Lennox Lewis vs Gerry Cooney

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How did this thread change? This post and thread was about Holyfield Vs C00ney.

 

I don't know, guys on here were tellin me ****ey KOs prime Holyfield. If he can KO the iron chin Warrior, he can KO the chinny Lion. Lets be consistent with our stupidity, guys.

 

I give Gerry C no realistic chance at all.

A puncher's chance? I wouldn't carry that very far as Gerry's big wins were over opponents who would have no chance at all of even bothering Lewis.

 

Gerry had a weak right hand and was an easy target to hit. I would favor Lewis heavily in this match up. Right hands were his issue not hooks to the body.

 

Left hands generally weren't a problem for Lewis who was primarily exposed by rights.. That and C00ney would have been an easy target with poor defense. Lennox also had size to match C00ney's eliminating the one advantage Gerry commonly had over most of his foes. I can't see this going good for C00ney at all. I still say there is a puncher's chance here for Gerry, but hardly anything that I would use to favor him with.

 

Gotta remember styles make fights, ****ey had a big size and power advantage over Holyfield and Holyfield had struggled with bigger heavyweights like Lewis and Bowe. Not only that Lewis and Bowe used their lead hands to control their fights with Holyfield for the most part it can be argued that ****ey is his prime had a just as effective or more effective lead hand then both of them. Not only that Holyfield more often not in his prime was involved in wars it is conceivable that the much bigger and stronger ****ey could get the best of it if that is the case. Finally Lewis was a very devastating puncher I see him catching ****ey with a right hand early and finishing him off. Also remember one of Holyfield main weapons was his left hook, so was ****ey's this could result in the fighters trading hooks and ****ey had the kinda power in his left hook to possibly knock out anyone he connected on.

I don't favor ****ey over Holyfield in his prime nor would I count out ****ey against Lewis but again styles make fights that's why I feel you can't scuff at the difference in consensus between the two threads. :deal

 

****ey is a puncher and I think Lewis would go into destroy mode as a result. He would block ****ey's left hook and wade in with his own right jab-hook-overhand cross. It would be lucky to go 2 rounds in Lewis's favour IMO.

 

Block it with what? His chin, same as he did against McCall and Rahman the first time out.

The ****ey who bombed out (albeit washed up) Kenny Norton against Lewis would be interesting to say the least.

 

Lewis destroy ****ey

 

No, I will scuff at the two threads. Suggesting ****ey has any sort of stylistic advantage on Evander is outrageous. Let alone giving him a puncher's chance against a guy who was never stopped early in a long, grueling career.

Than to suggest ****ey has no chance against a fighter who was one punched twice in the early rounds. Outrageous. :bart

 

Lewis aint blitzing him early......he will play it safe and end it around 7-8.

If he comes out guns blazing and the Alkie gets his left hook in its over...

 

C00ney has a punchers chance with against Lewis. But I would favor the Brit to knock C00ney out in 5-6 rounds after weathering a few scares.

Lennox has the size to keep C00ney at range. This would be fairly easy fight for Lewis.

Against Holyfield, things are very different.

 

Lewis could be very aggressive early vs big fighters. ****ey lacked confidence and could fall early if he's not mentally ready.

However Lewis' ego was almost as big as a problem as his unreliable chin.

If Lewis takes ****ey lightly, he could get sparked.

Best guess Lewis KO in 3

 

Briggs rocked him pretty good with a left hook. Most of the guys Lewis fought who had good left hooks were usually the shorter lunging types like Tua, past it Tyson, and Morrison that he could see coming a mile away and evade. ****ey has a shot at rocking Lewis...I still wouldn't favor him at all.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDmG3pBDiHE[/url]

 

His arguable stylistic advantage over Evander is simply his size and power to go along with a great lead hand this was trouble for Evander against both Bowe and Lewis.. ****ey isn't as skilled as either but still poses an interesting challenge for Evander in the prime of his career especially because of his tendency to get in life and death fights. If ****ey was to stop Holyfield I feel it would be somewhere around 4-5. Again I don't see it happening, I favor Evander to win a hard fought fight late...