What if Lennox Lewis Beat Tyrell Biggs in the Olympics

He'd probably get starched at some point, but no Manny Steward to help, so he would never have been so dominant.

 

I think Iron Mike would've beat him anywhere from'85-'88

 

He'd probably work his way up undefeated. If he's very lucky, he'd play the role of Buster Douglas in dethroning an unfocused Tyson, which would improve Tyson's historic standing as well.

But more likely he'd get knocked out by a peak Tyson between 88-89, i don't think an early version of Lewis was ready to take on a prime Tyson.

 

Same sort of progress but with more youth and athleticism on his side when he got to be a more complete fighter.

Perhaps a much better legacy had he caught and beaten a younger Holy and Tyson. Bowe may have fought him because he wouldn't have the demons of the Olympics.

 

I agree. The Lewis we are talking about here was an amatuer in real life, he wasn't the Lewis of the 90's.

 

true but you can't exactly take a sparring session for what would happen in the fight either.

 

You can with a young Tyson in the terms of when Lewis sparred with him in 1984 he was shocked that Tyson wasnt engaging in the type of take it easy sparring he had been used to, he was trying to knock him out, it was totally different and Lewis said he learnt alot from that. He said that it was a wake up call to him about the reality of getting in the ring. Tyson was more developed and only 2 years from becoming champ while lewis was technically raw and physically not as developed either.


sparring session 1984

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M-qwtodQ_XE

 

Tyson actually (according to him) kicked Lewis' ass in sparring, then Lewis came back and "tried to kill him." LOL.

 

All of Tyson's opponents knew "how he to fight him", but it's one thing to know and another to actually apply that when a 215 pound bull is rushing towards you. Personally, I don't think Lewis could ever beat a prime Tyson on his best night. Tyson back then, unlike the later days, didn't just barrell forward recklessly, he was a very skilled fighter who stayed behind the jab, slipped, went to the body and countered. I have a hard time believing Lewis could handle him, and a sparring session years prior is hardly proof that he could. Tyson was always improving and I guarantee he was a far and away a much better fighter in 88 then 85' (or w/e) when the sparring session occured. That's my opinion anyway.

 

Still, you can't predict what would happen in an actual fight based on a sparring session (in which Tyson owned Lewis the first half of anyway). And as I said, Tyson would have been a much improved fighter at 87' or 88' when Lewis would actually face him.

 

Well I guess no one knows who would win. If I had to bet money though in 87'/88' it would be Tyson.

 

'86-'88 Tyson beats any version of Lewis. Tyson dominated Lewis in sparring, all Lewis said regarding the sparring was he was able to give Tyson a bloody lip at one point.

 

He probably manages to decision Diamani for a 5-0, possible 4-1 decision, then probably, like Biggs did, eventually get stopped around late '87 by Tyson, but come back and win the fractured title at some point.