Comparing Tyson and Lewis' competition

spot on m8:good in my opinion tyson was on of a kind in his prime, and on of the most exiting boxers i have ever seen. lewis had his greatness and he was a great champ, but he never went to the same level as mike.

 

Is this a joke ???


Lewis fought anyone worth mentioniong in the HW division w/the exception of Riddick Bowe ..

With Tyson The minute he fought a fighter that could weather his storm he had trouble with !Lewis dominated pretty much everyone put in fron of him and fought the better comp !Tyson may have been a wrecking machine but if he had fought Holyfeild before Douglas that train would have came to hault allot sooner !

 

:good He was the definition of an 'on top fighter'...everytime he got asked decent questions by an opponent, he got KO'd.

 

You got that right !!

 

Good point. Lewis's opposition is constantly overrated. The only great fighters he ever faced, Holyfield and Tyson himself, were years past their primes when Lewis faced them. And, for the most part, he didn't completely blow out his opponents the way Tyson did.

 

Thats a styles thing though....

 

Your right he never blew out the likes of Marvis Fraiser ,Buster Mathis Jr .,The almight Bruce Seldon ,Way past his prime Larry Holmes ..Your right LL only fought 2 good fighters in Tyson and Holy never did he take on signifigant challenges like Tyson did as some of the opponents listed above ..atsch

 

You make some good points, but I think Lennox Lewis is the greater fighter

 

Lennox Lewis's most significant wins -
TKO2 Donovan Ruddock, UD12 Tony Tucker, TKO7 Frank Bruno, TKO6 Tommy Morrison, MD12 Ray Mercer, TKO5 Oliver McCall, DQ5 Henry Akinwande, KO1 Andrew Golota, TKO5 Shannon Briggs, D12 and UD12 Evander Holyfield, KO2 Michael Grant, UD12 David Tua, KO4 Hasim Rahman, KO8 Mike Tyson, TKO6 Vitali Klitschko

I think that compares pretty favorably to Mike's resume.

 

Does anyone actually look at Tyson's wins before they make these threads? Who is the biggest win? A retired Holmes? Razor? A semi retired light heavyweight?

And Evander? Please...better than Mike's but his resume is not better than Lewis if you actually look at Holy's losses...

 

Usual Zakman rhetoric and agenda. I am sorry, but Holy got owned by Lennox, Bowe, and split with Moorer. Deal with it...

 

Let's compare them...

MIKE TYSON
50 WINS, 6 LOSSES, 44 KNOCKOUTS

• Larry Holmes
  Michael Spinks
  Razor Ruddock (2)
  Pinklon Thomas
  Tony Tucker
  Trevor Berbick
  Frank Bruno (2)
  Tony Tubbs
  Bonecrusher Smith
  Tyrell Biggs
  Carl Williams
  Francois Botha
  Brian Nielsen
  Buster Mathis, Jr.
  Bruce Seldon
  Quick Tillis
  Marvis Frazier
  Mitch Green

WBC Heavyweight Champion
WBA Heavyweight Champion
IBF Heavyweight Champion
10 Total Title Defenses
Champion from 1986-1990, 1996
Defeated 9 World Champions
Defeated 2* Hall of Famers (Holmes in future)


LENNOX LEWIS
41 WINS, 2 LOSSES, 32 KNOCKOUTS

• Evander Holyfield
  Mike Tyson
  Vitali Klitschko
  David Tua
  Tommy Morrison
  Ray Mercer
  Oliver McCall
  Razor Ruddock
  Hasim Rahman
  Shannon Briggs
  Andrew Golota
  Henry Akinwande
  Tony Tucker
  Michael Grant
  Francois Botha
  Zeljko Mavrovic
  Gary Mason
  Ossie Ocasio
  Mike Weaver

WBC Heavyweight Champion
WBA Heavyweight Champion
WBO Heavyweight Champion
IBF Heavyweight Champion
12 Total Title Defenses
Champion from 1993-1994, 1997-2001, 2001-2004
Defeated 12 World Champions
Defeated 2* Hall of Famers (Tyson and Holyfield in future)


Going by that, I would say that Lennox Lewis has the better resume. Both have defeated 2 hall of famers - and for each man, the hall of famers they defeated were past their primes. Additionally, Lewis beat more champions and defeated every man he stepped in the ring with. He has won all 4 alphabet soup belts and his total years as a champion exceeds Tyson's. Lewis nor Tyson could come back to win a fight after being knocked down to the canvass, but with Tyson, he never avenged a defeat. When Lewis was knocked down (and out), he came back on both occasions to earn TKO wins (I know he didn't really TKO McCall, but he still beat him). Mike was great - there is NO denying that, but everything analyzed and taken into consideration, Lewis should go down as the greater fighter.

 

atsch LL and by a wide margin ! Only ALI could argue a better one !:deal

 

Agreed.