Was Lewis stronger than Foreman?

[Sir_Jose]

We'll view the first Frazier fight as Foreman's prime. Foreman weighted in for that fight at 215lbs. We'll also use the first Holyfield fight for prime Lewis.

Yes Foreman is a big guy, but Lewis is still much bigger.

Foreman
Height: 6'3 1/2
Weight: 215
Reach: 82

Lewis
Hieght: 6'5
Weight 245lbs
Reach: 84

Lewis was extremaly strong watch him wrestle with guys like Vitali and Grant two guys who were 6'5+ and 240+

[SonnyG8R]

this is a joke right? no way lewis is stronger even now.

Agreed.

[Slipx]

george foreman is the strongest puncher that ever lived. his routine used to consist of 350 full power hooks while someone held the 300lb bag, then he'd do 350 on the other hand. the guy is a beast, he used to eat like 18 eggs for breakfast of course he's gonna have lion strength.

i think mike could bench more probably, but george punched with more strength, albeit mike had more speed, thus more power.

if george had mikes speed he'd still be undefeated

[AintGottaClue]

nah cause ali had the perfect way to beat him wait till he is so tired he cant get up. Foreman porbally has one of the top 5 chins ever only reason why ali knocked him out is cause foreman was way to tired to stand i thought he was gonna fall over just from punching without ali even touchign him

[jack_the_rippuh]

george foreman is the strongest puncher that ever lived. his routine used to consist of 350 full power hooks while someone held the 300lb bag, then he'd do 350 on the other hand. the guy is a beast, he used to eat like 18 eggs for breakfast of course he's gonna have lion strength.

i think mike could bench more probably, but george punched with more strength, albeit mike had more speed, thus more power.

if george had mikes speed he'd still be undefeated

and some major farts..

[Kid Achilles]

Mike was very quick in his prime but had surprisingly little strength for a heavyweight. Holyfield was a small heavyweight and McNeely a downright awful one and they both manhandled him in the clinches. Honestly, I think just about every man near Tyson's weight was competitive with him in the clinches and most tied him up at will.

I've heard Tyson benches around 450 lbs, but his functional strength is much lower than that number would indicate.

On the subject of Foreman, I recall reading in his autobiography that Foreman's guys did a publicity photo shoot where five or six very strong men helped hoist a young cow onto Foreman's shoulders. The idea was that these guys would be out of the shot, assisting Foreman and so it would look like he was holding up this massive animal by himself. Well apparently one of them let go and the others followed suit until Big George really was just carrying a cow on his shoulders. I think it weighed in the 600-700 lb realm. Some hardcore lifting fans might say "I know many powerlifters who squat with 600+ lbs on their shoulders." To that I would answer a.) Foreman didn't even lift weights while those heavy squatters are elite weightlifting athletes and b.) Those 600 pounds are carefully balanced on a lifter's shoulders by a bar while this cow would just kind of hanging there.

The point is, Foreman was rediculously strong. I don't care how much Lewis weighed, I don't see him carrying a friggin cow on his shoulders.

Other really strong heavyweight boxers...

Tex Cobb (Holmes once said that Shavers hit like he was from another planet but that Tex Cobb was the strongest mother he ever faced in the ring)

George Chuvalo (really strong in the clinches)

Jess Willard (Hoisted 600 lb. bales of hay on his farm and did strongman work in circuses)

Aside from great strength, these guys also had some of the best chins in heavyweight history.

[Guest]

Tyson... I've got a clip of him saying he doesn't believe in weights and admiring Frank Bruno's physique. It was rumoured that Frank's punching power was harder than Tyson's... just that he lacked the boxing skill to really land.

[Guest]

Staying with Tyson, while the Tyson of today doesn't really count, Danny Williams remarked that when Tyson hugged him at a press conference it was then that he realised he was physically stronger.

[bobbyjones]

like everybody else ahs basically said, Foreman hit harder but Lewis I think is physically bigger and stronger. Personally, I think that Foreman would ahve knocked out Lewis by the way because he had a very good jab and Lewis isnt used to fighting that kind of fighter. Just my oppinion.

[Slipx]

man, holyfield really kicked the **** out of him in their last fight.

how he stood up after those punches is unbelievable