Prime Mike Tyson vs prime Lennox Lewis ?

Exactly.

Lennox only chance is convince Tyson that he can withstand his best, which Lennox couldn't IMO.

 

Tyson gets inside and bombs him. Lewis won't keep keep a prime Tyson at bay which is what he'd have to do to win the fight. Tyson was incredibly quick and elusive, and he was great at neutralizing taller fighters reach.

 

Here's a post that I made in the Classic to a guy that said Tyson's chances decrease after 5 rounds:



[ Nah I totally disagree, from 1985 - 88,

Mike was great at boxing for 12 rounds and had the stamina for it (Tucker, Smith - its more strain on your stamina when a man is leaning all his weight on you and mauling you)

remember Mike very rarely lost a round and in the Tucker fight he was using his great boxing skill from the outside and picking off great shots at mid range.

P.S

I think if Berbick was more durable Mike would of put on a great textbook preformance for 12 rounds, that night nothing was rushed, very accurate combo, setups. people always talk about his ferociousness that night but never about the skill he showed.

That was the best he ever boxed, just wish it had been against a more formidable opponent ]



Tyson by 9 Rd Knockout, very competive fight

 

Tyson in his prime beats anyone in a fantasy match-up. People only remember the bits where Tyson look unbeatable.

 

no thats not true,

I'd pick Holyfield to have always beat him, but I believe Mike would of beaten Lennox

 

Somebody should have the "cartoon" fight on the computer with the '88 Tyson and the '98 Lewis (or maybe the '01 Rahman-rematch one)...

 

Lewis had everything needed to beat Tyson.

The jab, the thunderous power, and the size and strength to tie him up.

Tyson would have to win on the inside, but he'd be the weaker man and be smothered. Lewis' jab would get more and more effective and Tyson slowed down, which he did in his fights that went longer distances, and then Mike would start having trouble.

Lewis' underrated chin gets him through scares, and he grinds out a tight win over 12, probably getting staggered several times early, but badly hurting Tyson in the 11th or 12th, ala Green but much more severe.

 

Lewis had trouble with straight rights as we saw with McCall, Rahman, Vitali, Ray Mercer, etc...Tyson had the best in the business....

 

Obviously Tyson could win. And if they fought ten times he would win some. People will look to Lewis' KO losses and think it proves he would lose to a big hitting, fast fighter. But that doesn't work. Even Lewis haters realise the Rahman fight was a pathetic, fat, complacent Lewis who was gassing by round 3.

His chin can take good shots, he did it against Rahman before the KO, he did it against Mercer, Briggs and Vitali.

The fact is that a fully focused and peak Lewis was everything that was wrong for Tyson. Great jab, good uppercut for when Tyson comes inside and sapping weight and strength in the clinch.

Tyson was awesome but how awesome is hard to really know. Most of the guys he destroyed were simply not top tier fighters. Holmes was hugely impressive despite Holmes' age, but I believe that Lewis would have fought to a UD. With some shaky moments sure, but able to hurt Tyson just like Tyson was hurt by Bruno, Holyfield, Douglas and definitely skilled enough and smart enough to frustrate him and slow him down.

I have no issue with people picking Tyson as I can see why, but the logic of "if McCall could land" is like saying "If Mitch Green went the distance"....Lewis would have jabbed him to death and fought best when he had a little respect and fear of the man before him.

He would have clinched when needed and been able to land with big rights when Tyson came in.

I would say Lewis UD. But if they fought ten times, maybe 6 to Lewis, 4 to Tyson.

 

Impossible match-up.

Lewis would win thus making Tyson, by definition, shot.

 

Lewis had a great chin no doubt (better than his 2 losses would indicate), but, he did have trouble with straight right hands throughout his career...McCall, Mercer and Vitali each nailed Lewis with it repeatedly, and Lewis trained for those fights...

Lewis was a great strategist and had great skills but, Tyson was a much better boxer than most think from seeing the shell that emerged from prison...He also had fast feet to go with his fast hands...

I really believe Tyson would win that fight but, I do note he had trouble with uppercuts (See Bonecrusher Smith 12th round, or Douglas) and Lewis had a great one...

It would be a hell of a fight...

 

how do you figure that?

 

But I will humour you.

Lewis at his best would take Tyson as seriously as a heart attack. He was a lazy fighter at times and when he was lazy he was catchable.

A focused Lewis does not panic, and I'd bet on him taking the centre of the ring from the start, smothering Tyson for the first 3 rounds by tying him up, going on to control the fight with the jab until Tyson got lazy and started to get caught with uppercuts.

Fight over.

Lewis wins by KO late.

 

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Because we have spastics on here who ask questions like this and take offense if you don't answer the question the way they like. We have guys so obsessed by the man that they will act as his E-Social worker: Tyson has all the problems in the world, is past his best at 22 ("FACT") and nobody else gets the shotness card.

C'mon guy. I'm sure you know what I am getting at. [/FONT]

 

its pretty childish saying "you'll humour me" when you're a 27k poster who lives on this site....but i'll humour you...

agree, lennox was a lazy fighter. he and roy jones had something in common, they fought when they felt like it.

and lewis would definitely have tried to tie up tyson in the early rounds and use his jab too.

but calling a fight from one corner doesn't make a result does it?

nobody in the world can say that a prime tyson can't KO anyone within 3 rounds, because boxing is like that.

it does take a great fighter to get past 3 with tyson, and someone like lennox or ali could do it - but it doesn't mean they would.