson as he was knocked out in the fourth round of their title fight in New Jersey.
Now 73 years of age, the International Boxing Hall of Fame and World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, gave his reason why Tyson would have been stopped by Joshua.
If he fought a guy like Mike Tyson, hed win, Holmes said, as quoted by The Express. He would have knocked out a prime Mike Tyson. Theres no reckon about it.
Mike Tyson went down low and then came up and tried to throw roundhouses. But Joshua would just hit him with a straight right hand on the side of his damn chin and Mike wouldnt get up.
He never fought anyone who was coming up and trying to make their way in the sport. He just went in there bang, bang, bang and knocked everyone out. Thats how he got the reputation as a puncher.
Im not taking anything away from Mike Tyson he kicked my a**. But I was out for two years, I had quit boxing, I hadnt done anything for two years apart from sing with the band and travel.
Joshua is a two-time former unified world heavyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles.
Since losing in back-to-back fights with Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua has gone on to win his last two fights.
He bounced back from the defeats to Usyk with a unanimous decision win against Jermaine Franklin in April 2023.
Then in August, he recorded a knockout win against Robert Helenius.
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