Usyk would destroy Prime Lennox Lewis

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  1. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    We need a properly filtered/regulated Mensa boxing forum. Who knows, we might even get Sharon Stone posting to it. She strikes me as an eager beaver.
     
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  2. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Oh, and remember, “Don’t push the Lion!” - that only served to bring out the true mongrel in Lennox of Lewis - just ask Michael Grant whose head was held nicely in place for Lewis’ brutal uppercuts. :D
     
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  3. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Let’s be very clear here, Lennox Lewis would take care of that low boxing IQ statue Daniel Dubois much quicker than Usyk did. So that form reference is useless.

    Lewis vs Usyk would be the toughest fight that either guy had ever respectively been in. I’d personally favour Lewis as his overall CV is better than Usyk’s at HW and that is the only real measure we can use.
     
  4. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    There is a properly filtered/regulated Mensa boxing forum. I'm not surprised you don't know about it.
     
  5. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Prime Lewis would go through this lot like a Bad Indian Curry.!!
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Usyk's speed, constant movement, and slickness would cause the bigger slower Lewis huge problems. 100% guaranteed. Usyk is going to see his shots coming and either evade them, block them or take the sting out of them by partially blocking or slipping them. Lewis is going to find it hard to land clean with his bombs and certainly with any regularity. I'm not saying he wouldn't have success and land his fair share of shots but even when he did Usyk would take the ones that get through clean because he's super tough and durable and he's a dawg and is extremely mentally strong

    Lewis couldn't drop the way smaller Holyfield once in 2 attempts and 24 rounds and he couldn't drop the way smaller Mavrovic once in 12 rounds and both were much easier to hit than Usyk is.

    Usyk has fought a murderer's row of KO artists and legit bangers and he has never been knocked out in over 370 fights amateur and pro but he's suddenly going to fall apart under Lewis' power?

    One of these two has been knocked out three times and it ain't Usyk :facepalm:

    The only instance we allegedly have of Usyk being dropped by a head shot in his entire career is Korobov claiming to have done so in the amateurs when Usyk was a far less experienced 19 y/o who had only been boxing for 4 years and was a MW and was still growing. Hence why he moved up to LHW the following year and HW the year after that, weighing at least 35lbs more than he did vs Korobov for almost 2 decades and 40-60lbs as a pro

    And Korobov said he ''thinks'' he dropped Usyk and we have no idea what kind of KD it was even if it did happen. It could've been a flash or balance issue. But either way, it has zero bearing on a Usyk vs Lewis fight because Usyk wouldn't have been a skinny inexperienced 19 y/o MW in this hypothetical match up and also he wouldn't be in his late 30s either even though obviously this is what many do when it comes to hypothetical match ups between fighters from previous eras and the likes of Usyk: They pit prime versions of those fighters vs past prime version of the likes of Usyk

    ''But Usyk got hit by Greedy Belly doe.'' Yeah, when he was 37-38 and his game plan and mindset was to walk him down and he was being reckless defensively by his own standards. You know, in those fights where he literally told us beforehand that he ''would not leave him alone''
     
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  7. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, just like the old heads in the 90's trashing that era. So I guess if you experience something first hand, you are immune to having stupid takes and looking at the past through the rose colored glasses of nostalgia? Were the old heads in the 80's saying Tyson can't hold a candle to Dempsey and Marciano right? After all, they experienced all of these eras, right?
     
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  8. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    I said Mensa not Mincer. I’m not surprised you know about the latter. Explains why you have a 4 by 2 permanently wedged up your ass. :lol:
     
  9. TMLT87

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    Lennox was slightly chinny but Usyk wasnt much of a puncher even at cruiser, its not a factor imo.

    Fury, AJ, Dubois and Del Boy are not Lennox level opponents, there arent any guys out there at that level for Usyk to fight in this era.
     
  10. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Curry in a hurry!
     
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  11. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Recency bias is worse, because most of the time the older fighters larger achievements are discredited
     
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  12. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I can say the same thing about the nostalgia bias. Lewis and Wlad were being discredited while active by the old heads and they are two of the most decorated HWs of all time.
     
  13. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That doesn't change actual achievements. Like I said, recency bias is usually worse because the older fighters in question over half the time has the better resume even when referring to modern day greats. I mean, Ali still a better record than both of them, not to say the criticism is warranted, it isn't.
     
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  14. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's your opinion. To me, both recency and nostalgia biases are the same shyte. They don't change achievements, but are annoying.
     
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  15. Braindamage

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    Lennox was 1 shotted in his losses and got revenge. He was never truly outclassed or embarrassed for an entire fight. To say Usyk would destroy him is a bit of a stretch for me. I don't see a one sided fight coming from either guy. Close fight for me.