Mike Tyson couldn’t intimidate Evander Holyfield and is NOT among top ten heavyweights, Frank Warren believes and Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman would all beat him

Frank Warren doesn't believe Mike Tyson is in the running when it comes to picking the greatest heavyweights of all time.

In his prime, though, there is no disputing he was one of the most ferocious knockout artists boxing has ever seen.

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Now 55, and long retired, Tyson is still one of the most popular boxers today and his comeback for an exhibition against Roy Jones Jr in 2020 was well received.

However, when the question arises as to his overall greatness, there is plenty of debate to be had.

Warren, who promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, told marvelbet369.com last year ahead of his hugely anticipated return: "Mike Tyson, when he was young and first got into boxing, he was exciting.

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"A bit like [current British heavyweight] Daniel Dubois in some ways, he sort of captured the public's imagination in devastating style.

"He won a world title and everybody was talking about him. For me, he was one of the most exciting young heavyweights.

"However, he doesn't get in my top ten because he just did not last the course.

"He was sodding around, drugging it and boozing, went to prison. He just didn't do it for me."

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Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion at age 20 in 1986 and unified all of the relevant titles two years later.

It all came crashing down when he lost to Buster Douglas in 1990 and from that point he was never quite the same.

"A lot of the fights that he had, he beat the guys before they got in the ring," Warren explained. "He intimidated them.

"He was a street guy, most guys in boxing come from the streets, and he had the beating of them.

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"But he could never intimidate Evander Holyfield and he didn't intimidate Buster Douglas.

"When I put him in with Danny Williams [in 2004] in the latter stages of his career, I said to Danny, 'just tuck up for a couple of rounds. He'll be like vintage Mike Tyson for a round or two rounds, then you'll do a job on him.' That is what he did.

"As a young man he was very, very exciting and you've always got those fights that you think about.

"At his best, would he have beaten Muhammad Ali at Ali's best? They would always have been great fights.

"But I don't think he would've beaten Sonny Liston, I don't think he'd have beaten [prime] Larry Holmes, I don't think he'd have beaten Ali, I don't think he'd have beaten Joe Frazier and I certainly don't think he'd have beaten George Foreman."

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