Tyson Vs. Lewis: Is This Statement Ignorant?

[bojangles1987]

There is no reasonable argument in which you can claim Tyson was anything close to prime in the fight against Lewis. Lewis beats Tyson prime for prime, but we certainly never saw it.

[StarshipTrooper]

Another pearl of wisdom:

You can claim whatever you want, but the Tyson that met Lewis was in his physical prime. In 2002, he was 36, still easily in his physical prime, and still as capable as he ever was.

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http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/sh...=1#post6508492

[CRESCENDOPOWER]

Originally Posted by Stickman
You can claim whatever you want, but the Tyson that met Lewis was in his physical prime. In 2002, he was 36, still easily in his physical prime, and still as capable as he ever was.

Originally Posted by Stickman
Tyson never had the physical (or mental) skills to deal with someone like Lewis, and had they met in Tyson's prime (which they did, in reality, though most don't feel that way), he'd have ruined Mike long before Douglas ever got hold of him.

I believe that any reasonable boxing fan that was alive in the Tyson era would clearly disagree. In Lennox Lewis’s career he never faced anyone even remotely like a PRIME Tyson. A prime, properly trained Tyson with an intelligent game plan could possibly defeat ANY heavyweight in history.