Who else could take a 74 Foreman.

[butterfly1964]

Exactly, Kid.

I'm not a Lewis fan either (far from it), but it seems like every time he's matched up with a puncher in these fantasy fights the automatic answer to some is, "Lewis has a weak chin"...His chin isn't the strongest obviously, but if that was always going to be the deciding outcome when facing a puncher then he certainly would've been knocked out by Bruno, Morrison, Tyson, Ruddock, Tua, Mercer etc, etc, etc...But he wasn't, was he?

tyson wasn't prime when he fought lewis.

[Kid Achilles]

Also who did Foeman ever knock out with one carefully placed punch? I'm still looking for someone to post that elusive clip of Foreman finishing someone off with one punch. He was a clubber, a thudding puncher who cut off the ring and battered overwhelmed cornered opponents to the canvas, not an explosive knockout artist. Lewis had a better concussive punch with the right hand IMO, even if it didn't have the same amount of force behind it as Foreman's.

[Yogi]

I care little for ring magazines oppinons. Lewis was still around at that time and they always suck up to the ones on top. We British boxers are crap compared to the American breed of Foremans type.

Lennox chin wasn't up to much. It would take just one carefully placed punch from Foreman.

If Ring always ****** up to the top guy how do you explain their low 9th place ranking of Ali in 1975 when compiling their all-time Heavyweight rankings or the exclusion of Foreman himself?

Or is that only something you blurt out when it suits your position?

Tyson, Ruddock, Morrison, Tua, and Bruno all only needed one "carefully" placed punch against Lewis too, I guess, eh? Yet...what happened there?

[Yogi]

tyson wasn't prime when he fought lewis.

Who gives a **** if he was prime or not...he still possesed much of his punching power and apparently the only thing you need to beat Lewis is/was just that according to Stinger.

[The_One77]

I wouldn't expect an english teacher to understand, but to us boxing purists, the concept of Lewis beating Foreman is the same as enjoying constipation more than sex. Get the picture?

oh, and why exactly?
You are so ignorant, Lewis was an awesome fighter when he was focused and Foreman was always susecptible to the right hand (hence Lyle-Foreman).
And Lewis's right hand was certainly harder than Lyle's.

[dansweeney]

I think Sam Peter would have a shot at catching a young foreman first. not saying he would but with his excellent chin and one punch power he would have a chance

[Heckler]

No-one would win a slugfest with Foreman. Foreman and peter would meet in the middle of the ring and Foreman would simply out-slug him.

[Southpaw Stinger]

If Ring always ****** up to the top guy how do you explain their low 9th place ranking of Ali in 1975 when compiling their all-time Heavyweight rankings or the exclusion of Foreman himself?

Or is that only something you blurt out when it suits your position?

Tyson, Ruddock, Morrison, Tua, and Bruno all only needed one "carefully" placed punch against Lewis too, I guess, eh? Yet...what happened there?

It's a magazine man. I watch the fights and research the fighters. I have a mind of my own and don't need to read other peoples opinions on who they think is the best man.

[tjmoney]

ok maybe i was reaching with the whole Roy Jones thing. I deserved the hate for that, but the other fighters i mentioned all have a legitimate shot at beating him. I still stay true to my claim that Foreman was a zombie, a wide swinging zombie at that, and whoever said he had one of the best jabs in history, come on now you cant say that about everyone with a good jab. Thats possibly the most oftenly misused phrase on boxing message boards. But anyway Foremans style is easily over come by a patient intelligent fighter whos willing to sit back and pick his spots, best possible example for this would be james toney, who i also think could beat foreman. Bottom line say what you want about my comments as long as you have references to back it up, dont just call them a joke and let that be the end, theres no place for that here, thats just a waste of time to read, i joined these boards to hear intelligent opinions about boxing not to hear people belittle mine.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Toney is a fat middle weight who went 12 rounds with Ruiz.....