Lennox Lewis on Facing Mike Tyson & Vitali Klitschko

Lewis will win.

 

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At least he didn't write "it's" for the third person possessive. That really gets my goat. :twisted:

 

Lewis was far from prime when he beat tyson, plus he was older. It was only 12 months before he fought Vitali and i think we can all agree he was finished by then. IMO there wasnt much between Lewis in the 2 fights and it was only that Tyson had no longer the skill to expose it.

Lewis wins at least 7 times outta 10 IMO

 

Lewis comes off cocky like that interview he had with the Polish newspaper which was a good interview nonetheless. I disagree on him beating a prime Tyson but hell Lennox is still one of my favourites.

 

Lewis was older but Tyson was much more shot than Lewis was.

Most agree Lewis peak period was around Tua-Golota-Holyfield fights, Tysons peak according to most was the Spinks fight, thats 14 years before he fought Lewis.

Lewis is greater than Tyson but only by a small margin

 

Lewis was too arrogant and too ****ing cautious in regards to his career choice. He always thought Klitschkos would amount to nothing and when Sanders ko Wlad.. he was smug and said 'see I told ya he was not the heir apparant' what Lewis should have done was give Wlad a fight in 2001/2003. kill the young and give Vitali a rematch(Which I'm 90% sure he can win again) 3-0 against Kbros.. legit case as the GOAT. I don't think Lewis realized how bad the Pre Steward Version of Wlad was.. a dozen 90's heavys could have koncked out the Wlad from 2000-2003.

 

Yep, i agree with your post. I was just pointing out that people always say tyson was finished (which is true) without factoring in that Lewis was past prime too and not a kick in the arse from finished himself.

 

Not sure what your getting at regarding saying he was cautious in his career choices. LL fought all of them at some stage, obviously not Wlad but surely your not suggesting that was a duck

 

tyson was far better than lewis prime for prime ! as soon as he caught lewis flush the fights over 4 rounds at the most .

 

I think most people dont really factor that Lewis was faded because he was still the no1 heavyweight in the world, he was still the champ.

Come to think of it thats quite an achievement for Lewis, to be on top while being old and past his prime and still the number 1.

 

Oh, boy.

Lewis eluded Tyson when both were young. I will hit the Pearly Gates believing that.

Tyson became the best fighter in the world, perhaps the greatest heavyweight fighting machine of all time, while the older Lewis wisely decided to remain an ancient amateur.

Such is the bottom line of two young men's shared story.

When a man is in his early twenties--and so much more if he is a great amateur boxer, like Lewis and Tyson were--he feels he can conquer the world, and is anxious to prove himself: Dempsey won the title at 24; Louis at 23; Ali at 22.

Lennox Lewis was still beating up amateurs at age 23, on his second trip to the Olympics. In the meantime, a guy he had had dream sparring matches with in the Catskills under the sage eye of legendary trainer Cus D'Amato--who even prophesied fate would some day bring them together--became the Baddest Man on the Planet.

I will never understand Lennox Lewis except as a smart, calculating guy, but not a true fighter at heart on the level of the all-time greats. This is why, incidentally, he was able to walk away so nonchalantly.

Lewis was a great performer, a great fighter. But, as my champion, give me a youth who, though green and still developing, believes he is the best, dreams of the heavyweight title, challenges the baddest man on the planet, and delivers the goods.

Lewis got lucky and capitalized: Tyson self-destructed, leaving open ground for Lennox, who quickly began to make waves on the heavyweight scene. By staying amateur, he clearly chose another path rather than gather himself to challenge the best fighter in the world.

That, to me, says everything I need to know about Lewis. So, no, I don't buy his spin of his place in boxing history, I will never be inspired to dream dreams of greatness when I watch Lewis' fights, nor did he ever answer the question of what would have happened had Mike Tyson been challenged by Lennox Lewis.

 

This is a strange post.

You dont buy his place in history because he wanted to go to win the olympics? Not only winning the one of the biggest prizes a sportsmen can win but also set up more opportunities when he inevitably turned pro...

Having an Olympic Gold Medal will always be better than not having one.