Muhammad Ali vs Lennox Lewis, prime for prime?

Again, I think it's about 50-50%. Lewis had size, power, reach. Tyson has speed and power. If Tyson gets in he could probably win, if Lewis fights exactly the same way he did when he beat him, I think he beats him. That was tactically the perfect fight against Tyson. He bullied him, he punished him for trying to get in the inside, with upper cuts and he out muscled and intimidated him, and from the outside it's really no contest.

 

Prime Tyson cuts through lennox jab like butter and crushes him with combinations

 

That's just pure cheerleading. He certainly didn't do that against Ruddock, and I just watched it, and Lewis demolished Ruddock.

 

It would be a challenge for Ali and I agree it could go either way, but I guess most would favour Ali by decision.

 

3 years earlier and ruddock gets knocked out

We are talking prime here

He wasn't using head movement against ruddock was he

 

Well since you're minds made up, probably years ago, there's no point discussing it. Too bad his ATG rating is lower than both Holyfield's and Lewis' cause he had the potential to be no worse than top 3.

 

Yes my mind is made up

 

You should check out the other thread on a h2h heavyweight list. Tyson could use your help.

 

I'm not to bothered everyone has there own opinion

 

neither man ever fought a man like the other,hard to say mixing era's

 

Ali late stoppage or points.

 

i think Lewis would beat Ali by UD12. Sorry, i just think the extra height, reach and overall size would be difficult for Ali to overcome. That said i could see a close fight. One thing to remember is Lewis often fought just enough to win in my opinion. When challenged Lewis had a lot of extra intensity.

Look at the Vitali fight, Lewis gets caught being tentative in the early rounds and starts getting beaten up by a skilled big guy, things look bad for him as he is being beaten to the punch, he figures this out and then comes out and did to Vitali what nobody else did to Vitali, Chris Byrd didn't do to Vitali what Lewis did to him, Vitali was winning against Byrd. Lewis had a extra gear when he needed it. Lewis had excellent skills for a big man. His hand speed was in my opinion far better than most think and why? I think Lewis liked to use a relaxed lazy style because it is in many ways good to be relaxed in the ring to a degree, i think Lewis often was too relaxed and focused on pacing himself to the point whereby that extra ZING in his punches wasn't used because he often very much focused on pacing himself to the point that he more than other fighters would often hold more back. Mostly because he was so good he could get away with it.

Trying to knock a guy out using full power, timing and speed is HARD WORK and often can backfire if you get drained out before knocking your opponent out, thus i think Lewis from a early stage went the opposite route for the most part and focused on winning rounds. I think Lewis was cautious when it came to winding himself and thus often over paced himself.

I think Lewis's extra gear would of been a problem for Ali. I don't see Lewis knocking Ali out or vice versa.

 

this i very much agree with :good

even though i pick Lewis by decision if i force myself to choose :think

big guys that are skilled are very hard to fight :bbb

then again Ali was so skilled he was very hard to fight :yep

 

lewis KO