Dan Rafael: "Prime Tyson > Prime Lewis"

lennox lewis simply doesnt have the chin to last with a prime mike tyson , the fight would go 2-5 rounds

mike is too fast , too accurate and hits too hard for a guy that was knocked out twice by single punches

 

Far Dan's opinion = biased and meaningless.

 

but in this case true

 

I'm a huge Lewis fan but I always thought prime Tyson from 86-88 would have beaten him, and pretty much everyone else in HW history, he was awesome back then. Shame people seem to have forgotten it.

Having said that to denigrate Lewis because he lost to 'journeymen' is bull****, so did Tyson. Getting out-fought by Holyield was the end of him as any kind of force, and Holyfield is hugely over-rated on here and pretty much everywhere else.

 

I wouldn't say a prime Tyson was 'unbeatable'

 

Not really.

Lewis on his peak night vs Tyson on his

Too tough to call.

 

Lewis wouldn't last 6 rounds with that animal

 

Lewis's style is all wrong for any version of Tyson at any point in Mike's career. Sure, Mike has a chance to spark him out in one punch, but over multiple fights - just say they have a trilogy of fights - Lewis takes at least 2 because of the style and physical advantages he has over Tyson.

 

Lennox owned Tyson when they were teenagers and when they were adults. Case closed.

 

In his prime Tyson got knocked out by an actual journeyman.

 

I agree here... prime Tyson would be too much for any version of Lewis IMO.

 

Says the man named Lennox

 

i can agree with this. h2h they are two of the best but it's not wrong to put either one ahead of the other

 

I am all over Lewis on this one. He presents match up problems for Tyson , like stated above. Lewis also ranks higher on most All Time lists.