George Foreman vs Lennox Lewis

Well, since Lewis has tasted the shots of Tyson, Tua, Grant, Vitali, Mercer, Bruno, Briggs and Mason (which he HAD to taste ) then I don't think he HAS to go down against Foreman. And IF he somehow denied the law of physics which says that he HAD to taste the power of his opponents, and did so against numerous sluggers, he doesn't have to be able to take Foreman's power.

So, either Lewis has the chin to take some of the hardest shots ever thrown, or the ability to not get hit by them. I'm not saying Foreman couldn't KO Lewis, but it's not assured that he'd either get the opportunity or be able to capitalise if he did.

Plus I don't think Foreman is going to be around long, considering his pathetic defense and Lewis's power. I'd venture to say Lewis would be Foreman's hardest hitting opponent by a fair margin.

 

A masterful post that simply isn't going to be rebutted with any authority or solid ground.

 

Yeah but according to Irish Steel Lewis has only 'OK power'. I mean, didn't Lewis fail to KO Holyfield? He couldn't even knock out that Croatian with the silly haircut.

Lewis didn't have the power that Ali had so I think Lewis is in for a long night. :roll:

 

Sounds like it should be Irish Putty

:hey

 

atsch

 

In case you are not clear I was being sarcastic in my last post. :yep

 

It wasn't until about two years ago that the majority of the forum began to recognise him as a top 10 ATG.

 

I would pick Foreman to knock Lewis out. Look what Foreman did to Frazier and Frazier had a great chin, something Lewis didn't.

I can't believe so many people here picked Lewis.

 

I think popular opinion is that Lewis is a very different fighter from Frazier.

 

Very diplomatic. :yep

 

Very bad matchup for Geroge because Lewis was fast, could hit hard, had height and reach, and most importantly, could box, use footwork and grab when need be. Too versatile for George. But of course, GF was a mountain of strength and had a better chin, so you never know what would happen if he simply imposed himself on Lennox and landed one of those massive and heavy shots of his.

 

I didn't mean that they're the same or fight the same. I just ment that Foreman made Frazier go down and Frazier had a great chin.

I think Foreman would not have any trouble knocking Lewis out in 3 rounds or less.

 

It's a very simplistic way of looking at things to determine that if Fighter A knocked out Fighter B he should then be able to knock out Fighter C who was perceived to have a weaker chin. George Foreman, for all his vaunted power, wasn't able to stop Axel Schulz but Wladimir Klitschko and someone called Brian Minto both did. We know that Wlad is a great offensive puncher but is he then automatically a harder puncher than Foreman because he was able to stop Schulz? Of course not. He might be but we cannot be certain simply because he was able to stop a fighter that Big George did not. I'm pretty sure Brian Minto does not punch harder than Foreman but he also stopped Schulz.

Frank Bruno wobbled Mike Tyson with a single left hook in round 1 of their first fight but he did not wobble Lennox Lewis. Does that mean that Lewis has a better chin than Tyson? Do you see my point? Forget what happened in Foreman vs Frazier because it almost certainly would not be repeated in any mythical match-up between Foreman and Lewis. Lewis never got knocked out in any fight where he feared or respected his opponent. I honestly don't see Foreman stopping Lewis at all. As I've said before I think it's more likely that Lewis is stopped by a big hitting contender ala Cleveland Williams or Earnie Shavers because he'd be more likely to come into those fights unfocused and sloppy.

 

Perfectly said.