Lennox Lewis vs Michael Moorer in 1994.

I agree with this assessment

 

Moorer had a weak chin, and being a southpaw, is vulnerable to right hands, and Lewis had a great right hand.

Lewis by KO.

 

Lewis stops Moorer before the 6th.

 

Alot of people who DKSAB seem to forget that heavyweight greats traditionally struggle with the first very good southpaw they face, if they face any at all.

It's simply blind faith to assume Lewis handles it light-years better than everyone else. Then again, there's never any shortage of that around here.

 

But Lewis is bigger, would have a 6 inch reach advantage, and a 3 inch height advantage.

 

This sounds like a smart comment until you realize that almost no great heavyweights fought two good southpaws. There's the k bros and....

 

And on paper Holyfield would've crushed Moorer, too.

Lennox had minimal experience vs southpaws (and none against good ones), whereas Moorer had ample experience vs orthodox guys. That tends to even things out in real life moreso than they'd appear on first glance.

If Lennox had fought some decent southpaws as a pro and sparred routinely with them, then yeah, I could see him having adapted to it enough to have handled Moorer as he would other boxers. But it's no given that all those kinks get ironed out the first time around. It's a learning on the job at that point considering there weren't many good southpaws around. We saw a few instances where Lennox didn't get it quite right the first time around (and not just the losses- the Mercer fight was much closer than it ought to have been).

The ones that were around, Lennox didn't fight or spar. Doesn't mean he was ducking them, but I can't give him the credit for experience he didn't actually get. That was really the last era you could get away with not fighting them since there weren't many, and they could usually be maneuvered around. Same thing with Bowe.

Holyfield was about the only top guy from that generation that fought southpaws, and has the widest range of styles fought by miles over the rest of them. And it took him twice to beat Moorer.

 

That's part of the point. There were so few out there that finding good sparring was practically impossible. As such, fighting a very good southpaw was a learning on the job experience on fight night that took time to adapt to.

 

Moorer was dangerous and technically good but had no chin at heavyweight, he was flattened by Foreman, Tua and Holyfield and had suffered numerous knockdowns , Lewis' chin was also a little questionable but was better than Moorer's. I think competitive for a couple of rounds until Lewis catches him flush, probably with the right hand..Lewis KO3 Moorer:good

 

Lewis by murder.

Really? This is a question?

 

Didn't Moorer get killed by geriatric Foreman? Lol, not going to be a good idea with Teddy Atlas shouting at him in his corner aswell. I see it now, " Fight him Mike, fight him......:bbb atsch Oh **** Moorer looks at his trainer confused, and Lewis knocks the distracted chump into oblivion.

 

Yep and also Moorer was mentally weak, it's an easy win for Lewis. This is coming from a Moorer fan

 

Moorer would have gotten knocked out brutally. Flat footed chubby Michael Moorer is no match for Lewis.

 

Lennox has stood up to far bigger shots than Moorer.

I'd say the fact Moorer was a southpaw would be a disadvantage. No Lennox never fought a southpaw but his best punch is southpaw kryptonite; the long straight right hand. Lennox's jab was strong enough to keep Moorer at bay, he was large and agile enough to avoid much of Moorer's outgoing, and that straight right behind the long jab spells Moorer's doom. Lennox tko 4,

 

Cooper floored Moorer twice and both Holyfield and Foreman knocked him out so i don't think he could have taken Lewis' power and is probably stopped early on by KO.