Lewis vs Tyson primes

Look,,,, at that point, Don King was feuding with HBO and was putting all his fights over on Showtime. He quickly swept up most of the contenders and fighters that were close enough to title shots. In fact King was responsible for sending the call girl that ultimately sent Ibeabuchi to prision during the time he stole Ibeabuchi away from Cedric Kushner.
HBO was trying to get away from King because they were tired of him calling the shots. So what did HBO do?? Just like a promoter, they promoted and moved their fighter, Grant, into a position where he was perceived to be the next threat to Lewis. Boxing "people" knew that Grant started boxing very late, and had little experience as an amatuer and as a pro, but he became a product of the HBO hype machine.
So my point is, yes maybe the general public and even some of the boxing scribes bought into Grant, but he never really proved himself ready for the task. The exact same thing happend with the Klitschkos. They were annoited heir apparents before they even proved themselves.
Same goes for Tyson when he got out of prision. His gut wasnt checked until he fought Holyfield. I remember saying to myself, now we'll see what Tyson has left when they made the Holyfield fight.

 

I don't want to go round in circles on this again. We'll just have to agree to disagree....

 

Fair enough... This is a boxing message board where people discuss their opinions. Some people take it way to serious.

 

Deal!:good

 

Not watching Tyson's fights could actually be helpful in this argument? How does that make any sense?

Well, because when Tyson fought shitty shitty fighters, he beat them in extremely impressive fashion. Everyone who watched boxing in the 80s busted a nut watching Tyson KO B class fighters day in and day out.

BTW, I have seen his fights, but not live, back in the 80s.

 

Come on. Quick Tillis almost had Tyson figured out and gave him all he could handle. You don't think Lewis would destroy him?

 

Tyson... duh? Lewis even said tyson was 13 years past his prime when they fought.

 

Such nonsense. Tyson won that fight easily & dominantly. He was having fun in there. It was just a full night's work but an easy shift nevertheless. Some of the "success" that Tyson's opponents had is grossly exaggerated in an attempt to avoid giving him the benefit of the doubt.

 

My pick is Lewis but he would have to be the most focused person in the history of the world for 36 minuets. Tyson in his prime needed only the smallest of openings to take advantage of and end the fight. Tyson in his prime would be dangres for any heaveyweight. Lewis would have to jab and move also on ocision fire his stright right, and if Tyson got in close where he could hurt Lewis he would have to tie him up. It would be unwise for Lewis to go toe to toe with Tyson and I beleve that he is smart enough to do anything in his power ot avoide going toe to toe with Tyson. I like this match up because Lewis is my #1 head to head prime heaveyweight and Tyson is my #2. Most of the drama in this fight will come from seeing if tyson can get on the inside and land big shots and get a ko.

 

Ignorance

 

People who claim Tyson only has a punchers chance, etc are more stupid. Tyson circa 1988 has every advantage (power, chin, speed, skill, defense although some areas are very close) except size on any version of Lewis.

 

I'd dispute that Tyson had more power, and skills than Lewis.

In my opinion Lewis has more one punch power, Tyson had more power simply because he threw combinations. Strength and reach would also hugely favour Lewis. And these three attributes, may allow Lewis to keep Tyson on the outside for most of the fight, as when Tyson did try and come in he might be eating overhand rights and wicked uppercuts.
But certainly if Tyson could get in and find a home for his combinations he would likely get to Lewis at some point. I just don't expect Lewis to just sit there and let it happen.

 

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Very insightful!

 

so this means lewis would only fight tyson 13 yrs removed from his prime.