Prime Lennox Lewis vs Prime Larry Holmes

Interesting match up though. Both fighters i respect.

 

Dick .

 

That would be a murderous fight, and a close one! How can anyone say one or the other 'easily' ??

I'm tempted to say Holmes based on his amazing jab, but Lewis is so smart in the ring I feel he would figure him out and edge out a decision.

 

lewis wins

 

Holmes by clear UD

 

homes by very close decision

 

did u see zelko mavorvich give lennox fits........NOW PICTURE THE HOLMES WHO FOUGHT COONEY IN WITH LENNOX..........larry holmes schools lennox....luv both guys but it is what it is.......actually holmes schooled mercer / lennox left the ring with puffs eyes.....:smoke:smoke:smoke:smoke

 

If you think lewis would outjab holmes you are clearly trying to get a rise.

 

Too close to call, flip a coin.

Nothing "easy" about this fight what so ever.

 

If Lewis doesn't stop Holmes he loses. I don't think he can stop him.

 

It is also the same Lewis that was dropped like a sack of dirt by a very durable crackhead, Oliver McCall and mediocre heavyweight Rahman. This is the same Lewis that failed to stop the same Oliver McCall that was suffering and emotional breakdown in the rematch and was given all he could handle by Ray Mercer, the same Ray Mercer that was given a boxing lesson by a 42-year-old Larry Holmes.

If any fighter is sugar coated on this board, it is the safety first Lennox Lewis. The Lewis that was gifted a decision to the past prime Evander Holyfield in their rematch. The same Lennox that was forced into retirement by Vitali...sugar coated? Lennox is a 6'5" gummy bear with a glass chin.

Oops, nevermind...just saw you had an Amir Khan avatar

 

This would have been one for the ages. Two clear-cut, top 10 HWs going at it. Both men would hit the floor late.

Holmes wins a close decision.

 

Lennox close UD imo.

 

Hmm...also where could I start? I mentioned that McCall was very durable in my opening line boy, but I do not recall McCall ever leaving his hands down to his sides enabling his opponent to land cleanly as in his rematch with Lewis. Again, Lewis didn't stop him and waited several years before he would rematch McCall in the first place.

As for the glass chin, Lewis usually spent most of his time backpedaling or in the case with David Tua, flat out running backwards, which tends to rob power from a punch. Lennox called it science at the end of the bout, But if you want to call that landing cleanly, enjoy your fantasy world of rubbing oil on Lewis and trying to rewrite history.

I guess you missed the Ray Mercer and Lennox Lewis fight, the one that left Lewis looking like he ****ed with a hornets' nest. That was the Ray Mercer that I was referring...the same Ray Mercer that Holmes toyed with in their bout.

As far as the second Holyfield fight, Lewis was the only fighter to be visibly hurt at anytime in that fight and most of the uppercuts that Lewis was given credit for were blocked by Holyfield. That was an especially funny bout, seeing Lewis staggered by a blown up cruiser weight.

Lastly, join date and post count don't mean **** noob. I was watching Holmes do his thing before you were swimming in your pappa's nutsack.

 

Since when was Holmes clearly beaten by Tim Witherspoon? Most people have it a close, clear win for Holmes.

Holmes dominated the Snipes fight in every round then he got too comfortable and got a bit lazy in the 7th round and Snipes managed to land a huge right out of no where and get a knockdown, then Holmes got up and started beating Snipes the very same round he was dropped. There was no long count, I don't know where you got that from.

Knock down is at 3:05
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I noticed in your other posts you knock Holmes for being briefly dropped by Kevin Isaacs very early in his career. I guess you won't mention that out of his 75 fight career, Holmes was down in just 4 fights. The flash knockdown against Kevin Isaacs, the monster knockdown he suffered against Earnie Shavers (hardest puncher of all time) in the 7th round, the big knockdown in the 7th round against Snipes, then when he was far past his best against a prime Mike Tyson in 1988.

He was not dropped by big punches such as Gerry Cooney, James Smith, Ray Mercer, Oliver McCall, Mike Weaver, Tim Witherspoon, and Roy Williams. Holmes had one of the best chins of the heavyweight champions and that can't be taken from him.