This is an interesting what if. As you all know, Lewis took the step aside money, which paved the way for Tyson Holyfield, and by extension Holyfield Lewis. What if Lewis puts his foot down, and insists upon his title shot? The floor is open to you.
I think Lennox would stop him. I think MT wasn’t quick enough or capable of cutting the distance / countering a guy that big the way he did in the 80s he’d lost several steps in some aspects… Holyfield was really his best hope at the time to appear to be one of the best in the world.
OH now that LL is champ... okay, you wanna play through a whole timeline, I'll have a think. LOVE these sorts of threads.
Had they faced off in 1990 or '91 it would have been competitive. Lewis beats post-prison Mike, but as we know if the right punch slips by his defense Lewis can hit the canvas, and Mike still had power at that time.
Lewis would always stop Tyson IMO, he was a master at using his advantages, he’d certainly be switched on against Tyson being mindful of his range and defence etc, he’d let Tyson punch himself out early on, he’d pole as Tyson attacks and then move in for the clinch, then as Tyson becomes more stationary, he starts to pick him apart, set him up, poke and prod him into moving his head into Lewis’ punches and he’d get stopped.
I think any version of a Steward trained Lewis beats Tyson. I agree that the 90 or 91 version of Tyson is "live"...
I think Lennox Lewis would have defeated Mike Tyson. I see no reason why the career of Lennox Lewis would not go almost the same as it did after that fight.
