Rate the power of L.Lewis compared to Lyle, Foreman and Shavers

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Foreman was a better search and destroy fighter than Lewis and a better body puncher too.
     
  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is that him showing he can't KO anyone? Only 3 fights, 4 if you include Ali.
     
  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I feel Ali would take Lewis`s punches better than Lewis would take Ali`s.
     
  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Well you said anyone, he couldn`t KO those three guys, I left Ali out because his chin was unusually solid.
     
  5. George Crowcroft

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    He couldn't? Or didn't? There's a big difference, if Foreman at his best if he hits you on the chin full force, he can KO anyone.
     
  6. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's a good one, but I would have shown the Golota fight. Golota had basically beaten the hell out of Bowe, and Lewis' ko was ample proof that at that time he could have beaten Big Daddy imo.

    I still think pre-Golota Bowe would have knocked the hell out of Lewis at the time, though.
     
  7. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Why?
     
  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I would rate Lewis power a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10.
    Foreman 10
    Liston 10
    Shavers 10
    Weaver 10
    Tyson 9
    Louis 9
    Frazier 8
    Lyle 7
    Quarry 7
     
  9. GordonGarner65

    GordonGarner65 Active Member Full Member

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    Power is only relevant if you in the right position to throw it.
    Power is only relevant if you still have the gas tank to still have it.
    Power is only relevant if you still standing and ain't on your ass.
    Power is only a piece of the pie .
    Power for me is overrated.
    But you have to have boxed successfully to understand that.
    Gordon Garner amateur record 36-0
    Badly broken hand In last fight ( I didnt know at the time ) had to take a year out , a year became 5 , had to earn a living , then it was too late... gone .. time beats ya.... just club fights as an amateur, but at least when ya done it , ya know !
     
  10. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I do think Ali could hurt Lennox Lewis.
     
  11. Entaowed

    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Pretty good list-though I would not have Weaver that high, & as Foreman said of Lyle (one of 3 hardest punchers he ever faced), he would be at least a 9.
     
  12. Entaowed

    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Great Mr. Garner! What divisions did you compete in, & where?
     
  13. ETM

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    For power Mike Weaver I thought incredible. He carried it late as well.
    He could be lackluster letting his hands go. Weaver was limited as a fighter overall.
     
  14. JohnThomas1

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    Leroy Boone, not exactly hard to hit, went the distance with Shavers less than a year after he detonated on Holmes Mark. He had been stopped twice before, one of them by Marty Monroe. Perhaps he didn't hit that hard at all?

    Quarry, Stallings 17-23-0 and stopped in two of his previous 3 fights, one against a guy 2-2, Peralta, Newton 19-10-5 and previously stopped multiple times and Lou Bailey 18-37-5 and stopped in his two bouts prior all lasted the distance in consecutive fights again Ron Lyle. Perhaps he was not a big hitter?

    It happens Mark. Tommy Hearns pounded on Luigi Minchillo for a 12 round shutout yet next fight obliterated one of the great chins (Roberto Duran Mark) with consummate ease.

    Ray Anderson was stopped in a single round by a 12-5-0 novice yet 4 fights later took prime Bob Foster 15 rounds.

    You place far too much tunnel visioned opinion on career snap shots among other things.

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  15. RulesMakeItInteresting

    RulesMakeItInteresting Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is a really cool list. I only have troubles putting Liston above Shavers for power...though Liston did have more power in the left.

    Interesting too, Weaver over Tyson and Frazier. I can't get over the sight of Weaver landing that perfect right on Coetzee (quite a few great heavyweights would have fallen from that).

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