Lennox Lewis (1999) vs. George Foreman (1973)

Like Joe King Roman and Ken Norton, before he turned old and people like Cooney took credit for abusing the elderly.

 

Fair assessment

 

"Lennox Lewis (1999) vs. George Foreman

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Again, and again, and again Never tired of getting schooled, hm? But we already know, two is enough to give Maxy the HW Puncher Badge

Regarding boxing skills: It gets a little shady here, if it was Foremans boxing skills what made him a force in the 70s. I´d rather call that the skills to apply ambidextrous power shots, but ok.

Like @Gazelle Punch already said, I wouldn´t be so confident in backing up a fighter with that lack of defensive against LL reach combined with powerful A-Bombs.

I give Foreman good chances because of the pressure he could apply on the front foot, making LL uncomfortable on the back foot (never liked his footwork under pressure). If he´s jabbing too much with him into later rounds, he gets stopped.

 

Then why you use Lennox fights outside of 1999?
If you call that schooling, then I don't know what school you finished

 

This is pretty convincing to me. But all Foreman has to do is land a flush right hand...I just don't see LL coming back off the canvas from that, though Lewis more than proved his heart many times in the ring. Foreman only needs one shot, and that shot would make McCall and Rahman look sick.

That said, I do lean toward Lewis simply because Steward really made him into an excellent boxer, and that's the type of guy that frustrated the heck out of George.

 

Lennox fights when he stepped up (

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years between Jack O'Harrollan and Gerry Cooney

Do you srsly never get tired of trying to be a fulltime moron?

 

So 10 years is short enough? Who you are to create criteria?

The worst thing about your post is that you really believe that you "school" me. I couldn't care less who would have won in this matchup, but I can't stand your cherry picked posts that you treat like the great truth. Grow up kid.

 

When you put to big punchers in the ring, anything can happen. Lewis to me was the better boxer on offense and defense, and had enough size to make Foreman look small.

Foreman really struggled vs. good boxers like Ali and Jimmy Young. I like Lewis via an attrition based TKO in the mid to late rounds.

Of course Foreman could clip Lewis at any time.

 

Lennox all day, whether KO in a brawl or a boring UD

 

Come on, Lewis by KO in brawl would be ba far the leat possible outcome in this fight.

1) Lewis would never win a brawl with Foreman, since Foreman had far superior chin. Plus, while thier right hands were comparable, Foreman hit much harder with a left hook and was better body puncher.

2) How would Lewis be willing to brawl with Foreman if he wasn't willing to brawl with 5'9''', fat, out of shape, one-handed David Tua, old Holyfield or shot Tyson?

For Lewis to KO Foreman, he would need to set that up - tire George in clinches, give him a proper beating and then try to knock him out. But it definitely won't be in a brawl

 

A debate about whether 70s George or LL fought more similar size physiques came up. I commented about that, when Mr. Fulltime Moron jumped to "is it size that matters?" in a debate of size. Three posts later genius grasps that the debate was about size, trying to weasel out by bringing up

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laughable tall 70s skinnys and

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boxers from the 90s.
At the same time everbody @BF24 knows 70s and 90s Foreman are two distinct fighters, fighting different in two different eras and you are ACCUSING me to create the criteria and cherry picking?

Srsly, gtfo. Until next lesson

 

Now I know that engaging with conversations with you is pointless. I'm still waiting when you teach me anything in these "lessons"

 

Been away from here for months .
Its like visiting somewhere you havent been for ages , some things change , some things dont.
On here Foreman will always be 10 times better than he actually was.

 

Not really.

 

I think Lewis knocks out Foreman in about 9 or 10 rounds.