Lennox Lewis vs Jess Willard

Jess Willard falls through a time warp into 1997 and becomes a title defense against Lennox Lewis. Does Lewis lose his title?

 

Are you kidding me ?
Lewis knocks him out soon, cold.

 

Why bother ?

 

Haha they better have an ambulance ringside for Jess.

 

You voted for a decision

 

Jess was a modern sized heavyweight that was strong and had a hard punch.

 

That's all he had was size, he was slow, uncoordinated, had no defense, and a weak chin, and you want to put him in with Lewis? He got beaten to a pulp by puny Dempsey.

 

Wrongly.

 

I think Willard turns around and jumps right back into the time warp after seeing Lewis across the ring.

 

Willard was heavyweight champion of the world my friend. And some say Dempsey >>>> Lewis. That's what some say!

 

You can always change it to "Willard stoppage"

 

Thats what I say. If Jess can throw a hard overhand right he may lay Lewis out cold, it happened before.

 

Ty Fields would beat Willard.

 

Under the old rule set in endless rounds Willard has a chance to exhaust him.
But not too much, Lewis was stronger & the leaning on a past prime Johnson would not bwork so well.

And he was not the kind to lay out a top fighter; but given the 2 lapses of The Lion I can see the temptation to cite this possibility.

UNDER a rule set & distance Lewis was unfamiliar with & did not TRAIN for, I give Willard maybe a 20% chance.
If Lewis can practice under those terms, up to 5%.

Under a neutral rule set, half of that.
Under the rules of today, 1%.

That is the absolute best I can do for Willard.
And that would be at his peak, the dissipated by lethargy Willard vs Dempsey would have almost no chance, 1% at best, under his own rule set, against Lewis for most of his career.

 

Willard likely loses to Michael Grant.