Why did Lennox Lewis have so much trouble with Ray Mercer?

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  1. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    IDK. I don't know there was.
     
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He tried to move back from Mercer`s punches in a straight line which is a fundamental mistake.
     
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  3. mattdonnellon

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    And you think Olympic champion Lewis and Emanuel Steward in his corner never heard of this "fundamental mistake"? Lennox was pushed backward by Mercer's jab, aggression, power and chin, he would need the extra space to then step laterally but that space wasn't there.
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Have you seen Lewis`s footwork in his final v Bowe in `88? It`s awful.
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

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    The fight where Lewis won the Olympic gold medal by stoppage as a sizable underdog yeah?
     
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  6. Man_Machine

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    :lol:
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    He thinks Roy Jones Jr was woeful in his 2 1/2 minute demolition of Griffin too. Missed too many punches :naughty2:
     
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  8. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Defining a Boxer by one fight is questionable enough. Defining a Boxer for one specific aspect of one fight... well... an appeal to extremes, perhaps?

    Doing so for a Boxer who actually won the 'one' fight in question... ...is maybe getting beyond absurd.

    Funny though.
     
    Man_Machine, Nov 11, 2019
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I was talking about his footwork in that bout.
     
    mark ant, Nov 11, 2019
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Jones just threw all caution to the wind in the rematch and didn`t use any skill, he was wild but effective and powerful in that one.
     
    mark ant, Nov 11, 2019
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    His hand speed and power were great in that bout but he was also wide open as he came in, Griffin just couldn`t mix it with a powerful fast fighter bull rushing him.
     
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