I chose Norton. I know Lyle could be dangerous at times but I’m gonna go ahead and favor Ken’s skill and stamina to triumph here
Norton had the ability to out box Lyle,but I feel Lyle would get through with something big at some point,and then the wheels would fall off for Kenny.
Norton was BY FAR the superior fighter but Lyle was the kind of slugger that was absolute kryptonite for Kenny, and the first time Lyle connects and gets him moving backward it’s over. Styles make fights.
Pre-Foreman Norton who could actually follow a gameplan and didn't come undone when he first tasted power, likely follows his game-plan to a tee and outpoints the mechanical and predictable Lyle. Post-Foreman Norton, who freezes and gets PTSD once he tastes power above a certain level gets brutally knocked out.
Lyle annihilates him, it’s a styles thing, Norton was a sitting duck for someone who could throw powerful combinations with technique and accuracy, he had a passive defence, he couldn’t think defence first and to have a look at the opponents mistakes and capitalise on the backfoot as Ali could for example, Norton was more of someone to pressure and force the errors an punch off of his opponent and would often block punches and rely on throwing back off of that, rather than taking a step back to create space to counter, which means he will have to take punches sometimes, especially when guys throw combinations since he holds his feet, yes he had good footwork and balance, but on the front foot, not from a defence perspective.
