Would be able to go a combined 11-2 record against Liston,Norton,Foreman,Fraizer, Quarry and Patterson?
Lewis would have a chance. Lewis would decimate Patterson, Quarry and Norton without breaking a sweat - i respect all of these guys but none of them have the ability to beat Lewis. Norton is too weak vs big right hands, Patterson is too chinny and Quarry does not have the height and reach to get to Lewis without being cut by his jab and stopped by uppercuts. Lewis is a nightmare for these guys and i can see him being 7-0 vs them easily. Lewis would be favoured over Frazier too. Lewis had a good record vs left hookers (Tua, Ruddock, Morrison) but even then, he did get hurt by Holyfield's left hook in both fights. Frazier was also a far better body puncher than anyone Lewis faced and unlike most of Lewis's foes, Frazier would use his body punching without hesitation. I don't think Lewis will look to blow out Frazier ala Foreman. Foreman had immense confidence in his chin whereas Lewis (the 97-02 prime version) was cautious. I see Frazier-Lewis going one of two ways. Either Lewis lands something huge in the early rounds and stops Frazier. Or Lewis boxes cautiously like he did vs Tua and Frazier starts to hurt him with body shots and the ocassional left hook to the head. Unlike Tua, Frazier had a great work rate. I can see Frazier stopping him late or winning a decision. However, i think scenario A is a little bit more likely. I think Lewis likely stops him. In a 3 fight triology though, i can see Frazier getting one win. So let's say Lewis goes 2-1 vs Frazier. Foreman? Lewis is too hittable to beat Foreman. He got caught cleanly vs Briggs, Holyfield (both fights and this wasn't prime Holyfield), even Marovic landed clean rights, Rahman etc. Lewis is too big to avoid Foreman and the idea that he could replicate Ali's performance is comical. Lewis couldn't take the body shots Ali took, nor the headshots. I think Foreman (pre Zaire) goes after him and stops him. Lewis may knock Foreman down once or twice but i think George gets up and stops him. Foreman tko 5. Liston? Hard to tell. Liston never faced this kind of combination of power, size and skill. At the same time, he had freakishly long arms and Lewis is very hittable. Let's say Lewis loses to 1964 Liston and beats him in the rematch. So 1-1 So 2-1 vs Frazier, 0-1 vs Foreman and 1-1 vs Liston, 7-0 vs the rest. So 10-3 for me. Close enough.
