Lennox Lewis: "Tyson tried to intimidate me but I thought, ‘You’re 5'5, and I’m 6'5"

[KillaMane26]

I love Mike.... But i have never seen a guy get so many excuses b4 in the history of boxing.

Half his career is "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda"

You can say the same thing about Zab Judah, Amir Khan, Joan Guzman, Victor Ortiz, the lists goes on with guys who Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda if you changed one weakness about them.

If those guys cant get that treatment why does Mike??

[QueensburyRules]

Tyson could never beat Lewis. Not even in his prime.

- -U Lewie still in headgear fighting 3 rounders in Mike's prime.

U in diapers still?

[FinitoxDinamita]

- -U Lewie still in headgear fighting 3 rounders in Mike's prime.

U in diapers still?

Ever heard of mythical matchup dumbass?

[Mooshashi]

It ain't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

And always wait 30 minutes after eating before getting into a pool.

[IceTrayDaGang]

Its actually the reverse but hey everyone is revisionist nowadays. Tyson was avoided because most fighters peaked later not earlier.

Lewis' amateur trainer Arnie Boehm, who adopted him as a child, recalled the sessions in an interview with the fighter's hometown paper The Record in Kitchener, Ontario.

"As each sparring session progressed, his dominance progressed,'' Boehm said.

[Dean_Razorback]

Lennox Lewis: "Tyson tried to intimidate me but I thought, ‘You’re 5'5, and I’m 6'5 and also, you are way past your prime" that should've been the full quote

[QueensburyRules]

Ever heard of mythical matchup dumbass?

- -I hear'd U dinamita fizzled.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Prime for prime I would choose Mike over almost anyone. Height didn’t really matter all that much with him. Lewis fought a far lesser version of Tyson. Easy to sound cocky with that guy. The buzzsaw that was eating people up in his early career would’ve intimidated Lennox at some point. If not before the opening bell, then soon thereafter.

[jaded]

You can't really judge anything from the Tyson-Lewis fight. Tyson was really f-k'd up physically/mentally and financially by then and did not train for it...it was strictly a money grab to give to his creditors.

He said after the first round he was completely gassed and didn't know what he was going to do. I don't know if would have beaten Lewis when he was in his prime or not...but it would have been a very different fight and one I'd like to have seen. Tyson KO'd quite a few guys Lewis's size when he young and fast with great technical skills and power.

[FredRekk]

I'm not a Lewis fan but no version of Tyson would have beaten Lewis. Mike is probably the most entertaining fighter of all time and I still wear Iron Mike tshirts. But, he was short for the decision and no competent big guy in his prime is losing to someone 5'10".

Except for the all the ones that did. Lmao.