Pick a light heavyweight to beat Lennox Lewis

lol Lewis would ko Jones with the draught from a missed jab. Charles is a different proposition but to be honest I just can's see it. A great big guy beats a great little guy and Lewis is a great HUGE guy.

 

I am going with Muhammed Ali on this one. Although he fought as an amateur light heavy, his fighting weight was below 190 level until about 1962. Although it wouldnt be his best weight, i am confident that if the money was there, Ali was still light enough to could drop down to 175 and if he did, he would be one of and probably the best light heavys in the world.

Ali, even at this stage would still not be unbeatable, because of his inexperience, but i think he has the best chance to outbox Lewis and to use his speed to land cleanly from the outside. Given Lewis' occassional knockout problems when he is tagged, i am fairly confident that Ali would beat Lewis. One think i would be fairly confident of is that even if Lewis does land clean and knock him down, the young ali would come back and still keep fighting. This would be a great fight.

The second best chance to beat Lewis is probably Fitzsimmons. I would tell fitzsimmons to wrestle, clinch and smother Lewis. The fact that he has a dynamite punch that is capable of felling Lewis with one blow and the fact that Lewis has a suspect chin means that Fitzsimmons has a punchers chance. Given his caginess, and proven chin, maybe, just maybe, he has as good or better punchers chance than any other fighter. (Rahman and McCall included). Lewis would probably win more than he loses, Fitz probably scores the knockout if the meet say 5 times.

I think that these two fighters are the two light heavys with the best chance.

 

I respect Lewis but obviously are not a fan of him but no lwtheavy is going to beat him especially those old timers. The jab alone would make them see crosseyed. You need strengh, speed , chin and getting him out of his pace dictating comfort zone to beat him.

The thought of RJJ must be a joke, him fighting ANY legitimate HW champ from the 30's on will be considered legal murder.

 

How does Fitszimmons have a proven chin at heavyweight? Feather fisted Corbett had him down for 15 seconds but the count didn't start. Jeffries stopped him faster than he did any other top opponent, twice, and with just one punch during the rematch. Some middleweight called Jim Hall also knocked him out.

As for wrestling Lewis, how is that gonna work? He will literally give up 70 pounds!! When they get in the ring jaws will drop at the physical mismatch and he'll shove Bob around like the comparative matchstick he is. No to mention that hard right uppercut Lewis likes to throw before falling in the clinch.

That combined with Fitzsimmons' bareknuckle style, i'd be surprised if he sees the 4th round. Fitz never beat a top class heavyweight over 200lbs. Lewis took punches from hitter much, much bigger than the balding supermiddleweight.

 

Roy Jones, trained by Sugar Ray Leonard.

Steal the rounds and bike away!

 

hopkins????....the guy is slick, hard to hit, can counterpunch with authority, has the height to carry off a solid 190lb and with his work ethic i think can shed the weight again....lewis chasing down the crafty old man and eating counters all night??.....

again, one clean punch and regardless of bhops chin, its gonna be curtains..but given his ability to come up ring strategies and his ability to carry them out, could he eke out a messy, boring split decision??>...

 

I think you are ,like the rest of us clutching at straws ,Ali began 1962 [FEb ]against Sonny Banks he scaled 194 1/2 and was dropped in the 1st round.By the end of the year [Nov] he weighed 204 for his fight with Moore,no way could he make 175

 

No...... just no. Lewis would have knocked Hopkins COLD! This aint Kelly Pavlik we're talking about here.

 

Lewis would go after and KO JOnes and Hopkins was holding and resting prented foul for rest vs Calzagge, Lewis would keep him hurt....Spinks Qwawi, Conn,have a long shot but the best chance would be Charles and Tunney and Lewis would be heavy favorite...a top Charles could edge him

 

was lewis quick enough to chase down a great light heavyweight and catch him..one with good footwork and great defensive skills....for sure, he is one of the most talented big men there ever was, but im not sure about this.....

 

james toney would **** him up

 

In order, and, like everyone else, just stretching things a bit looking for David:

Michael Spinks: he beat Holmes and Cooney! He might be able to tire Lewis out over 15with his evasiveness and was wary enough to see that big right coming to avoid lethal direct impact.

Sam Langford: high punch output, good defense, stamina and chin, the know-how that comes with a resume of fighting larger men.

Gene Tunney: he would not go with one punch. Could Lewis hit this smart survivor cleanly twice or thrice to put him away? I have my doubts. A great student of opponents, he might develop an effective stick and move, as he had the legs to do so.

All three guys were tough and proven winners. Probably the biggest threat to a 190 pounder against Lewis would be the real danger of being blown away within 3 or 6 minutes. Once past that threshold, the color of the 15 rounder could change and Lewis might decide to hold back and box more conservatively, thinking about the distance. This would be the time to get to work. All three were composite punchers and could flurry for points and are probably smart and quick enough to roll as much as possible with the larger man's counters. I am confident that at least 2 out of my 3 could hear the final bell, and that's already a good place to start.

Pulling this off would be a mighty exploit indeed, but, if conditions are right, no man is invincible in the ring.

 

He sure would.

Imagine a fighter like David Tua, but then feather fisted and with a lower workrate. He'd surely **** Lewis up.

 

Michael Moorer.

The most underrated Lightheavy weight of all time.

 

LIGHTS OUT BABY!