George Foreman 73 Vs Lennox Lewis 95

Prime Lewis beat Foreman by KO (2000). Early 90th Lewis get Koed

 

Huh?

 

That's the two Lewis versions i think.

 

Yeah that's what I figured.

 

Things is, Foreman's record gainst world class fighters is quite awful for an ATG. Even in his first career it was something like 3-2 or 4-2 (depending on whether that version of Chuvalo could be called "world class" or not).

Lewis in '95 was pehaps not as good as Ali '74, but he was better than anyone Foreman beat. Sure, Lewis would face a couple of rocky moments, but I'd still give him a good chance to get through them and start taking Foreman apart in the second half of the fight.

My money would be on Lewis by UD or late stoppage. Wouldn't be schocked if Foreman scored an early KO, though.

 

Guys, if McCall and Rahman could get to Lewis, and stop him. I shudder to think what a young, prime time Big George Foreman would do to him... You are talking about one of the (if not THE) hardest hitting fighters of all time. It ould only take George one shot. No Ali comparisons please, Ali had a WAY better chin and was a much better boxer than Lewis. I just don`t see anyone winnning a punch up with Foreman...

 

Well how come Ruddock, Tua, Golota, Mercer, Tyson, Holyfield and umpteen dozen other big hitters didn't get to him dude?

Lets stay with the shallow thinking.

If an ordinary fighter like Lyle could have Foreman bouncing of the canvas like a yo yo and sick to the core how would he survive Lewis. Heck, if Jimmy Young gave him such horrible fits lets just shut the thread now.

 

If Foreman lands just right, he takes Lewis out and he wins. But Lewis has more ways to win than Foreman. He too had KO power and is a better combination fighters. He's also faster and a better boxer, so he basically has more tools than Foreman. Foreman isn't winning by decision and he isn't winning a long range jabbing contest, so Foreman has only one strategy in which to win, which is to get inside and throw and hope he lands something. Lewis has multiple options in which to win. There lies the fundamental difference.

However, by the same token, if both were going to fight a prime Tyson, and although I think both would beat him, I'd be much more confident of a Foreman victory than a Lewis victory. So styles make fights.

Lastly, it's Foreman's 60th B-day today, so happy B-day George, you've had a hell of an interesting life so far and I hope it continues to be interesting and you remain healthy for years to come.

 

The best way to beat a big puncher like Foreman is to out box him. Jimmy Young did it, so did Evander Holyfield. Could Lennox Lewis? Hard to say inasmuch as he was prone to making mistakes despite all his talent. One shot from Foreman and Lewis is history.

 

Foreman by ko

 

That's bull****. Foreman wasn't a one-punch KO artist at world level. He'd need a few punches to get rid of a focused, in-shape Lewis. You're acting like Lewis can't take a punch when Messrs Tyson, Tua, Holyfield, Bruno, Mason, Tucker, Mercer, Briggs, Morrison et al smacked him flush on the chops.

They say the last thing a fighter loses is their power. If Foreman was such a terrifying hitter why in 1992 wasn't he able to stop Alex Stewart, a fighter Holyfield stopped 3 years earlier? Foreman was very strong, heavy handed but he did not spark your lights out with a single punch. Tyson, a true one punch KO artist, stopped Stewart in one round in 1990 as another comparison.

Lewis can take single shots from Foreman no problem. He can't take several shots in close proximity to each other. If that happens then he will be in trouble.

 

Doppleganger.

You say Lewis can take single shots from Foreman "no problem"?

He couldn't take McCall's or Rahman's.

Do not talk about the old Foreman, this is the 1973 version vs the 1995 version of Lewis.

Foreman who be favoured to beat someone who got KO'd by McCall at that point.

The 73 Foreman was undefeated going in against a 95 Leiws who got stopped by MCall.

 

Do you honestly think Lennox Lewis would go into a fight with George Foreman either walking onto punches with his chin (vs McCall) or come in out of shape (vs Rahman)? No, neither do I. If he did, Lewis would deserve to lose. A focused Lewis can take a decent shot. If he couldn't, how come he prevailed against so many big punchers??

Let's hear your answer...

Unless you think Tyson, Tua and Bruno, to name just three, can't punch?

FYI the '95 Lewis was post McCall I and where he was now being looked after by Steward.

 

Foreman KO 2. Foreman will hit Lewis hard early (that's a certainty to any fighter a 1973 foreman faces) and i think Lewis will trade or won't be able to take it and get KO'd.

 

I agree with a lot of this. I too think that George Foreman's mythical punching power might be a tad overrated. He was definitely a hard hitter and a very strong man, but like you said, he was not really a true one-punch knockout fighter, especially against world class opposition. Because of Lewis' size and ranginess, Foreman would not be able to overwhelm him with his sheer size and strength like he did to JOe Frazier and even Kenny Norton.