Lennox Lewis vs Prime Mike Tyson

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...son-in-hes-prime.615673/page-11#post-19448876 Lewis was as easy to hit as AJ, Lewis was also easier to hit with the jab than Tyson was.

 

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Lewis weathers the early storm fairly easily after that it's a case of one good right hand from Lewis and Tyson would start to crumble mentally and as for the inevitable comments about Lewis' chin the fact of the matter is he only got stopped by fighters who he had underestimated, he would be fully prepared both physically and mentally for a prime Mike Tyson.

 

Bingo. Lewis ko mid to late mid rounds.

 

Lewis has to fight cautious vs a prime mike as even against an old mike he was not that agressive.

Steward had to yell at him telling him "this man is not that dangerous"

12 round decision. Either way. Probably depending on who can outjab who.

Lots of clinching. Probably not that great of a fight.

 

What is the purpose of that video that u have posted numerous times?

 

Wrong evaluation.

Lewis has a better right hand, and a better left hook and fought better offensive than Tucker, especially when needed too. Tucker often was too cautious imho.

But Tucker is superior to Lewis in durability and chin, as well as on his feet. Extremely good mobile moving fighter for a man that size, lateral as well as on the back foot. Lewis movement got better in his 30s, but never reached the level of a Tony Tucker. Of course Tucker was 15-20lb lighter than Lewis, didn´t have too carry that on his feet.

Watching the Lewis - Tyson fight, I was surprised how long Tyson managed to stay in the fight. Of course it´s a question of how good Lewis still was at 36, but someone can easily imagine a young Tyson going the distance with Lewis.
So the more relevant question is, will Lewis stay in the fight when beeing hurt? I think he gets mocked too much about his chin because of two times beeing cought by good right hands. Lets say his chin was that bad, Tyson is the favourite. Otherwise, its very even.

 

And I thought: The quicker Tyson moves (his head) and uses fresh reflexes, the less he gets hit.....

 

Not a good comparison, since Tyson started his professional career 4 years before Lennox started his. Also, Tyson already had over 40 fights by the time he was 25 and afterwards went through a 4 year layoff while in prison. Lennox on the other hand barely had 13 fights when he was 25. Lewis didn't have over 40 fights until he was 36 years old, so in a way despite both Tyson and Lewis being close in age you could say Tyson preceded Lennox by a generation as a pro boxer.

 

This. I remember Steward losing it, since Lewis was letting a shot Tyson be competitive. He pretty much demanded Lewis that turn it up and dispose of Tyson and Lennox did, which was a sign of how good a coach Steward was.

 

I posted it other places to prove Tyson would have caught AJ the same way Povetkin did, you could clearly see they are the same combo`s here, and I feel a prime Tyson could have hit Lewis with the same shots because he is a similar size and style to AJ except his guard wasn`t as high and he clinched more, plus the vid shows the gap between a prime Tyson and the bigger heavies that came later, the guy was something special.

 

Tyson had a better chin than Lewis did.

 

Smith caught Tyson with a powerful right at the end of their bout and Tyson was not fazed.