George Foreman vs. Lennox Lewis

[Heckler]

Remember, do not bring foreman post 74 into this, he was a completely different fighter. He was better in his comeback then he was in the late seventies and i think he would of knocked out lennox then.

[leff]

big george in 3.

foreman takes ll on chin,power and strength.

[Stiv Rex]

lewis couldn't handle foreman's power if he couldn't handle rahman's.

you didnt really address the point i brought up. you seriously believe that hasim rahman and oliver mccall punch harder than tyson?
did you ever actually box before? conditioning affects the chin way more than people usually acknowledge. lewis's problem his whole career was lack of drive or focus. his two losses were because of that, not a supposed "glass jaw." bull****.
the most common criticism was that he was too nice. when he tried to talk tough he sounded like a b-actor reading lines. he just didnt have a fighters mentality.

[Stiv Rex]

Then your completely delusional. Lewis's boxing skills? Skills alone aren't going to neutralise Foreman, Ali picked Foreman apart all night and he kept coming. The 73-74, agressive, killer-instinct Foreman is the BEST version of foreman and this is noted by historians, his controlled style was less effective. Foreman would know how to handle a bigger man, he would pummel the living **** out of him. Dont think that young Foreman was inferior because Ali rope a doped him, he is the only fighter capable of doing that against Foreman. Foreman would absorb whatever Lennox threw at him, get him on the ropes and KTFO lennox. 74 Foreman was a SLUGGING MACHINE, skills alone aren't enough to neutralise big George, you need the ability to absorb massive punishment.

yes, you are correct, young foreman was a punching machine. he was most effective against guys who stood still and tried to trade with him. however, lennox did too. look what he did to tyson, grant, golota; rahman in the rematch.
heres another point you guys should consider. prime, 70's foreman, who was so "physically imposing," carried a fighting weight in the low teens to twenties. a trim lennox lewis was in the 240's, he never fought at a lower weight than 224. he had almost 3 inches on foreman. foreman NEVER fought a guy as big as lennox in his first career.
how would foreman fight lennox, go to the body? bull****. he was a plodding head hunter, slow as molasses with an amazing punch and one way of fighting, straight ahead. counterpunch? bull****. if his jab wasnt pushing the guy back or setting them up for rips and right hands then he was ineffective. he ended up counting on his punch to get it done.

[Heckler]

How would Foreman fight Lennox? It doesn't matter if George takes 3 of lewis's punches to unload one of his, George did have a good chin, and Lennox did not. Lennox had a glass chin and one Foreman haymakers would have him counting his teeth. The size of Lennox Lewis means nothing, Lewis maybe bigger then Foreman but Foreman has the greatest functional strength of any boxer in history and would MAN-HANDLE Lewis with ease. Foreman had no technique whatosever, he arm punched, yet was one of the if not the most powerful hitters in boxing history. It was because he was gifed with a freakish level of natural strength. Foreman would get Lennox on the ropes and unload bombs, Lennox couldn't keep the fight at center-ring, Ali couldn't let alone Lewis... Lewis was bullied around the ring by HOLYFIELD. Once on the ropes, its over. Shannon Briggs was bigger the Foreman and couldn't stop the man nor control center-ring, Foreman was robbed in that fight. Lewis doesn't stand a chance against a 74 Foreman.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Foreman Early

size and wieght it doesn't matter Foreman would destroy him

probably in less then 4 cause it woundn't take foreman long to land enough punches to have Lewis on the canvas, and only a few more after that to ko him

[The Noose]

I take Lewis.
For some reason i see Foremans wild swings and poor defence made for Lewis.

Lewis's punches were technically much better than Georges and if he avoids getting caught with a big shot, i think hed manage to out box Foreman, and KO him in the late rounds.

Im no Lewis fan, but before McCall KO'd him, he was much more aggresive, and faster. I think he could snap back Foremans head with his jab, and land enough long rights to hurt him.

Wasnt Lewis bigger than Foreman? If anyone will be intimidated, it would be Foreman.

Just my opinion.

[The Noose]

Actually, just looking at Foremans record up till Ali, alot of those fighters he KO'd were crap!

Look at their records. Most of them had more loses then wins when they fought Foreman.

I know you cant argue with wat he did to Frazier and Norton, but it sure looks like his record is padded as hell.

Id say Lewis has the better record.

[Heckler]

Lewis has a better record, then again, Lewis didn't go nuts and throw away what could of been the best years of his career.

[Heckler]

Your nuts if you think Foreman would be scared of Lewis, Lewis isn't intimidating nor a devestating slugger. Foreman is the stronger of the two and would know it. Lennox is a student of the sport and would **** his pants at the thought of fighting a prime george. Foreman had a SOLID jaw, and would definately have Lewis on the canvas before he was able to inflict enough damage to hurt big george. If ali couldn't keep the fight at center-ring, even after stinging george with multiple quick 1-2 combos and right hand leads, Lewis does not stand a chance... once its on the ropes its over.