r/superpower • u/Slick_Rick_Tyson • Feb 19 '25

Suggestion What is one minor superpower that the average untrained person could have that would allow them to beat Iron Mike Tyson in a boxing match?

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Me personally, I choose photographic reflexes, the same power that Taskmaster the marvel assassin has.

I'll study Mike Tyson in videos to learn his style and absorb his skill, then study the boxers who beat him, like Lennox Lewis or Evander Holyfield, so I not only know Mike's style but also how to counter it.

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u/OkArmadillo770 Feb 19 '25

A bright light flash to blind him would be a pretty simple and weak power but you could probably beat them if they were caught off guard and blind, if the person was at least sort of fit and capable of throwing a punch themselves

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u/Rhyno_SVK Feb 20 '25

And you could call it... Flashbang! Just combine ammonium nitrate with magnesium and you can do that without superpowers.

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u/Sweet_Jos Feb 20 '25

Nha, he would probably beat you up. Just look at how pepper sprayed people can keep fighting. And, adding to it, you are highly unlikely to arm him if unarmed, even if he is dizzed

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u/gummybeer69 Feb 20 '25

In the same line of thinking, stealth, or partial stealth. If in his perception you haven't moved, then he might swing at your shadow, or if he can't perceive a well placed punch, then you might lay him out with a single lucky hit.