Lennox Lewis vs Prime Mike Tyson

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Lewis`s legs staggered as he got up, you can`t let it continue.
     
  2. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    maybe you have sometihn there, I was going to say Sanders, he is a middling world level when prime. Same perhaps as Akinwande was for McCall.

    They did have wins but its spread thin.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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  4. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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  5. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was in my mind and could have been the best ever. That is how good I see Steward. He had a very instinctive view of boxing and could see it all. He really studied fighters and knew the little tiny weaknesses and nuances. I remember watching Curry vs. McCallum and everyone thought Curry was beating McCallum easily after the fight and HBO somehow because of some dispute Curry had with Ray, were favoring Donald too much, and I always thought Mike was taking over and hitting Donald with big punches on the inside and wearing him out and swelling his eye. Today he says he was beating Mike up and got caught, but if you see that fight over and over Mike was taking over. Mike was sort of walking him down but not totally obvious. but if you see it when they stop Mike lands body punches and Donald is backing up. I might be the only one who sees this. So Donald goes to his corner after round 4 and his eye is swollen and he looks at Dave Gorman his coach right after he sits down and the expression on Donald's face says" I am in trouble". now many people will say this is bs, but that is what I saw and know what that look was. And Gorman's advice then "let him work with the eyeswell" then. "relax baby and keep putting that speed together off those angles" That is the most basic nonsense advice. And the other guy I forget name said something like "make him miss and then make him pay" Well ok good that solves that. To me that showed the difference in a Steward who would have said what punch specifically to land and how to throw it. I remember someone who I thought was a good trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad telling Barkley against Hearns in the rematch "up jab" from below. It is a specific, and the good trainers do that.
     
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