32yo Lennox vs 32yo Wlad

[beez721]

this is basically 50/50 fight. anybody who disagrees is likely just falling into the "good ole days" syndrome where childhood memories dominate present interpretation and perception.

even lewis wouldn't say he would be able to walk through wladimir.

i could see either guy winning. i would give the edge to wladimir if i had to pick one.

i'm guessing most people here will pick who they like better or grew up liking. of course, i doubt many will actually admit it.

I agree. either guy would be equally capable of taking the other out with one punch. lewis is calmer under pressure,,,but wlad is a more accurate puncher and has one punch power in either hand so its a wash

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

he jumped on vitali? um,,he got dominated in the first round and was hurt badly by a right hand. if that was wlads right hand he'd have been knocked out

you could argue that if lewis hit wlad with the shots he hit vitali with then there'd be a murder investigation also.....

[TheGreatA]

Not that these fights are entirely comparable but they're good to watch anyway:


Lewis vs Golota & Grant

How would Wladimir deal with this kind of pressure? I hope we will get some answers as Wladimir's career goes on.

[number6]

Lewis early on probably. He was usually very aggressive against tall opponents and against Klitschko that would be a very good strategy.

I also thik Lewis was very good against taller opponents.
This would be a very risky fight, Wlad had the tools to take it but i see Lewis catching him in the first 4 rounds and finnishing him off.

[beez721]

you could argue that if lewis hit wlad with the shots he hit vitali with then there'd be a murder investigation also.....

sure,,,,but he wasnt able to land them till later in the fight

[beez721]

I also thik Lewis was very good against taller opponents.
This would be a very risky fight, Wlad had the tools to take it but i see Lewis catching him in the first 4 rounds and finnishing him off.

golota and grant couldnt use there height effectively and were terrible defensive fighters. wlad steps out of range well to avoid shots. lewis would have had a hell of a lot more trouble catching wlad with the shots he was able to land on the above mentioned guys

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

sure,,,,but he wasnt able to land them till later in the fight

i agree.... but vitali and wlad have completely different styles so in a sense the comparison is useless

[DURAN_IS_GOD]

golota and grant couldnt use there height effectively and were terrible defensive fighters. wlad steps out of range well to avoid shots. lewis would have had a hell of a lot more trouble catching wlad with the shots he was able to land on the above mentioned guys

you forget wlad has little to no counter punching and non-existent inside game

[TheGreatA]

Golota is comparable to Wladimir because he was a slow starter who started with the jab and eventually added some right hands, hooks and uppercuts as the fight went on. Lewis knew this and went right at him.

Golota wasn't terrible defensively IMO, he had decent movement in his prime and he could take a punch, he just wasn't used to getting pressured.
Grant was just a huge guy with a glass chin.


Golota vs Bowe I&II


Lewis vs Vitali (music sucks). Lewis does look like a slow old man but some of the punches Vitali (and Lewis) takes are brutal.

[slicksouthpaw16]

Lennox would win by early to mid KO. Even the Lennox that fought Vitali was such a great pure boxer that he would eventually land and when he did, it would be over in my opinion. If Wladimir landed, it wouldn't be that much of a problem, Lennox had an underated chin and you can see Wladimir's shots coming.

Lennox is more loose and fluent than Wladimir. Even though Wladimir was bigger with a longer reach, Lennox was the better pure boxer. He had the better jab and better foot movement. Wladimir check defence would be no match as Lennox would jab his way in and set up hard right hands and left hooks. Wladimir does not like to be pressured.
Wladimir would not take the shots that Vitali took becuase he simply cant take hard shots. He would be dealing with a guy in Lennox that is a better pure boxer, takes a better shot, more fluent, and probably has equal power as him. What do i say to that? Lennox TKO 4.