Tyson or Lewis? Tyson: Got outboxed by him for a few rounds, then landed one very hard punch that he couldn't get up from. Lewis: Felt him out in the first round, then put in a combination to put him down. He gets to his feet but the ref stops the fight. Which one was most devastating?
Lewis had far easier time vs Botha, but Tyson KO was more devastating, Botha just couldn't get up after 1 punch.
Botha knew he was going to get clocked by a right by Lewis. The fight was one sided and the KO was devastating. Botha was actually beating Tyson but you could see that Mike saw an opening for his right and he landed it perfectly for a one punch KO. Tysons right was very short compact on the button and perfectly thrown. Tysons KO was more devastating.
I saw Botha train for Lewis, up in Big Bear, with Abel Sanchez. Given the "fight plan", it seemed Sanchez hated Botha. Then again, he had nothing to work with.
There's a simple way to answer these types of questions. If you were in their place, would you rather be Lewis (vs. Botha) or Tyson (vs. Botha)? Lewis dominated and destroyed Botha inside two rounds. Tyson almost started a riot twisting Botha's arm after Tyson lost the first round. Tyson lost a point in the second for twisting Botha's arm again. Botha outboxed and kind of embarrassed Tyson for four rounds before Tyson finally caught him. Not really much of a choice. Lewis is the answer. It was a pretty dominant win and he nearly launched Botha out of the ring.
