Lennox Lewis vs Oleksandr Usyk

Christ Almighty.

 

I suggest watching Lewis fight before asking these questions.

 

Ima go with a solid Lennox Lewis KO

 

I'm a huge fan of Uysk's but I'm not picking him over an ATG like Lewis at Heavyweight. I am looking forward to watching him fight Joshua or Fury but until he proves himself at least on that level,any talk of beating Lewis is a no go for me.

 

Unfortunately it’s impossible to know at the moment, since Lennox didn’t fight Byrd. It would’ve answered questions about how Lennox responded to fighting a southpaw.

As for Usyk he still needs to fight a few of the top guys to see if he is able to neutralize and beat guys like Joshua, Fury, etc.. for him to be in the conversation with Lewis.

 

Lewis by decision or late KO

 

Lewis kills him !

 

Jeez

 

A lot is riding on Usyk- he may redeem 6ft3 210-220 HWs honour.

 

Exactly.
The man is talented, no doubt. But also very unproven at heavyweight. A lot more needs to be seen of him to even make this matchup viable.

 

Agreed. I will say that the guy is as talented of fighter as I have seen in the upper weight classes in a long time. He is a very well schooled guy does a lot of things really well.

Another interesting thing about this match is Lewis never faced a southpaw. I have always found that odd that he fought as long as he did and never faced one. Moorer, Byrd, Sanders are the only elite ones that come to mind that were around when Lewis was fighting. With that said, Lewis certainly gets the benefit of the doubt from me at least until Uysk beats a Joshua or Fury. Than we can start talking about this fight.

 

Moorer had not a very good shot at beating of beating Lewis in my eyes. Sanders well... You never know and Byrd can beat or at least frustrate almost anyone on the right night.

 

We will have a much better idea after Joshua Usky.

 

Will it happen?