Lennox Lewis's power is very OVERRATED

[FeelTheA-Force]

I heard Lennox was born canadian and now is a jamaican. So I dunno why so many brits are so fond of him and consider him british.

he was born in east london.

hes british. regardless of his nationality.

[Evil_Meat]

I agree with it all except for the Tyson part. I've said it once and I will say it again. Everybody who loved Tyson thought that the second coming of Tyson was only second in place to the second coming of Clay/Ali. Tyson was knocking mother-****ers out in seconds, minutes of the first round...until he came across Evander...both times. Some people jumped off the bandwagon, but the true loyals stayed the course with their fighter, when all of a sudden, he gets to fight Lewis in 2002, gets dominated, then the excuses roll in led by the 'old, washed up version'...like I've said to all that noise...BULL****!!! True, he wasn't the Tyson of the '80s after he got out of prison, but Ali wasn't Clay after he got out of prison either.

Yes tyson wasn't the same after prison, but he got a hell of a lot worse by the time he fought Lewis... Lewis is a little ***** he made a late start in boxing so he could beat holyfield and tyson past their prime... He also dodged Vitali at the end of his career.

[Guest]

Lewis is a little ***** he made a late start in boxing so he could beat holyfield and tyson past their prime...

I thought that was satire when I first read it, but you're actually being serious, aren't you?

[Rane-Ex54]

His right was powerful & he is under-rated.

[beez721]

he had 32 knockouts in about 45 fights. he is severely overrated in the power department. anybody who is 6'5 and 250 is gonna knock people out. im not saying he wasn't a good fighter, but he wasn't a one punch kayo artist like alot of brit fans say. he took people out with accumulated punishment, not one punch. for his size he was rather light hitting. ...........the time is yours...........

without steward and if he was 5'11 he would have been ****, he also waited for his contemporaries to get old, he isn't **** in history........prove me wrong.........

Ive seen 3 of his fights live. he can crack big time with that right hand. it was powerful and was the biggest punch in the division

[beez721]

That he "only" has 32 knockouts does not mean his power is overrated but he was often holding back because he wanted to play it save (Tua, Holyfield). He could have won more fights by knockout had he decided to really go for it.

bingo. he was a methodical boxer but had great power and was a terrific finisher even if he at times looked awckward finsishing. he got the job done

[beez721]

rahman says lewis was the hardets hitter he ever faced, with sanders second... interesting that he put them both ahead of tua....

no surprise there. those long lanky guys can punch your head off when they know how to use that leverage

[beez721]

Yes tyson wasn't the same after prison, but he got a hell of a lot worse by the time he fought Lewis... Lewis is a little ***** he made a late start in boxing so he could beat holyfield and tyson past their prime... He also dodged Vitali at the end of his career.

lol,,this coming from the same clown who thinks briggs is the next ali

[hemichromis]

its so funny how americans will go after the slightlest flaw in a boxer who ruled the world for a while, he may not have been the mnost powerful boxer ever buit his power combined with his speed and skill made him the best boxert of the time i would like to see someone preove otherwise

[hollister]

Some guys get irritated by numbers too much: Vitali Klitschko has 31 knockouts in 32 wins (or something like that), does this mean he has a harder punch than Foreman or Tyson? Look at who he fought and how he hit them.

I actually feel that even though VK tried to use his power more than Lewis did, he still didn't hit too awful hard for his size because he was so mechanical. I think he lacked the technique. This is not to say that he couldn't hit...