How far exactly was Tyson from his prime when he fought Lewis in 2002?

[BigNuts]

People don't seem to give lewis any credit at all for beating tyson senseless, but how far was tyson from his prime during that fight, percentage wise?

[48cantCstraight]

About 12 years removed

[daggum]

he hadn't yet hit his prime. he did that against kevin mcbride

[MPX309]

LOL, Tyson's prime "ended" at 22.

[daggum]

honestly though everyone tries to take away from lennox's victory but tyson was coming off a win over the 62-1 brian nielson so he had to be in his prime. neilson was much better than douglas and tyson dug deep on the road to ko the much better boxer.

[iLovesoccermoms]

I voted 80%

[Champ Wilder]

Yet, Lewis was older than Tyson

[-Kev-]

He lost to Douglas at age 24. I would say his last prime fight was vs Ruddock. He then went to jail and came out 3 years later, and by the time he had his come back fight that was 4 years of his 20s gone to waste in jail. He was 29 yeas old for his comeback fight. He had a decent run in his early 30s but clearly past his best and looked more unstable than ever. In 2002 he may have been a decade past prime.

[HughJass]

How far was Lennox past his prime?

[-Kev-]

Yet, Lewis was older than Tyson

Different fighters have different prime years. Lewis lived a completely different lifestyle than Tyson.

Ricky Hatton at 32-33 years old and Hopkins at 43-44 years old were in two completely different stages of their careers. Hopkins went on to win the LHW Ring and IBF titles years later. Hatton was done.