Better Prime - Tyson or Lewis?

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  1. Tanner

    Tanner Active Member Full Member

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    Looking at each of their primes - which I'll suggest is:

    Tyson - Nov 1986 (Berbick)- Jun 1991 (Ruddock II) (4 yrs, 7 months)

    Lewis - Feb 1997 (McCall II) to Jun 2003 (Klitschko) (6 years, 4 months)

    Tyson = 15 fights (14-1, 11 KOs)

    Lewis = 14 fights (12-1-1, 8 KOs)

    Who was more dominant? Who had the better competition?
     
    Tanner, May 21, 2011
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  2. Ukansodoff

    Ukansodoff Deontay plz stop ducking Joshua. Thank you. Full Member

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    Ive always thought prime Tyson would of been too much for nearly every heavyweight there has ever been.
     
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  3. Wilox

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    :good

    Agree with this 100%
     
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  4. Kittikasem

    Kittikasem Guest

    Tyson was the better fighter, even though I prefer Lewis. Tyson around the time of the Pinklon Thomas fight in '87 really was one of the all-round best heavyweights of all-time.
     
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  5. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Resume - Lewis
    H2H - Lewis
     
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  6. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    So we all agree that Tyson was in his prime when he got sparked by Douglas?
     
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  7. roe

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    Tyson's prime is largely a myth. Sure he was exciting and dangerous but any of the genuine elite level heavyweights would have had his number I believe, including Lennox Lewis.
     
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  8. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    While I agree with this post to an extent I do still think an 80's Tyson would beat a decent number of ATG/Elite heaveyweights.
     
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  9. bobthebutcher

    bobthebutcher PED lab Full Member

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    I think Lewis was 2 tall and had too good a jab, straight right combo for Tyson. It would have went something similar to Tysons loss against Douglas.
     
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  10. sillyjoow

    sillyjoow Active Member Full Member

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    Tyson
     
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  11. Kojiro

    Kojiro Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Better prime - Tyson
    Longer prime - Lewis
     
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  12. dannylatics

    dannylatics Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis all day every day, Tyson would cause problems early on, would Lewis would work out Mike and TKO him somewhere near the end, Im saying thre 10th
     
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  13. Guybino

    Guybino Boxing Addict Full Member

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    prime lewis beats prime tyson all day imo, Lewis was a master of the perfect counter style to Tyson.
     
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  14. Absolutely!

    Absolutely! Fabulous, darling! Full Member

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    Hard to say since Tyson didn't fight too many great guys during his supposed prime. It'd be a hell of a lot more competitive than their actual fight, however.
     
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  15. Undisputed520

    Undisputed520 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I still don't think most people understand how good of a fighter Lennox was. The man was not to be ****ed with in his prime.
     
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