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

[young_robbed]

well mike is one dimensional in the fact that he didn't really change his game as much as lewis did or other fighters

[Kid McCoy]

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

Fell into him? Lewis was wobbly but also had his gloves up, told the ref he was okay and protested the stoppage immediately. Agreed or not? Since when are heavyweight title fights stopped that early because a guy wobbled after a knockdown? Patterson was allowed to get up seven times against Johansson. Frazier was allowed to get up six times against Foreman. The acid test is what you'd say if a Lewis opponent was stopped in that manner. I have a feeling it would be another "questionable result" to add to your list.

Here's Holyfield being dropped against Bowe and Bowe being dropped against Golota. You telling me Lewis was hurt worse than them? Both were allowed to carry on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmr0OgpJmpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNW5lpa_ehM

[sonnyboyx2]

Fell into him? Lewis was wobbly but also had his gloves up, told the ref he was okay and protested the stoppage immediately. Agreed or not? Since when are heavyweight title fights stopped that early because a guy wobbled after a knockdown? Patterson was allowed to get up seven times against Johansson. Frazier was allowed to get up six times against Foreman. The acid test is what you'd say if a Lewis opponent was stopped in that manner. I have a feeling it would be another "questionable result" to add to your list.

Here's Holyfield being dropped against Bowe and Bowe being dropped against Golota. You telling me Lewis was hurt worse than them? Both were allowed to carry on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmr0OgpJmpo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNW5lpa_ehM

none of those knock downs was anything like Lewis, those guys was up and ready to fight, Lewis was break-dancing and the referee had reached the count of 10... McCall said in his interview he would have killed Lewis if it was continued, the referee said Lewis was in no condition to carry on and the referee was right in front of him.. yet you who was not at the fight argue he was OK and should have been allowed to continue... LOL

[young_robbed]

i have always believed Lewis was nothing more than a 1st round KO for a prime Mike Tyson... The Tyson who Lewis beat was no better than the one Danny Williams & Kevin McBride also beat, he was a shell of the fighter he had been 15yrs previous and Lennox Lewis knew that which is why he agreed to fight him.

Tyson couldn't knockout other guys that weren't as good as lewis in the first round, so I don't really see it happening

[Great John L]

I think I recall someone saying that Lennox said that he was glad Mike wasn't young. But I may have heard wrong or it's just a rumor since know Lennox is calling Mike one dimensional. But in reality, Mike was far from one dimensional. But a ferocious and aggressive knockout artist in the Tyson mold tends to look one dimensional since he flattens every opponent in the same way. But he proved he could go the distance as well and pull decisions like with Tucker and Smith. Granted the two of them are not Lennox Lewis caliebr opponents, if Mike really was one dimensional he couldn't have lasted with decisions agaisnt them ocne he failed to kill them quick. Mike was sort of a smaller, mroe aggressive Joe Louis in that he was versatile, but probably somehwat less technically efficient than Joe Louis was. Of course this is 1986-1988 Tyson only. From 1989 onward, Mike tended to abandon his combinations and speed taught to him by Rooney and just kept whippnig that right feeling that he could kill anyone with it easy like he did before. His degeneration from 1989 onward was quick. He changed his style and became more slugger than peek a boo combination hitter.

[sonnyboyx2]

Tyson couldn't knockout other guys that weren't as good as lewis in the first round, so I don't really see it happening

Rahman & McCall knocked Lewis out early.. and Tyson was 10 times what they was

[young_robbed]

Rahman & McCall knocked Lewis out early.. and Tyson was 10 times what they was

Well do you know the circumstances of those two fights?

I definitely think Lewis would train very hard and be focused to take out Tyson, and anyway I think its totally unreasonable to use that kind of logic because tyosn couldnt KO lesser fighters in the first round

[sonnyboyx2]

Lennox Lewis should be praising Mike Tyson's skills instead of labelling him one dimensionable because Tyson is Lewis greatest career victory even tho Tyson was a shell of his former self... i have never heard a single fighter praise Lewis in all of his career, not one of them ever had anything positive to say about Lewis. Holyfield hated Lewis guts yet Holyfield always talks good of Mike Tyson even tho Tyson chewed his ears off, McCall, Rahman, Bruno, Klitschko's, Holmes they all have nothing good to say about Lewis

[Great John L]

I think 1988 Mike Tyson could KO Lewis if Lennox doesn't clinch every two seconds like Bonecrusher Smith and Mitch Green. Many tiems Mike couldn't KO these kidns of fighters because they constantly ran and clinched out of fear of Mike's power.

[Kid McCoy]

none of those knock downs was anything like Lewis, those guys was up and ready to fight, Lewis was break-dancing and the referee had reached the count of 10... McCall said in his interview he would have killed Lewis if it was continued, the referee said Lewis was in no condition to carry on and the referee was right in front of him.. yet you who was not at the fight argue he was OK and should have been allowed to continue... LOL

Who did McCall ever "kill"? You don't consider Lewis being up facing his opponent with his gloves up ready to fight? You don't think Lewis protesting immediately shows he had enough of his wits about him to carry on? Holy barely beat the count and could hardly walk forward when Cortez asked him too. Bowe was wobbling backwards and allowed to carry on. You even claimed Holmes didn't look badly hurt against Snipes!

But then you've never been beyond contradicting yourself when you have chance to bash Lewis. Remind me, why do you criticize Lewis for fighting old men Holyfield and Tyson and then claim he should have fought even older men like Spoon, Holmes and Bonecrusher? So you could criticize him even more?