Lennox Lewis vs George Foreman

I agree. The George that destroyed Frazier, Norton and Jose King Roman would do some serious damage to Lewis and stop him somewhere near round 5 or 6. I'll give Lewis a few rounds and the benefit of decent boxing skills with good footwork for a superheavyweight. If he doesn't try to slug with George punch for punch, he could surprise. It's hard for me to imagine Lennox Lewis, with his ego, not taking a gamble on who's the bigger hitter and better finisher. He loses that contest clearly to George.

 

Personally I'd be a fair amount of money on Lewis beating Foreman in some fashion or another. I would probably lean towards a KO in the mid rounds, but a lopsided decision win isn't out of the question either. It is possible Foreman catches Lewis, but if he doesn't do it in the first couple of rounds, the chances of him winning diminish greatly. Lewis simply has too much skill, power and size for Foreman.

 

Well Lewis didnt take that gamble with Tua and like the Tua fight Lewis will play it safe and comfortably outpoint George

 

**** off, your comparing PEAK 1973 Foreman to a Obese, 3 yrs past-prime, Burger King Fanatic, 5'10 245lbs of Lard, Tua with jiggly man-boobs? :rofl:roflsilly

I know Lenny way better then you do, Lewis LOVES to Slug VS big guys if they come to fight, watch Lewis VS Briggs, Golota, Grant, Vitali. :deal

Lewis wouldnt even try to out-boxed Big George, cos he would be v.happy to have a Haymaker-filled, ego-boosting, macho slugfest, of "who bangs harder". :deal

Tua was mordibly obese umpaah-lumpaah in 2000, so After Tua got scared when he was v.bad hurt, Lenny thought "**** bothering slugging him, i can control teh one-dimensional plodding-midget with my Pawing-jab all fight long."

 

Well it comes to a slugfeast it helps to be the guy who can land first. And on that score Lewis would likely do very well. I can easily imagine Lewis outslugging Foremen not because he has more power, but because he could consistently land first. Certainly the Lewis who fought Ruddock and Golota would be a very dangerous opponent for George, who by the way is one of my favourite fights, I just don't favour him in this particular match up. The point of the Tua fight is to suggest Lewis has more than one way to win, George really doesn't.

 

Lewis does have skill, but the power and size thing is funny when talking about Foreman. George has more power!

 

Lewis, as long as he is focused would be my pick.

 

If Pepe Correa is training Lennox, then I'd have to go with George.

If Manny Steward is training Lennox, then I'd choose Lennox.

 

George foremam knocks out lennox lewis............inside 6 rds......george foreman isnt razor ruddock/andrew golota/tua or even michael grant.....

 

You're right, he's probably a lot slower than any of them..

 

Foreman (1974) is faster than them.

 

No he's not. I have a collection of Foreman fights and as much as I like him, he was no speed demon, that's for damn sure.

Tua in particular was far faster than George even dreamed of being.

 

Not the 245lb horribly fat version Lewis fought.

 

LOL, more Lemmie nuthugging........is this site based in England ?

There should be a IQ test for some posters before the are allowed to post.

So , according to some experts here, he would stop Foreman midrounds......but he could not stop the B class midget Tua, walzed a amazing 24 ****ing boring rounds with a washed up Holyfield who could not even handle the clubfighter Ruiz anymore post fight, followed a crying crackhead around in a rematch because he was afraid his chin would betray him again and last but not least the total shell of a shell Tyson impersoninator commanded " You got a dead man in here finish him off" from his trainer.

Clowns.

Whenever Lemmie saw someone as a threat he became very, very cautious. I could see him outboxing Foreman but Foreman will not fight a tactical fight and will bring the heat from the opening bell and will force Lewis to go into shootout mode and that will be his undoing. Foreman will be able to take Lewis best shot at least once and get up but no way in hell will Lemmie not get tagged big and as we all know once you got him down he ain't getting up . Fact.

Short version, Foreman will be able to take Lemmies best within reason but Lewis ain't taken Foremans best and that is certain as death and taxes.

 

Im assuming both prime here, so on that understanding Lewis takes Foreman extremely seriously and boxes very cautiously, keeping out of his range for at least the first half of the fight before booming those right hands in later on for either a late stoppage/ko or a UD.