Lewis vs Tyson primes

I personally think Lewis' uppercut becomes a key weapon..along with leaning on Tyson's back and sapping his strength. I agree with the poster who said Tyson early or Lewis late and would lean every towards the latter.

 

Definitely. Tyson was always a sucker for uppercuts. Interestingly though, the punch before the actual KO - was an uppercut that Tyson dodged. Key question is: can Tyson take that uppercut and come right back with his own? I think so.

If someone just gave Tyson an ounce of common sense and told him to infight rather than do zilch and wait for ref to break them. Too bad. However, I do think 1980s Tyson was very well conditioned to handle this and he'd throw some explosive punches on the inside occasionally to let Lewis know this isn't a good idea.

 

I don't know, Tyson himself said he was hurt in the first round by Lewis' uppercut..as for Tyson's uppercut, it would end up being more of a bodyshot than anything else, not that that would be a bad thing, in fact it could prove to be devastating.

I don't think Tyson was the best insider fighter of all time. If Lewis tied him up he could lean on him quite a bit. Tyson may have been more explosive but I believe Lewis was significantly stronger than Tyson. But this wouldn't be Lewis' fight, I think he'd be backiing up as Tyson comes in and throwing either uppercuts or his overhand right, then trying to tie Tyson up if Tyson did get through. Tyson would have to deal with this within the first 2-3 rounds otherwise the punishment would accumulate. That's my thinking anyway. Tyson would have to try and trap Lewis, which wouldn't be easy. Prime Lewis was much faster than the older version.

 

Lewis really feared the 80's Tyson. he said in the legendary nights program "That he would never like to cross paths with tyson in his prime"

 

Tyson makes him his girlfriend :yep

I think Lewis gives Tyson problems but in the end Tysons aggression and natural ability is too much and he stops him in about 4 rounds.

 

The perfect fighter to beat a peak Tyson would be some with good size and fast hands and feet who could dance or move like Ali, Holy or Holmes, before Tyson got old (01 Neilson fight is when he was shot) He never had problems with big guys who could punch Like Ruddock, Bruno or Golota as he only had problems with movers with speed like Holy, Douglas, Tillis, and tucker.

 

tyson early

 

Lewis was a good mover who could get on his toes and move just like holmes, ali and all.

 

Tyson by KO within 3 rounds.

 

Funny, that's pretty much what the consensus was before they actually fought and look how that turned out.

 

Lewis by KO

 

gots to go with lewis. even though a prime tyson is very good for some reason i think a prime lewis beat him by MD . but tyson could ge the win realy im split dnt realy know

but my gut says lewis even prime for prime im nort a delusional tyson fan just a fanatic

 

Tyson by HUGE KO.

Even the later, prime Lewis [the "jab-and-grab" Lewis] could not have contained the rampaging prime Tyson.

And we all know that Lewis' chin would not hold up under the assault. So it would just be how long Lewis could avoid getting laid out. My guess is Tyson chops him down within 8, probably around the 6th or so.