Lennox Lewis ''Mike Tyson Was A One Dimensional Boxer''

[Barn]

Funny, those same kind of excuses except for the altitude issue are thrown around ad nauseum by Tyson fanbois as to why he got knocked out by Buster Douglas. That, plus the assertion that Douglas was a fighting machine who could have beaten Ali, Louis, and Liston on the same night.

That Douglas would certainly have gave a lot of good champions a tough night.

[SBleeder]

Tyson is the biggest champion since muhammed lee....

Is he related to Bruce?

[Barn]

Is he related to Bruce?

How can you take his opinion seriously when he can't even pronounce a certain Top 2 HW's name.

[carlos slim]

if rahmans ko of lewis is a lucky punch then so is lewis early ko of ruddock cuz ruddock put his head down for 1 sec without leaving his gloves up n knocked down n screwed him the next round leading to ko.....lewis most impressive wins are golota n grant n tua who are b rated fighters....his wins over holyfield are not at all impressive....

[sonnyboyx2]

Except there was no guaranteed world title shot because Tyson vacated the belt anyway. Tyson and King wanted Seldon and Holyfield and that's who they were going to get. Lewis was paid off to prevent legal action stalling those fights for months. As always, you twist the facts to suit your agenda or ignore them entirely.

By the way, I love how that link you sent me as evidence of Lewis ducking Jones contained the sentence "Lennox Lewis accepted $25million to fight Roy Jones Jr, but he had one obstacle in front of him and that was HBO had to put him in there against Klitschko". I'm convinced you just see whatever you want to see, especially when it comes to Lewis.

HBO an obstacle.. don't make me laugh

Lewis was coming off a 2 round KO loss to a former Tyson sparring partner, he turned down a huge money offer to fight Rid**** Bowe in 1995 then turned down fighting Tyson in early 96 the bottom line is that Lewis only ever fought exposed bums and journeymen his greatest 2 victories in his career was a disputed points win over a well past it Evander Holyfield and an 8rd KO of the shell of Mike Tyson who both Danny Williams & Kevin McBride also beat in quicker and more devastating fashion... you are dumber than i though if you sincerely believe Moorer, Foreman, Holyfield, Bowe, Tyson, Sanders, Holmes who all held the heavyweight title during the 1990s all avoided Lennox Lewis who Oliver McCall poleaxed in less than 2rds with a fight against any single one of those fighters being a career highest payday for Lewis.... Frank Maloney and the Lewis camp always knew that Lewis had a dodgy chin from early in his career.

[sonnyboyx2]

if rahmans ko of lewis is a lucky punch then so is lewis early ko of ruddock cuz ruddock put his head down for 1 sec without leaving his gloves up n knocked down n screwed him the next round leading to ko.....lewis most impressive wins are golota n grant n tua who are b rated fighters....his wins over holyfield are not at all impressive....

Holyfield claims to this day that he was robbed against Lewis in there rematch

[Tyson.]

Muhammad Lee?
Anyway Holmes is way better than Tyson in all ways.

Based on what exactly?

In terms of excitement? Holmes killed the goldern era of heavyweights. Tyson brought it back to life.

Resume? Holmes ducked alot of the top contenders. Gift decisons over Norton and Witherspoon, almost getting KOed by Shavers and Snipes. Holmes whole carrear was based on his '0' and breaking Marcianos record fighting cherrypicked opposition. Cooney was a hypejob, Ali was shot with Parkinsons ffs. Tyson unified the division becoming the youngest champion in history and fought the best opposition avaliable.

Head 2 Head? Tyson destroyed Holmes. Even in his prime Holmes would of been KOed based on his performances against lesser pressure fighters.

[Barn]

Excitement is not a valid way of ranking fighters IMO.

Holmes resume is much better than Tysons. The sheer number of title defences only add to his greatness.

When Tyson faught Holmes he was 38 yet, when Tyson faces Lewis he was 36 but, he was "past his prime"? Holmes also only had a few months to prepare for the Tyson fight.
If they fought in there prime I can see Holmes walking away with a UD. Holmes got up from an Earnie Shavers.

[Tyson.]

Excitement is not a valid way of ranking fighters IMO.

Holmes resume is much better than Tysons. The sheer number of title defences only add to his greatness.

When Tyson faught Holmes he was 38 yet, when Tyson faces Lewis he was 36 but, he was "past his prime"? Holmes also only had a few months to prepare for the Tyson fight.
If they fought in there prime I can see Holmes walking away with a UD. Holmes got up from an Earnie Shavers.

How do title defences against unranked opposition add to Holmes' greatness? His opposition was cherrypicked and he was stripped of his title. Often the cherrypicked opposition like Spinks and Witherspoon ended up beating him or getting robbed.

Styles make primes. Holmes style meant he could continue later than Tyson. Age is important but it has no relevance here. Tyson was champ at 20, Holmes was champ at 29.

When was Holmes' prime? Was it when he got gift decison over Norton in 78? Almost KOed by Shavers in 79, Almost KOed by Snipes in 81? gift decison over Witherspoon in 83 etc etc.

The point is that Holmes was never this great 'underrated' fighter hes made out to be.

[Barn]

Tyson was never this "unbeatable" fighter he was made out to be.
You have Tyson #2 P4P.