Who had the better resume Mike Tyson or Lennox Lexis

Michael grant was an amazing all time great win... David Tua oh man one of the most skilled fighters ever. Lewis is overrated

 

A past prime and out of shape Lewis at his absolute worst was able to TKO one of the 2 fighters who would dominate the HW division for most of the next decade. Eventhough he struggled early, it is a better win than anything on Tyson's resume.

When you add that to the rest of Lewis' resume then it's clear that Lewis' resume is better than Tyson's regardless of what Tyson's nuthuggers say.

 

I'm gonna pick Tyson just so I can say that at least Tyson wasn't fighting bums like Vitali Klitschko.
No point in letting the truth get in the way of a good noise up.

 

I rate Lewis higher both on resume and H2H.

No need in belittling Mike, my fellow UK heads.

 

Lewis

 

Amir Khan ftw!

 

Lennox Lewis...

I rate him as an all around greater fighter than Tyson

 

lewis clearly has a superior winning resume.

head to head prime for prime, i just don't know, they were both truely great fighters at they're peak and in a way they could have both been each others achilles heel.

 

Here you go again. I already levied a response to this in another thread that went unanswered. This is how it it went:

Pretty harsh assessment from a fairly respected poster. I'm a little concerned you're not familar with the specifics of Tyson or the era having seen you post that Berbick won a title off a shot Muhammad Ali earlier, when he in fact outpointed an undefeated Pinklon Thomas, whom Larry Holmes decided to pass up in favor of Michael Spinks to reach 49-0. While it's accurate that much of the competition was decidedly good B-level fighters, it's worthwhile to note that in many instances, Tyson was fighting the absolute highest rated fighter he could've fought at the time he did. If you honestly think being one of top ten rated heavyweights in the world is easily accomplished, I'd encourage you to go try it out.

Tyson's prime didn't last long, but it's made up for with his activity level. Prior to his incarceration, he compiled a 41-1-0 (36 KOs) record over the course of just seven years from 1985-91. That W/L ratio and the number of fights look awfully similar to another heavyweight regularly rated inside the top five on here. Don't worry, they both beat pretty much the same number of world-rated opponents. You can cite the lack of greats all day long, but the blame certainly doesn't fall on Tyson, who was fighting the best opposition available to him. Need proof? Here's the rating of several fighters he fought during his prime at the time he fought them, not including himself obviously: Trevor Berbick (31-4, #1), Bonecrusher Smith (19-5, #1), Pinklon Thomas (29-1, #1), Tony Tucker (34-0, #1), Tyrell Biggs (15-0, #8 ), Michael Spinks (31-0, Lineal claimant), Carl Williams (22-2, #2), James Douglas (29-4, #7), Razor Ruddock x2 (25-1, #1). He also took care of Frank Bruno (32-2) as a mandatory, who had been and would again be a top-rated heavyweight and future titlist, beat the hell out of Tubbs (24-1) inside two for a large payday in Tokyo, who'd give prime Riddick Bowe all sorts of a fight long afterwards; Alex Stewart (26-1) inside of a round, whom was never on the canvas against Holyfield (and would go the distance with in a second fight) and lost a close decision to Foreman afterwards.

You guys continually bring up Spinks the LHW and Holmes the washed up ATG and refuse to acknowledge a few key points here. Spinks beat an undefeated Larry Holmes at Heavyweight convincingly the first go-round, who while no longer prime, was again: undefeated. He's not exactly John Ruiz, folks. Second, it was at the time an absolute public demand that Tyson fight Spinks and The RING had recognized him as the Top Heavyweight until Tyson beat him. A good number of people in and around boxing actually gave him a fair chance to win the damn fight. To see his performance ravaged by revisionist historians is pretty dispicable.

As far as Holmes, there is quite a lot made about his 21-month lay off between Spinks II and Tyson. He didn't willingly retire so much as he was basically forced into it, partly by his own hand with the comments he made. There's little doubt he won and was screwed out of the Spinks re-match and it left a bitter taste in his mouth. Perhaps the case for it being a worthless win would have credibility if Holmes hadn't decided to come back four years later at 42 and put a schooling on Ray Mercer to EARN himself a title shot against Holyfield, whom he won several rounds against and went the distance with, ditto for Oliver McCall at the age of 44. Nobody stopped or KO'ed Larry Holmes before or after, much less within four rounds.




Stick to the usual Klitschko banter and stop talking ****. :deal

 

This ain't even close. . . Glass Jaw Lennox "bitched out 4 life" Lewis has SOOOO much better of a resume it's not even close. . .

 

Lewis, not even close.