I am not sure. Holyfield in 1994 had that terrible fight against Moorer. If he underestimated Lennox in 1993 he might get stopped by that right hand.
PRime Holyfield definetly beats a Prime Lewis. I picked decision on the Poll but i can also see him stopping Lewis. A past it Holy almost beat fought him to a close decision the 2nd time! Id say he was only at 80% then. Remember right after that Ruiz out fought him only to get robbed but got the decision the next time.
I think both were past their best by 1999. Holyfield was clearly faded, whilst Lewis was slightly past his absolute peak of 1996/7. Interesting fight.... will think about this one.
Great question. Lewis was still green and did not have his balance refined, or experience on the world class level, but he was young, fast and strong. I'd learn toward Lewis, since Holy liked to brawl.
I just cant see Lewis at that time outbrawling Holy. Holy liked to brawl, but against a guy who wasnt capable, he usually came out on top. He drug Bowe into a brawl and the dog came out because Bowe was equipped technically, but Holyfield didnt think he was mentally. Lewis was mentally very strong, but he could have very well drowned against Holy, who was a better inside fighter than Mercer.
Evander too gung-ho at this stage and he would would try to slug it out with Lennox. That would've proved his downfall and I think he'd get stopped in the mid-late rounds.
Really don't know, Lewis was much better in conditioning and weight. But wasn't so much in terms of technical ability, and experience. Gonna lean towards a Holyfield split decision in this one, the superior inside fighting of Evander would be the advantage in this one...
Exactly what i was thinking. Plus a past his prime Evander held Lewis to a draw in their first fight (even though i thought Lewis won it) it still showed what Holyfield could do if he had a little more.