Would Ali have intimidated Lennox Lewis successfully?

Yes and he got that bit better when he reached there.....

 

He knocked out George Foreman.
I think any man who can KO Foreman can KO Lennox Lewis.

 

Exhaustion factor. Lewis was a much smarter fighter than George, would never punch himself out

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I don't think he'd be intimidated by Ali, infact he'd be one of Ali's hardest fights.

 

Lewis would definitely be a hard fight for Ali.

 

He would beat Lewis, but he wouldn't get under his skin.

Lennox is too cool of a cat

 

Rahmxan did get under Lewis skin

 

So why didn't Ali ko or even deck Ken Norton in 3 fights? Norton had a better chin than Foreman?

 

Got a bias against Lewis by any chance?

 

That was all bull****.

 

I highly doubt that. Lewis, in my opinion, would have beaten Ali in the 60's or 70's..

Ali's clinching would not work vs Lewis. Lewis was too strong and had a nasty uppercut. Ali's rope a dope would not work either. Lewis would not fall for it and simply pile up the points.

Ali's defense flaws were often covered by great speed and being the taller man, however when matched vs a good jabber, Ali had lots of issues. Examples: Doug Jones, Kenny Norton, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Young...and as an old fighter Larry holmes. Lewis had a very good jab and far more power than all of these names.

Did Lewis have enough power to KO Lewis? Not really, he was more of an attraction type of puncher, who could put away people when they were tired. I tend to think Lennox had a better chin than Norton, and Ali couldn't dent it.

 

This is a good question. Foreman lacked stamina and fought in a hot arena. When Foreman tired ( you could see his punches were slow and lacked steam later in the fight ) , Ali took him out. Norton actually was a well conditioned 15 round fighter.