Whichever one wins, the other will be an absolute handful for them. Of this i have no doubt whatsoever. Lewis would easily be the most dangerous and difficult customer prime Holmes ever fought, and Holmes is a touch above Holyfield and co as well. A different style to Lewis other opponents.
Exactly, there's only a bee's dick in this. If Lewis hurts Holmes like others have he may well finish him, but Holmes will be boxing at 100% efficiency against such a great opponent too.
He landed some good ones against LeRoy Jones, Ali, and not in his prime, but he landed hard body shots against Williams and Spinks.
Well he added a bit of body attack late career, but if we put that Holmes against Lewis it's an easy Lewis win. Holmes at his greatest didn't attack the body barely at all, and didn't throw left hooks barely ever either. Ali was a corpse and Jones was easy - he'd almost certainly wrap the hook and body attack in cotton wool vs such a dangerous foe as Lewis.
Yes, and they went through my mind a little after I posted that. That I forgot about those. I think Larry could take them when he needed to. I'm not saying that he could take the type of uppercut that Lennox hit Vitali with all night, but I think his chin was good enough to withstand Lewis's bombs long enough to get out of there or fire shots back. I think Lewis would try to keep Larry on the end of his slightly longer reach and keep him at bay. But I think that would give Larry an advantage due to his faster hands and better jab.
Larry would throw hard jabs to the solar plexus. Those can take the wind right out of you. He wouldn't throw his left hook as much as Frazier or Holyfield, but he would throw it. He used it against Leon Spinks, Ali, Cooney, and he threw his right hook against Evangelista.
Holmes' jab was slightly better, and he was probably a little faster. Overall, I feel Larry was a little better technically, more consistant, and he had the better chin. A close fight no matter who wins, but I feel Holmes could win a pretty clear decision over Lewis, if not stop him late in a 15 round fight.
:good I'll go with Lennox, but it's a close fight. Holmes had the better jab, but people are overlooking Lewis' height and size. He wouldn't simply stand there getting hit in the head with jabs all night, I think Holmes would of been dropped and maybe stopped by a big right hand about midway through, and loses a close but clear decision.
Spinks was terrible, Ali was a punching bag, Cooney was alright but wasn't Lewis by any stretch of the imagination, and Evangelista was a bum. When Larry was against good fighters, his left hook, body attack etc. wasn't hardly used because they weren't that good. He only used his jab, big uppercut if it was there, and right hand.
He used his right hook effectively. Larry had decent body shots when he used them, and yes, he would try them on Lewis if Lewis got on the inside.
Well, there are two things our views differ quite a bit. Firstly, i don´t think Holmes jab is enough to control Lewis, Lennox will change his strategy when he realises that he can´t win on the outside and Holmes jab isn´t enough to keep him there. Lewis will get to him and he will hurt him and he´s a good enough finisher to take a hurt Holmes out. Secondly, i don´t think Holmes can take many of those uppercuts, not if he has to eat them over 4-5 rounds again and again. Holmes has a shot at beating Lewis, don´t get me wrong, but i think Lewis has the bigger chances and just some assets more. Yeah, i´m pretty hyped for that one but it´s such a long time till then.
Tough fight to call but I'd go with Lewis in this one. Larry had his toughest fights against tall fighters who could jab back at him(Witherspoon,Williams,Norton,Cooney) and Lewis was bigger and more powerful than all of them. Lewis was technically sound and very intelligent and would'nt take Holmes lightly. If Renaldo Snipes could drop Larry and hurt him badly then a bigger more complete boxer like Lewis could too. And if Lennox hurts Holmes like Snipes did then he finishes him plain and simple. For Larry to win he has to utilize his faster jab and avoid trading right hands with Lennox like he did against Witherspoon and Williams when he got hurt by them. If he does then he stands a good chance to win by decision. If he doesn't then Lennox catches him mid fight and finishes him. 50/50.