Prime Tyson vs Prime Lewis

I like Lewis via TKO in the mid to latter rounds.

 

Tyson would definitly win even in his prime Lewis had problems with fighters like
Mercer, Briggs and Bruno and these fighters were not even half the fighter
of a prime Tyson not even when you put there best attributes together.
Tyson via knock out.

 

Lewis by late TKO for mine.

 

... but as good as a peak Tyson was he didn't destroy fighters in the early rounds all the time. Tucker and Smith (two durable, but limited fighters) lasted the distance and although both more-or-less fought to survive and dropped a wide decision they each rocked Tyson a bit.

A peak Lewis would be a totally different proposition, a big skilled guy with power and a calm mentality. Plus he'd wouldn't just turn up to survive. Lewis would definitely be the best opponent Tyson faced during the late 80's, whilst Tyson was a fine fighter the fanboy's who shriek that he'd blow Lennox away early every single time are deluded to the extreme. Too tough to call this one. :good

 

Prime Tyson could eat double the amount of prime Lewist childern. Nah really i just can not imagine anyone beating prime Tyson at his game.

 

Ali, Holmes and Liston. There's a few. :good

 

Just watch rd 1 of tyson v lewis & you will get an idea of what to expect peak v peak.

Tyson won rd 1 & was tired from rd 2 onwards.
The young tyson would have too much speed & power for lewis to handle.
Dont get me wrong, when lewis was in with danger, he was at his best & I believe he could have survived 12 rds but beat prime tyson.... NO.

 

If I watch round 1 of this fight I come to the exact opposite conclusion. Yes, Tyson landed, but so did Lewis, and it was Tyson who went back to the corner saying he was hurt but those upper cuts. It's a funny round because many claim Tyson won, and while he may have won technically, he actually lost in my mind. Why you might ask? Simply because it by Lewis landing those uppercuts and pushing down on Tyson and outmuscling him, he set the game plan in motion to beat him. :hat

 

Tyson TKO

 

Interesting fight. Tyson's awesome power and Lewis' vulnerability to get knocked out with a single punch swings the favour in Tyson's direction. But Lewis has the ability to outbox Tyson for as long as the fight lasts. If this fight lasted 6 rounds, Lewis would be ahead on points, same with 8,9,10. Whatever.

I'm not sure Lewis has the ability to land enough punches on a prime Tyson to KO him during the middle rounds. Lewis hits like a ton of bricks, but Tyson only ever folded after a serious pounding. And its a prime Tyson were talking about here.

Lewis' prime was between 1998-2001. Briggs, Mavrovic, Holyfield I and II, Grant, Botha, Tua, Rahman I and II

Many people say around 1996-1997. I don't think so. Lewis was still very much a work in progress under Steward. Im sure both themselves would admit Lewis' prime was late, and not during the mid 90's.


Lewis KO 11 Tyson.

 

Tyson to win....people seem to forget just how good he was in his prime.

 

ur not serious are u mack? i think tyson takes this one in the mid rounds. he would catch lewis and would definatly finish him off if he had him hurt.

 

This fight puts Mike Tyson’s greatness in perspective. Lately, Lennox Lewis has been seen winning polls over all-time greats among greats, to the point that a casual observer might think Lewis is the greatest of all time. A Tyson-Lewis poll would be very close, so that in itself hints at Tyson’s rightful place, among the very best.

Number one, I believe Lewis avoided Tyson when both were young men. Cus D’Amato’s prophecy of their meeting someday notwithstanding, Lewis decided to stay away from the pros, where Tyson was reigning supreme; so Lewis remained an amateur and, though older than Tyson, made TWO trips to the Olympics. Lewis faced Tyson as a teen and saw him only improve in quantum leaps to become the greatest predator ever seen in the heavyweight division. He wisely remained an amateur. When Tyson self-destructed, then Lewis, the chess player, made his move to become pro champ himself.

Secondly, Lewis had his hands full with a washed-up shell of Tyson in Round 1 of their actual fight. But this is not the fighter that Lewis would meet. At his peak, as a 20-year-old bristling with unique youthful power, flexibility and speed, living the dedicated life of the gym monk in a world of old classic fights, with a burning desire to make his beloved mentor’s dream come true, it is clear why Tyson accomplished what he did the way he did it. No one does what was done, the way it was done, to Larry Holmes, Michael Spinks, Trevor Berbick and Pinklon Thomas, without supreme talent.

Only a supreme talent makes the nonboxing world sit up and take notice. Tyson did it all, unifying the alphabet belts in less than a year’s time. Yes, there once was a young man who did it all, and the right way, honing his physical abilities in classic, old-school fashion (and without steroids), to become the very best. Just briefly, compare Foreman at his peak to Tyson at his. Foreman was powerful and, yes, schooled, but, comparatively, so sloppy, open and one-dimensional. Tyson showed no deficiencies to be exploited, even though hardened professionals like Holmes and Spinks supposedly pointed some out and vowed to capitalize. Ha. They were run over like taking candy from a baby.

Tyson would get to Lewis. And beat him. In the remote case Lewis decided to go for a shootout, he would quite easily be swarmed, outmaneuvered and kayoed. But he would probably go for chess, in which case Tyson would do a Tony Tucker on him. Young Tyson had the fundamentals and endurance to win rounds, minute to minute, patient aggression being his core. An old Holyfield lived with Lewis over 24 rounds. Good comparison for a smaller, come-forward, skilled stalker like Tyson. On the other hand, imagine the out-of-nowhere Tyson rights that fell Holmes landing flush on the Lennox jaw.

Lewis looked very good against powerful, but limited, guys. Tyson was technically and skills-wise much better than all those fighters, Lewis included. Plus, there is no way around it: twice Lewis was stopped with one punch.

Lennox Lewis is not the greatest heavyweight of all time. And when facing a true titan like young Mike Tyson, I can only see him leaving the ring in defeat.

 

^ good post :thumbsup

 

Lennox Lewis the best Lennox Lewis. Is H2H one of the best heavyweights of all time. He would keep a young tyson at range using his very very good defence and jab to keep tyson off. By the mid rounds Mike would be getting frustrated then lewis would start to land bombs, alot, and he was a brutal brutal puncher. Also compairing a 38 year old Larry Holmes and natural light heavyweight in Micheal Spinks to a prime 6'5" 245lb Lennox Lewis does not give any incite on how Tyson would deal with lewis.

I see a late round TKO win for lewis