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

[Great John L]

Tyson's not one dimensional imo. He was fast, good counter puncher, sharpshooter, and he could be ferocious up close, but a good elusive boxer as well. Rocky Marciano was one dimensional. Tyson simply wasn't. He ws very complete in 1988.

[Earl-Hickey]

Tyson hardly cemented his legacy, he wasted his career big time, of the best heavyweights of his era, he lost to them.

Holyfield (lost tko twice)
Lewis (lost tko)
Bowe (didnt fight him, would have gotten ktfo)

almost fought Vitali Klitschko if he hadn't been steamrolled by ATG Danny Williams, if that fight had happened, mike might not be alive right now.

[CiganoBoxer]

Lennox Lewis to this day, still has a huge black cloud over his career, his opposition, his losses, etc... And that is why he can not be humble when talking about his career. He is insecure and everybody can see right through him..

..So what your saying is Tysons career is more accomplished than Lennox ??

[CarlosG815]

..So what your saying is Tysons career is more accomplished than Lennox ?? GTFOH you poor bred fool !

So Lennox's resume full of Tyson's old damaged goods and journeyman brits is your idea of accomplished?

[CiganoBoxer]

So Lennox's resume full of Tyson's old damaged goods and journeyman brits is your idea of accomplished?

..yes i do.. and the rest of the far better opponents he beat on top of the tyson bums !

[Kid McCoy]

Lewis was up at the count of 7 fell into 2 sets of ropes and into the referee's arms as the referee held 10 fingers up, if you yourself time it from Lewis hitting the canvas to the time the referee waved off the fight it is 12-14 seconds.. are you saying Lewis should be allowed to carry on with a 12-14 second count and falling into the referee's arms?

Time it yourself and tell me how long you get it too

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You're exaggerating again. Watch Tyson-Berbick for a referee stopping a guy falling flat on his face. It was the second round of what had been an uneventful fight up to that point, yes Lewis was wobbly but he also beat the count, he had his gloves up ready to be wiped, he told the ref he was okay and he protested the stoppage instantly. That tells me he had enough wits about him to carry on, certainly enough to be given the chance. There have been thousands of fights where a guy was wobbly after a knockdown and allowed to carry on. Name another heavyweight title fight which was stopped that early and in that way.

A ten count is not the same as ten seconds. If you want to look at it that way, then Holmes got just as long against Snipes. I don't know how you can justify Lewis being stopped yet say Holmes should have been allowed to continue. At the point the referee waved it off, I think Lewis could have continued. If Lewis had already been knocked down two or three times or McCall had been beating him up for 7 or 8 rounds I'd agree with you. Likewise if the fight had carried on and Lewis clearly showed he was unable to protect himself. But that didn't happen. Given all the circumstances, Lewis deserved the chance to carry on.

[sonnyboyx2]

You're exaggerating again. Watch Tyson-Berbick for a referee stopping a guy falling flat on his face. It was the second round of what had been an uneventful fight up to that point, yes Lewis was wobbly but he also beat the count, he had his gloves up ready to be wiped, he told the ref he was okay and he protested the stoppage instantly. That tells me he had enough wits about him to carry on, certainly enough to be given the chance. There have been thousands of fights where a guy was wobbly after a knockdown and allowed to carry on. Name another heavyweight title fight which was stopped that early and in that way.

A ten count is not the same as ten seconds. If you want to look at it that way, then Holmes got just as long against Snipes. I don't know how you can justify Lewis being stopped yet say Holmes should have been allowed to continue. At the point the referee waved it off, I think Lewis could have continued. If Lewis had already been knocked down two or three times or McCall had been beating him up for 7 or 8 rounds I'd agree with you. Likewise if the fight had carried on and Lewis clearly showed he was unable to protect himself. But that didn't happen. Given all the circumstances, Lewis deserved the chance to carry on.

the referee had ten fingers up in front of Lewis face as Lewis fell into him... True or False!

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Not for decent fighters he wasnt ..hell he even got beat by bums and didn't even attempt to avenge those losses....witch sort exposes Tyson to the keen eye ...as soon as he stepped in a ring with anybody not even half scared to fight back he lost...everybody seems to wanna make excuses for tyson on why he lost fights ,but no body looks at the facts...he lost ! the bottom line is that his resume against common opponents shared with Lewis or Holyfield ent that great ...in fact both Lewis and Holyfield are clearly far better fighters !

No doubt Tyson's career took a dive after the Spink's fight, but what does that have to do with how good he was in his prime? Remember, Tyson was only 21 in his prime and was still far better than guys that had years of experience before they reached their prime. I don't blame a lot of you guys for hating Tyson for the racial comments he made and the way he conducted himself after prison, but don't let that cloud your judgement when comparing how good he really was. The only way you can take away from Tyson is if you compare his overall career to other fighters, which doesn't matter because most people like to ask who would have beat who. Having a great career doesn't necessarily mean you would have beat another fighter with a lesser career. If we go by careers, Marciano beats everyone and we all know that's ridiculous.

[Tyson.]

In his prime or any 90s version of Tyson would KO Lewis.

Lewis was a good fighter but not a great one. He would lose to Prime Holyfiled and Bowe also.

[CiganoBoxer]

wow alts are out
I got noting against you guys loving tyson ...as he was great to watch...but saying lewis wouldnt hand him his first loss like Douglas did is fool hardy !