37 year old Lennox Lewis vs Prime George Foreman

lol

Anyone picking Lewis is out of their mind.

Foreman by a brutal tko 2.

 

Lewis hits harder than Lyle.

 

Who is Geroge?

 

Don't know who wins but not an easy fight for George. He visits the canvas

 

Foreman by KO

 

Foreman destroys that version of Lewis.

 

How? Is Lewis going to be standing still with his chin in the air?

 

If he turned up in shape and prepared, Lewis still outboxes him even at that point.

Physical advantages aren’t really something that decline with age, reach doesn’t decline, size doesn’t decline, the jab doesn’t decline etc.

Even at 37, heavyweights can still retain a large portion of their attributes that do decline with age, so Lewis would probably have still looked sharp on the counter, or been able to bounce around etc, because heavyweights in general are slower with the hands and feet than other weights, so you can afford to slow down and it makes less of a difference than it would at lower weights.

He may have looked sluggish and uncoordinated against Vitali, but he always looked a bit like that against taller opponents, he didn’t fight in the most fundamental way there, he often just walked forward into range without much head movement, sticking the left hand out to try to blind them and just walking in, but no-one ever really realised because he got the job done whenever he fought taller guys.

Had he fought a guy where he could use his advantages and stay behind the jab etc, he probably would’ve still looked good.

 

He pretty much was vs Vitali so yes.

 

Lewis had already been cracked twice. Prime Foreman is probably a bit much for 37 yr old Lewis.

Ironically, younger, faster (but lanky.. like a young colt) Lewis might have a better chance.

 

don’t see that happening at all. Lewis has never been comfortable under pressure, and prime Foreman was one of the best pressure fighters and ring‑cutters in heavyweight history. Foreman wasn’t going to let Lewis settle behind the jab — he was a fast starter who closed distance immediately.

At 37, Lewis’s decline in foot speed and reactions matters. You can’t outbox a guy who corners you instantly. Lewis retreats in straight lines, becomes upright under pressure, and doesn’t like clinching big men — all of that is a disaster against young Foreman.

Prime Foreman wasn’t the slow comeback version. He was surprisingly quick at cutting off the ring, forcing exchanges, and punishing clinches with short, brutal shots. Lewis at 37 isn’t dancing away from that.

Even Ali — far faster and more mobile than late‑career Lewis — couldn’t stop Foreman from cornering him early. Ali had to let Foreman tire before he could outbox him. The idea that Lewis, who was slower and less comfortable under pressure, simply evades prime Foreman isn’t realistic.

And the “just jab him” argument doesn’t work. Prime Foreman didn’t allow range. Holmes’s own trainer said Holmes wanted no part of Foreman because Foreman would immediately cut the ring and force him into the ropes. Ali couldn’t keep him off until Foreman gassed. No one did.

If we’re talking, post‑Ali Foreman, then Lewis has a chance to box safely. But against pre‑Ali Foreman — the aggressive, fast, destructive version — Lewis isn’t getting time to set up his jab or movement. Foreman is on him instantly.

 

What happens if Foreman meets a Lewis right hand? Foreman would be eating shots from a 245 pound KO puncher. That uppercut that snapped Vitali's head back would at least drop young Foreman who hadn't the durability of older Foreman

 

Lewis weighed 256 1/2 pounds against Vitali.

 

Even more weight behind the punch