Lennox Lewis would not have lasted 12 mineutes with Tyson when he was committed

[EliteSoldier]

Tyson struggles with big dudes like lennox.

I don't think tyson could ever beat lennox, vitali, or wlad. I'd give a prime tyson a huge chance against valvua or whatever that big ass ****head is, because he has no skills at all. Vitali, Lennox, and Wlad are trained by emanuel steward who trains them to use jabs to win fights.

Just because tysons not the best boxer in history doesn't mean he wasn't fun to watch in the ring.

[GEOFFHAYES]

He has a nice lot of names on his resume but he seemed to find them all the most opportune times. McCall beat knocked him out and mystically quit the scond time around. A totally mediocre fighter in Rahman knocked him out. He had just become champion at that time when lost so no excuses that is supposed to be his prime. If Golota wanted to fight him it would have been no first round no knockout to say the least. A Holyfield who had come out of retirement and heart trouble, his crowing achievement. Tucker past his best. Ruddock coming off two losses to Tyson. All carefully managed, Tua is actually slower than he is. He beat Morrison and Mercer and not easily.

Totally agree.

Lewis is a joke. Bruno was beating his ass, out-jabbing him and out-boxing him before the lucky punch. McCall knocked his ass out. Mercer clearly beat him. A Holyfield who was 10 years past his best ran him close in the rematch. Rahman knocked his ass out. Vitali was beating him.

Who has Lewis ever beat who was anywhere near their best?? Nobody. It's a joke.

Bowe would have put a schooling on him, and the Holyfield who fought Bowe would have been far too sharp for him. As for the Tyson of 15 years earlier, don't even go there!

[GEOFFHAYES]

At the end of the day.. Tucker, Thomas, Biggs and Spinks all beat Lennox (I'm not talking about the Tucker whos jab slooowed to 2mph when he turned 30). Tucker was once considered the best prospect in boxing, Pinklon was an elite lb4lber, Biggs undefeated Olympic Gold medalist who already beat Lennox, Spinks the man who beat the man, and the Holmes who fought Tyson takes Lennox to the classroom.

After the Tubbs fight Tyson wanted to retire because he wasn't comfortable with the worldwide acclaim (he was shocked when he saw his face on billboards and walls around Tokyo), and then the problems with Givens ****ing his head started. He literally stopped training after the Spinks fight. I mean, the guy attempted suicide in Oct '88. After Spinks, he had nothing left - he'd cleared out the division, was lb4lb #1 (and had been for a year or more), nothing more to prove, nothing more to do. He gave up on life and was just there in body.

[duffgun]

I think a prime for prime it would be a close fight, but if lewis turned up as bad as he did against bruno he would get KO'd, plus tyson would KO wlad.

[I_AM_HE]

prob 12 rounf 115-113 for tyson

[Dozer]

How is he gonna do that. With his lazy jab and then right hand following behind it? If Lewis would dare to stick out his lazy jab against Tyson he's coming right over it, right through it, with vengefull right hand followed by a combo than the dreadlocked ***got englander could never sustain.

What it a joke it was when Lewis fought Tyson nearly 15 years removed and it was treated as some monumental triumphy. OH BUT TYSON AND LEWIS ARE 1 YEAR APART. What was Lewis doing when Tyson was establishing himself as the last true Heavyweight Champion? Nothing. Nothing of note at all.

Mike Tyson is the most overated fighter of all time . I know he had great power for A small heavyweight, He won most of his fight's against nobody's with pure intimidation. Lennox Lewis beat EVERYONE, With the execption of Vitali Klitschko, Easily I might add. He would have destroyed Tyson at any time.

[MickyHatton]

Tyson IMO could never have beaten Lewis.

Lewis is one of the best heavyweight's of modern times and he is big, strong and skillfull, Tyson always found it difficult with big strong skillfull fighters (Tucker, Smith, Ruddock and Douglas) and Lewis was the best of the bunch.

[me2007]

tyson fought and knocked out a bunch of old men...

even holyroid busted him up twice...tyson didn`t have the mentality to deal with lewis, he would have eaten his jab all night just like what happened to him last time.

[duffgun]

tyson fought and knocked out a bunch of old men...

even holyroid busted him up twice...tyson didn`t have the mentality to deal with lewis, he would have eaten his jab all night just like what happened to him last time.

well i dont think a prime tyson would eat it all night, prime tyson had much more movment, by the time they met each other tyson had no head movment at all and just sat in front of lewis.

[duffgun]

well i dont think a prime tyson would eat it all night, prime tyson had much more movment, by the time they met each other tyson had no head movment at all and just sat in front of lewis.

Not saying that tyson would win though