Lennox Lewis would always have brutalized Tyson.

No matter what versions of them fought, Lewis would have bullied Tyson around the ring. I hope the classic forum is clever enough to understand that fact.

Let's look at why Lewis would always beat "iron mike"....

Height - Lewis has a 7" height adv, giving him massive leverage on punches, also it mean Tyson has hard time reaching Lewis and when he does he loses a lot of his overated power punching upwards.

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Reach - Lewis has a 13" reach adv, means he can keep Tyson at a long distance with his jab, holding him away by pawing him in the face and pounding him with bombs from safe distance.

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Weight - Lewis has a 30lbs weight adv, this extra 30lbs of muscle means Lewis punches a hell of a lot harder and is hugely stronger to muscle the little man about in clinches, leaning, holding-hitting and leaning.

Timing - Lewis has perfect timing which negates Tysons adv's in speed and means that Tyson's predictable head movement can be timed to keep him from getting close.

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Chin - Lewis has an iron chin as he was only TKO'd in 2 by big puncher McCall (he could have continued but ref wouldnt let him) and KO'd by huge banger Rahman in 5. Tyson was KO'd in 10 by feather fisted Douglas, out on his feet in 11 and dropped by a body shot in 6 by Holyfield, knocked OUT COLD in 8 by Lewis (but Lewis was carrying him to punish him, Lennox could have KO'd him in 3 if he wanted), KO'd in 4 by Williams and TKO'd in 6 by McBride.

Stamina - Lewis has great 12 round stamina, while Tyson gets tired if he fails to stop people in 5 rounds.

Before any Tyson-nuthugger complain about me using Lewis-Tyson pics to illustraight my point, remember that when they did fight in 2002, Tyson was 35 and Lewis was 36 - means Lewis was further from prime which ends at 32. ANd Tyson was in wayy better shape the his fannyboys make out, in fact he prepard very well for Lewis, coming in at a strong, solid thick-set 234lbs so that Lewis would not have as huge advs in power and strength and so that he could take more punches as more weight means more toughness and chin too...at 218lbs he would have been too light.

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In fact he was in better shape than he was for Bruno in 1996 at 220lbs, and that was a top 3 performance for Tyson.
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail...ports-Photography?language=en-GB&location=GBR

 

So prime vs prime who wins?? Lewis or Tyson?

Another point to help you decide -
When Tyson lunges in to attempt to reach the taller Lewis, he leaves himself open for Lewis to time him with a huge bomb of a counter.

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it would be the same case prime-prime and you guys know it. :deal :deal

 

thumbsup v.good post.
Tyson has mega-overated boxing ability and uber-overated head movement defence, he never beat a good tall boxer [Douglas and Lewis] becuase they could keep him off-balance at long range with there long, timed, acurate jabs which follow his head movement. If Tyson couldn't indimindate an opponent and they stood up to him with their strong-wills, then Tyson never could win. Lewis has the will of a lion which won't be bullied by tysons pitbull will.


P.S - Tyson can't win with a big bomb like Rahman did, becuase he lacks the power of Rahman to hurt Lewis's iron jaw. Rahman has 20lbs muscle-mass adv compared to prime tyson and so he hits a lot harder. Think of Tysons power like a .357 magnum bullet and Rahman's like a bigger, heavier .44 magnum. The .357 bounces off the granite chin of Lewis, but if the .44 gets a perfect shot in can do damage to any chin. Lewis has power like a .50 S&W Magnum bullet in comparison and could knock anybody cold [apart from McCall and Tua] with one punch.