Was Tyson-Lewis really a legendary fight?

[Tha Greatest]

I will give some quotes out in a minute to show why lennox was ovrrated...

[Tha Greatest]

Mike Tyson:" I don't care about living or dying. Bring on Golota; bring on Lewis. They can keep their titles. I don't want to strip them of their titles, I want to strip them of their ****ing health. I'm in pain, so I want them to be in pain. I was their kids to see pain. You don't know me; you can't define me. I'm a convicted rapist, a hell-raiser, a father, a semi-good husband. I raise hell. I know it's going to get me in trouble or killed one day, but that's just who I am. I can't help it. Listen, I'm a ******. No, really, really, listen to me. I'm a street person. I don't even want to be a street person; I don't like typical street people. But your grandchildren will know about me. They'll be like, 'Wow, wasn't that a bizarre individual?'"

Lenox Lewis did not defeat a "Iron" Mike Tyson....

He beat a crazy lunatic....

Karma please I had to type this all out from a book..

[TheEvilSaint]

was this the largest purse/gate in history?

[Sir_Jose]

The fight featured in HBO's Legndary Fight Nights, but did it really deserve the label (considering Tyson's performances against McBride and Williams)?

Its the single highest grossing fight in history and was by far the most aticpated fight in my life time.

[El Jesus]

It was legendary in proving that tyson was not really that good. It showed that if you fought smart, tied up his arms, and werent afraid to get hit, you could beat tyson. Essentially, if you came for a fight, and not to get knocked out, you can beat tyson. So to me it was legendary.


Cartilage, tyson's other white meat.

...Its no secret Tyson wasnt the same as he was before he went to jail, i can assure you that 4 years of not training wasting away, and then being lured back into the fight game by don king (as said in an interview on his beyond the glory segment). If the holyfield fight would have taken place AFTER the Razor Ruddock fight, i think we might have seen a more competitive tyson. To say he WASNT legend though is ****ing ******.

[TheEvilSaint]

Its the single highest grossing fight in history and was by far the most aticpated fight in my life time.

how much money was in that fight?

and whats the difference between the purse and the gate?

[El Jesus]

Thats pushing it. Lewis was the fourth heaviest he has ever been in a professional fight, and had seen better days.

The fight was equal, no excuses. Tyson got his ass handed to him, and Lewis would have done it again in their primes.

Lewis kicked Tyson's ass when they were little kids also.

Lewis > Tyson

So why didint lewis fight Tyson in his prime? Its not like they didint know each other and its not like the fight couldnt have happened. Lewis waited until everyone was ****ing old to take them on or past their prime in my opinion, i respect lewis because he did his job in the ring, however that mutha****a still hesitated.

[Southpaw16]

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, I am merely stating that he fought fighters when they were obviously washed up and if anyone knows anything about boxing they would realize the truth...he is overrated.

Going into their fights with Lewis, both Holyfield and Tyson were said to have a good chance of beating Lewis. When Lewis beats them, all of a sudden they never had a chance in the first place because they are washed up. People say it had nothing to do with Lewis being better.

It is the same for all of Lewis's big wins. They were all said to be against very good opponents, but after Lewis wins people backtrack and say that the opposition was no good, rather than admitting that Lewis is a great heavyweight. Michael Grant, David Tua, Vitali Klitshko, and Razor Ruddock are all examples of excellent wins he has that he gets little credit for.

Thats right, I said Klitschko. Taking a fight on two weeks notice with the most dangerous challenger and busting him up that bad to force a TKO is an excellent win.

[2nd II none]

Going into their fights with Lewis, both Holyfield and Tyson were said to have a good chance of beating Lewis. When Lewis beats them, all of a sudden they never had a chance in the first place because they are washed up. People say it had nothing to do with Lewis being better.

It is the same for all of Lewis's big wins. They were all said to be against very good opponents, but after Lewis wins people backtrack and say that the opposition was no good, rather than admitting that Lewis is a great heavyweight. Michael Grant, David Tua, Vitali Klitshko, and Razor Ruddock are all examples of excellent wins he has that he gets little credit for.

Thats right, I said Klitschko. Taking a fight on two weeks notice with the most dangerous challenger and busting him up that bad to force a TKO is an excellent win.

Well i wasn't one of those people when I seen the fight with Tyson was scheduled I said here we go another Lennox fight with a past his prime fighter that used to be good.And you know to be honest if anyone actually watches boxing seriously they to know that both Tyson and holyfield were way past their prime and it showed.

[Kid Achilles]

Legendary only in the same sense that Jim Jeffries vs. Jack Johnson was, but to a much smaller degree.