Anthony Joshua vs Lennox Lewis

Lewis by KO 4-6.

 

They have similar chins, boxing skills are on Lennox' side, pure power is on AJ's side. Joshua's quicker, but Lewis has the mental edge. If push comes to shove I expect Lewis to put it on AJ and break him. Lennox late TKO.

 

No doubts at all in my mind.. Lewis

 

I don't want to say this would be like Lennox vs. Grant, but I think Lennox right hand lands rather easily and stops Joshua.

 

I don't think AJ would fight as stupid as Grant did.

 

Lewis can beat him on the outside and on the inside, he has more tricks, Joshua only knows how to fight ‘clean’ I don’t mean clean as in not dirty, just as in Joshua doesn’t know how to use clinch work to get punches off, Lewis is also more versatile on the outiside, his lead hand is more versatile which gives him more ways to set up the right hand, Joshua has a better left hook and combinations, but Lewis would neutralise the left hook with distance manipulation and feints, and would neutralise Joshua’s combinations with with clinch work to not let him get them off.
One weakness I do see for Lewis though is how he would clumsily walk into range whenever he fought taller men and was pressuring them, he’d either stumble into range with his hand up or stick his lead left out and walk in, and Joshua is great at timing opponents with sharp punches when they’re on the way in, I could see him timing Lewis there and hurting him.
I see Lewis winning most of the time, but it’s heavyweight boxing, and with the weaknesses I pointed out against taller men, I could see Joshua landing there, I don’t see the fight going very long whoever wins though.

 

Joshua has a slim punchers chance but Lewis wins 9 out of 10.

 

I would say so, yes. But I can be wrong.

 

Think about the flurry that fat boy put AJ down with, now imagine it's Lewis blasting uppercuts and rights, it would be a great example of Atlas' statement of a piranha in a tank with a shark

 

Lennox better fighter but AJ hits harder and is more durable and I tend to favor whoevers got that mix.

I want to wait till AJs career ends really to decide my opinion on this when we're all sober. The last 2 fights made AJ look like an unstoppable wrecking machine and this is probably the apex of his career.

 

They both hit real hard. This is kind of splitting hairs.