Who had the better resume Mike Tyson or Lennox Lexis

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  1. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Off the top of my head on who they both fought.
    Who do you think?

    Tyson beat -
    Spinks
    Berbick
    Bruno
    Tubbs
    Holmes
    Ruddock
    Thomas

    Lewis beat -
    Holyfield
    Bruno
    Mercer
    Morrison
    McCall
    Mason
    Mavrovic
    Briggs
    Rahman
    Tua
    V Klitschko

    So who had the better resume?
    I wonder if Lewis pips it with Klitschko and Holyfield, but then Tyson has Spinks and Berbick


    Who have you got?
     
    bailey, Jul 9, 2012
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  2. rocky1

    rocky1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis by far, you missed Tyson off his list also :thumbsup
     
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  3. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    King Lennox is in the top 10, Tyson just misses it.
     
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  4. Ilesey

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    Lewis by miles.
     
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  5. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    I did leave Tyson off Lewis's as Tyson hadnt had many fighters in alot of years leading up and didnt seem to be the same fighter he was.
    Still it was a real good win for Lewis
     
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  6. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Lewis and not even comparable.
     
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  7. HEADBANGER

    HEADBANGER TEAM ELITE GENERAL Full Member

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    Galota and grant big wins for lewis at the time imo, especially the way lewis completely smashed them to smitherines.
     
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  8. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    Lewis
     
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  9. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    thats true. Grant was expected to take the title to America and Golota had been busting Bowe up before being DQ twice
     
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  10. chitownfightfan

    chitownfightfan Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lewis by a country mile.

    Tysons best win was Holmes, the only HW on Tysons resume who could even challenge for a title in the 90s-present.:deal
     
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  11. Foxy 01

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    You also missed Ruddock who lasted less than 2 rounds with Lewis, but had 19 with Tyson.
     
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  12. HEADBANGER

    HEADBANGER TEAM ELITE GENERAL Full Member

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    spot on Bailmeister, grant was another one of those carefully built up american hype jobs and lewis smashed his disgusting glass jaw to smitherines by grabbing the back of his scrawny neck and driving one of those ferocious, maximum power uppercuts into grants gormless chops with mouth watering precision :lol::lol::lol::rofl:patsch
     
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  13. dinnynosher

    dinnynosher Active Member Full Member

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    Lewis.


    But I know who id rather watch. And prime for prime, tyson wins by round 8..
     
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  14. DanishFightfan

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    Lewis.. Should be pretty clear
     
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  15. knockout artist

    knockout artist Boxing Addict banned

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    Add Grant and Golota onto Lewis' resume and he wins hands down. I don't rate Tyson's win over Holmes very highly, Larry was ring rusted, past his best and low on confidence going into that fight.

    Looking at those opponents, Holyfield, Bruno, Mercer, Morrison, Rahman, Mccall and V.Klitschko have all won HW titles, and Briggs

    On Tyson's list of opponents, Berbick, Spinks, Holmes, Thomas and Bruno had won HW titles, however Thomas and Holmes were well past their best. Spinks was a natural LHW, and Berbick wasn't a great fighter.

    Mike got dominated by Holyfield, who Lennox beat a couple of years later. I don't put too much stock into the Lewis-Tyson fight.

    I rate Lennox higher, and I also think he beats Mike prime for prime.

    I also rate Holyfield higher than Tyson, on both resume and H2H.
     
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