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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 21: Mike Tyson speaks during the Tekken 8: The Art of Fighting panel at 2023 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 21, 2023 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Chelsea Guglielmino/FilmMagic)

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The Internet is a place of wonder. Unusual things happen on it every day. However, this one is extra special! r/whowouldwin, a popular community on reddit, recently posed an interesting question to its members. What did they ask? Well, the post pitted 1500 children against the former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a fight, asking the community who would win in a fight.
‘Iron’ Mike is 58 years old and is coming off a unanimous decision loss to YouTube star Jake Paul in November. Safe to say that he doesn’t have the kind of power he once used to. So, r/whowouldwin modified the circumstances a little bit. As one would expect, what ensued next was absolute chaos, as fans started predicting the hypothetical fight.
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What are the rules for the fight?
According to a question posted on r/whowouldwin, the scenario imagines Tyson in his prime facing off against 1,500 children aged 6 to 7. These children, with no fighting experience, are solely focused on taking down the former world champion by any means necessary. To make this already horrific hypothetical even more intense, the Reddit post specifies that the children will be released in waves of 250.

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Tyson was once the most feared man in boxing, with 44 knockouts out of his 50 total wins. Given such a dominant reputation, many would argue the children wouldn’t stand much of a chance. However, fans quickly came up with various scenarios for the fight, some of which suggested things might not end so well for the former world champion.
Mike Tyson loses to 1500 children?
The uniqueness of the idea quickly attracted a bunch of comments, with a variety of answers to the question. One user suggested an unusual method for Mike Tyson would win the fight. “Mike wins by not fighting but running away. The toddlers are going to exhaust much faster than Mike and die to exhaustion. To sustain himself he could eat the ears of his fallen enemies,” the user quipped. While the comment is clearly sarcasm, even if Tyson could run for long periods of time, the children are released in waves of 250.
Another user gave zero chances to Tyson winning the fight. “Kids take it first wave. Too much biomass,” the user wrote. A single punch from the first wave of 250 children may prove too much for the champion.
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What’s your perspective on:
Could Mike Tyson's legendary power really be overwhelmed by a swarm of 1500 determined kids?
Have an interesting take?
The next user revealed, who would win “depends” on various factors. “Like someone said, Mike can easily run away but if it’s a cage fight and you literally have a wave of kamikaze kids throwing themselves at Tyson, he dies on the first wave,” the user wrote. Perhaps the numbers can be adjusted to give Tyson a fighting chance.

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Someone else proposed another scenario for Tyson’s loss. “Tyson will eventually die of blood loss from getting bitten hundreds of times,” the user wrote. It might not even take that long for this to happen.
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The next user felt time was the main issue for Tyson’s win. “Obviously 1500 kids. Like come on. He’s not gonna have time to punch all of them,” the user wrote. Tyson would even tire out mid-way through the first wave.
That being said, as unusual as this hypothetical fight was, it’s safe to say that fans don’t think Mike Tyson will be able to win against 1500 children. But what do you think? Who do you think would win?
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Could Mike Tyson's legendary power really be overwhelmed by a swarm of 1500 determined kids?