Originally posted by UnicornGirl
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Lennox is the great, big man.. I like him and I liked him even more when he was active. I always though of him to be better than Tyson (although very prime tyson was something special but it was for very short period of time so I can't fully take that into account).
But guys lets be real... It's just ridiculous to state any version of Lennox would beat prime Ali. Not even close.. Ali is much better in almost every department.
Speed - much much faster fighter - he could make it almost impossible for lennox to catch him - lennox isn't fast (not slow but still...).
Chin - incomparable! Lennox's chin is not that good at all and Ali's chin is one of the best ever (one quality of Ali that's often neglected, but he had an amazing chin and ability to recover fast).
Combos, jab, technique - although lennox was very good technical fighter he is no where near Ali's level. Ali had superior jab, could land more punches in combos and as he could do it much faster.
Power - only component I might give a slight edge to lennox due to superior size.
Stamina - Ali wins hands down! Prime Ali could dance 15 rounds without problem.
Mentality - Ali. The level of determination he showed in numerous fights (especially frizer and forman) is just unreal and nobody comes even close to that.
It could happen either KO in later rounds or very easy UD for prime Ali..
To be honest no other HW great would do it much better against prime Ali.
Lennox H2H is in top5 and overall in top10...
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