Lewis vs Foreman (1998)

Horrible fight. Old George takes a prolonged beating.

 

George would never step in a ring with Lewis. Even if it were 1990.

 

If it's 1998, I think Lewis breaks down Big George and stops him in the eighth or ninth rounds.

If it's 1993, before Lewis hired Steward, I think the fight looks similar to Lewis-Bruno, with George's jab hurting Lewis and Lennox struggling to outslug George - who didn't have the weak chin Bruno had.

In 1993, it's a pick'em fight. I might even lean towards George in a punchout. In 1998, it's a much smarter Lennox easily outboxing and then stopping the older guy.

 

This is how I see it, Lewis would look at the Foreman-Moorer fight and probably not take any risks and just do enough to get a comfortable decision.

Or, Foremans worst nightmare, Lewis comes out to make a statement....

Regarding Tyson, Tyson was banned from 97-99 for the bite, so he couldn't have fought Tyson.

Maybe if Bowe hadn't retired after the Golota fights, Foreman may have fancied his chances?

 

I believe Tyson's people (Shelly Finkel?) were trying to lure Foreman out of retirement in 1998 when he got his license back. Foreman wouldn't oblige and Botha stepped in.

I can see Lewis wanting to make a statement against Big George, but he might want to be cautious as well. Foreman looked pretty good backing Briggs up the entire fight, something Lewis was unable to do.

 

That has got a nasty habit of happening when you stop the other guy in 5 rounds.:rofl

 

I don't give prime Foreman a whole lot of chance against Lewis.

 

In no way was any version of Foreman faster than any version of Lewis. I just finished watching Lewis fight Ruddock and I've seen virtually every fight Foreman's been in, and if you can point to even one fight that Foreman was faster than that version of Lewis I will be extremely impressed.

 

If you talk about Lewis from 92-94, he was hardly straight punching, more like wild-punching (watch Tucker, Bruno and other fights from that years). He was actually almost swinging wild with that right hand under Pepe Correa

 

Lewis stopped Briggs because Briggs fought him head on. Same shet would've happened if he fought Foreman head on. Get it now?

 

I don't know about how much George was declining. To me, Foreman looked almost as good against Savarese and Briggs as he had ever looked in his comeback. He moved well, showed some quickness, had some snap on his punches, and had endurance. He did not look like a shot-to-pieces fighter. Granted, Briggs and Savarese were not Lewis or Tyson or Holyfield or Bowe, but they were good, solid heavyweights; big guys who could punch. They were not the tomato cans that Foreman feasted on throughout most of his comeback. I was actually impressed with how good Foreman looked against both those guys (especially considering he was closing in on 50).

Do I think Foreman could have beaten Lewis? Not likely. Lewis was too good, too skilled, and too powerful.

 

:rofl

A pure contradiction in terms. I suggest you look up the clip of Ali on a chat show impersonating Foreman's footwork by pretending one foot was nailed to the floor.