Watching Lewis vs Tyson makes me sad

Clearly showed a guy desperate for a final big pay day. Lewis got his ultimate legacy sealing victory while Tyson got his much needed paycheque to deal with his debts. Win-Win for both fighters.

 

Hardly sealed his legacy. Mike was 13 years past his very best.

 

No glory for that fight at all. Pure payday for both !

 

I remember feeling sad watching it live.
Tyson kind of redeemed himself by taking his beating like a man, didn't foul out.
But it was one of those moments where you realize big-time professional boxing can be a very sordid business.

I don't think Tyson ever wanted the fight, I think he knew he was likely to take a beating, but he'd been built up again to satisfy the money-making-machine of big time boxing. Lennox Lewis had called for this fight for years, and there was so much money for everyone else around it too. I think they even has Tyson sign up to a two fight deal, win or lose, and Lewis sued Tyson for not fighting him again ! LOL

Tyson went bankrupt anyway, so what did he gain really ?

It was sad seeing him trying with so little of his former ability. He wasn't in great shape and he simply wasn't going to win. The way he'd been built up as a serious challenger for the satisfaction of the non-hardcore fans is a bit scandalous really. I don't blame Lewis and the promoters for making the fight but the amount of pundits and commentators who were talking as if Tyson was going to win was shocking. I even remember magazines ranking Tyson as the best heavyweight in the world in 2001, above Rahman and Lewis. It was all to make money for everyone. It was a bit like the Ali v Holmes situation. Money trumped common sense.

 

True, but Lewis should be ashamed of that "win".

Had he fought him between '96 & '00 it would have been a better win.

 

He doesn't need to be ashamed of anything. There has been hundreds and more similar matches made throughout history. Should Holmes be ashamed of Ali? Marciano of Loius? Tyson of Holmes? These matches are actually worse.

At least he got the job done and won. He was no spring chicken himself even if still fighting at a high level.

 

Lewis was "the man". Tyson was shot.

Yeah, Holmes should be ashamed of that fight.

 

You have one man to blame there, Mike Tyson.

 

There are A few fights I refuse to ever do a full breakdown on. Holmes vs Ali, Hopkins vs Joe Smith Jr, I'm adding this to the list. I take no joy from watching an artist get destroyed for being old.

 

Not only wasn't he a spring chicken l believe he was about 6 months older than Tyson. That said, l very much admire the amount of punishment Tyson took as the easy thing to have done would have been to just quit. I also admire Lewis' game plan. I think that plan would have always caused Tyson trouble even in his prime.

 

Problems yes, but led to a one sided defeat of Tyson in his prime, not at all.

 

I think Holmes was