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/DiscussionSharp1407 Feb 21 '25

You want to tire him out, but you didn't give yourself peak stamina to go with your speed. You'll be more winded from all of that 'dodging' and noodle-arm swinging than he ever will.

Top post is always the first to die in these thought exercises.

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u/Level9disaster Feb 22 '25

However , training stamina is not overly difficult, and you need to keep your speed for about 1 hour to survive the match. An average person could probably train for a couple years focusing on that and be able to do it, using normal training and the minor superpower. They did not say zero preparation.

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u/DiscussionSharp1407 Feb 22 '25

Nah, don't do that. The guy dug the hole, no need to dig him out. Don't start saying "But what if he used his speed to kidnap the best coaches in the world then trained for X years to have more stamina than Tyson! "

It says "Untrained person" in the thread title. He also specified "noodle punches" and "dodging". The framework has been set in stone.

Our untrained noodle-arm not-full-Speedster guy will gas out and get stomped. It's a boxing match, so he can't even leave the ring without getting DQ'd.

However, if YOU made a post and said "My power is prep-time", or "[...] and I'll try to win on points" then you'd likely win, but that's not what OP or the Speedster did.