Evander Holyfield vs Lennox Lewis in their primes?

Evander loses a clear decision to Lewis.

Lennox was a smart fighter and fought exactly as hard as he had to. Against Mercer he fought like a pitbull against Tyson he fought like a cobra picking his spots.

Against a prime Evander you'd see Lewis at his best.

Personally I think Evander's overrated anyway. He could only get a SD over a past-prime Qawi at cruiserweight (who was 5'7" by the way).

Lewis has the size and strength of Bowe and the smarts that Evander has never experienced yet.

 

You ain't changed much from the yahoo answers boxing days :-(

 

The 28-0 (22) Holyfield who was 10-0 (7) in World Title Fights and 5-0 (2) vs. Hall of Famers would prevail.

 

The best Lewis beats the best Holyfield.

 

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So difficult to call this one, Holyfield's prime was 89/93 and during those years he didn't settle at heavyweight until the latter year when he narrowly defeated Bowe in the rematch, he barely weighed 200 pounds prior which was one of the reasons Bowe was able to out muscle him in their first encounter and Stewart, Dokes and Cooper gave him hell and he had to dig very deep to win those bouts. 93' onwards although less consistent from a work rate perspective, he was more of a canny operator and physically stronger than the younger gung ho model and arguably harder to fight and he actually had many of his greatest victories between 93/01 with Mercer, Tyson, Moorer, Bean, Ruiz and Rahman. Reluctantly i pick Lewis, at 17.5 stone he would have been too big for the 200 pound Holyfield and either decisioned him or forced a stoppage....

 

Holyfield has never conceded any of the decisions he lost.

 

Evander TKO

 

This is one of the least likely outcomes. They already fought twice and Holyfield never had Lewis hurt. But Lewis would also be unlikely to KO the granite chin Holyfield. One would most likely win by decision, just a question of which one. Gut tells me Lewis' size and reach would carry the day to a decision, just as it did when they fought twice. If the scorecards were on the up and up it would have been a combined score of 16-8 give or take a round.

 

The version of Holyfield that Lewis fought was damn near slow motion in comparison to the speed demon that put Douglas on a stretcher. I think a young Evander overwhelms his with his activity, combination punching and quickness, assuming he sticks to the plan. Lewis conditioning and aggression left a lot to be desired.

 

I think Holyfield of 1990 was a much better version than the 1999 one, and would win with his workrate.
After about 1992 or '93 Holyfield slowed down and aged noticeably.

 

With respect, no he didn't. This is a myth that goes on and on but Joe sagged on to the rope after the uppercut then sort of jumped up in the air. There was a real gap between the punch landing and Frazier's feet leaving the ground.

 

lewis by ko... who the hell picked this ****? lmao

 

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Lewis wins. Too big and strong for Holyfield. Evander might take a few in a hypothetical ten match series, given his consistency, but he didn't really have the one-shot blasting power that Lewis was vulnerable to. Lewis was a bit more inconsistent, but he could and did fall back on his size to win when he had to. Also. and I guess it has to be said: PEDS ...

 

This is my take on it as well. Factoring in the PED's I think Lewis wins a close but clear decision, but take PED's out of the equation and he might even win by (T)KO depending on how much Holyfield weighs at the time. I usually give fighters a pass on PED rumors because I usually give fighters the benefit of the doubt, but it's pretty hard to do so in this case. In my younger days I lifted weights like a demon 3-4 times a week 2 hrs a day, and I know that Holyfield didn't get the way he did naturally.