Lewis vs Tyson primes

I would pick Iron Mike either by mid round stoppage or UD. Lennox fougth a shot version of Mike who in know way resembled the version who terrorized the 80's. In his prime Tyson had awesome ko power combined with his speed, combination punching, headmovement and desire. Suppose Lewis fought the 88 version of Tyson hypothetically speaking. The fight would be much different than the fight that happened in 2002. Back in his prime Tyson had good head movement and punching in combinations, he also had a good jab to work his way. In later years Tyson became a head hunter who looked for one shot to ko his opponents and his head movement had detrioted greatly.

I would predict that a prime for prime fight would go like this. Tyson would come out fast Lewis would be on the defensive trying to keep his distance and clinching when Tyson gets close. Tyson would be winning most of the rounds mainly due to his aggression. Lennox would feel the power and find Tyson hard to tag cleanly with a big shot that he would fight very defensively. Tyson himself prolly wouldn't be landing huge punch after punch himself. Unless Tyson really was getting some quality body work in which slowed Lewis down therefore enabling Tyson to land wicked shots to his head (Pinklon Thomas Style) i doubt Lewis would get stopped. Lewis would have to catch Tyson with a big shot which makes Tyson respect him and after that get aggressive with Tyson but in doing so he might also leave himself exposed. I see Tyson winning a UD in a fight that woudn't be that spectacular and Larry Merchant would be bitching about a superfight that had more hype than fight.

 

Actually watch the fight sober. He was getting jabbed all night long by a horrible fighter. Tillis put together a plan that Douglas and Holyfield executed PERFECTLY.

 

The best punch Tillis landed was the last second of the fight. It was too late though. Funny if Tyson didnt knock someone out and won a UD, he struggled with someone.

 

look at thye problems mercer gave lewis....and mercer was up too 236 lbs......tyson at his peak was much harder to hit than mercer.....mercer dogged the last couple of rds and thats why he lost too lewis.......well tyson would make lewis work much harder than mercer....and when pinned against the ropes tyson wouldnt let lewis off the hook like mercer did.........i think tyson would stop lewis by the 7th or 8th rd....with lewis maybe winning the 1st round....what happened in 2002....should have happened in 92.......:smoke:smoke:smoke

 

I dont think that was the best of Lewis. It was his second or third fight with Emanuel Steward, and his first real gut check type fight. That was the beginning of what Emanuel Steward polished Lewis into, but first Steward wanted to see how much heart Lewis had and it showed in that fight. Lewis could never fight inside and Mercer was getting the better of him, but Steward taught Lewis how to shut his opponent down once on the inside by tieing up. I dont think that version of Lewis would have stood any chance against a prime Tyson, but that was probably two years from Lewis's best.

 

TYSON GO KO'D BY HOLYFILED AND DOUGLAS BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED AND OUT OF SHAPE. he took a beating before he went down. He was like a human punch bag for them

Lewis got ko's with the first good punch he took from mccall and rahman. different KO'S

Anybody who doubts TYSON'S HEART AND CHIN SHOULD WATCH THE RUDDOCK FIGHTS IS WELL AS THE LEWIS AND ABOVE FIGHTS.

He Had the character when he was in the mood and in shape

TYSON KO 10 (if in a good state of mind

Lewis W12 (if tyson was in a bad mood)

 

GREAT GREAT STATEMENT. he could box. he had so much speed and power, he didn't need to box a lot of the time

Lewis would own him in the jab department becuase of his size

i WOULD DESCRIBE prime Tyson not as slugger, but a very powerful attacking boxer/puncher

 

Lewis hits harder and is bigger, he finished off Ruddock and Golota faster than Tyson and beat Holyfield twice, something Tyson never came close to. Tyson never liked being tied up or pushed back, something Lewis would do to him easily. Think of Lewis as a bigger, stronger, faster and harder punching version of Douglas. Lewis by late KO.

 

1988 Tyson would beat Lewis