Could a 1967 Muhammad Ali really beat a 1997 Lennox Lewis?

Exhaustion knocked George out.

 

Speed kills, and i have always considered Ali's power to be underrated. Sure, he didnt break bones like Foreman or Liston, but it was more than enough to keep fighters from walking him down.

But man... i admire Lewis VERY much! Was Steward in his corner in 97? Because that could be the difference imo.

 

Ali would box circles around him. The speed and fleet of foot would overcome the size disparity. Lewis like to measure guys up and explode on them. Don't think he'd ever get a good measure on 60's Ali

 

Keep smoking that weed, helps alleviate the need to face reality, I guess. I'm sorry you are simply too stupid to appreciate straightforward logic. Why are boxers so much bigger now? Why have all the sports with tangible records seen those marks shattered? Why have those records generally been broken by athletes who had a similar trajectory in size increase for their sport as hws have in boxing?

It doesn't take a genius to figure this out, the logic is inescapable to anyone who isn't either A. Stupid or B. Trapped in their own biases. And I'm not going to indulge your fantasies and get out the Ring magazine for you to still uselessly and feebly argue the rationally indefensible.

 

Well, we know you can look up rhetorical words and phrases, too bad you can't apply them in any kind of rational or coherent fashion. Except ad hominum, but then, not to be petty, but you started it.

 

So let me guess, comparing different sports is an "extended analogy" in your simple world. Cite your rationale. Because if that is extended, virtually every analogy is extended. It just doesn't work like that, the analogy needs to be strained, and this one is not.

 

Ali in the 60's average weight was 205 pounds. In those years he was rounded out about 210 pounds. I highly doubt any boxer not named M.Tyson close to that weight defeats Lewis. What's to keep Lewis off him considering Ali wasn't a power puncher?

People are bringing up a specific fight , the Mavrovic one. Little was known about this guy and its certainly not a fight Lewis was going to think is a threat . Stewards own words was he had the least impressive records he had ever seen.

Of course if we nit picked fights it wouldn't remotely give Ali the edge here, how could it ?

 

yep.

 

Did you see what Ray Mercer's jab did to Lennox in '96?

The answer to the titular question is a resounding yes.

 

Muhammad really beat Vander TWICE !!

 

Best way to answer this question is ask Lennox I overheard someone ask Lennox
"Do you ever think you could have beaten Ali " Lennox grinned & said " No way man Muhammad really was the greatest "

 

Because Holyfield beats Ali.