Thread: Highlights of Gary Mason v Lennox Lewis

BBC Sport - Boxing - Boxing archive - Gary Mason v Lennox Lewis in 1991

How do you think Haye would do v Mason?

Originally Posted by skel1983

How do you think Haye would do v Mason?

I think Gary Mason is the tougher of the two, so i'd pick him. But David Haye is more skillful, its a toss up.

Haye is world champ, Mason never was. Which means abosultely nothing. Close tough fight, haye has speed but Mason had the punch. Pick em type of fight. Which means Haye is about European level in those days.

Originally Posted by Master

Haye is world champ, Mason never was. Which means abosultely nothing. Close tough fight, haye has speed but Mason had the punch. Pick em type of fight. Which means Haye is about European level in those days.

Thats the difference in quality between the bigger men now and then.

Back then, only the very best would think about moving up. Now any fucker is doing it

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Master

Haye is world champ, Mason never was. Which means abosultely nothing. Close tough fight, haye has speed but Mason had the punch. Pick em type of fight. Which means Haye is about European level in those days.

Thats the difference in quality between the bigger men now and then.

Back then, only the very best would think about moving up. Now any fucker is doing it

Exactly back in Gary Mason's era you had.

Razor Ruddock
Mike Tyson
Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield
George Foreman
Ray Mercer
Tommy Morrison
Michael Moorer
Lennox Lewis

ETC.

And barring Tommy Morrison, i don't think David Haye would beat any of those fighters.

cheers skel

tried to watch the fight on youtube the other night, they had it but the audio was all out of sync

allegedly lennox lewis never had a decent jab until manny steward came along

He took a lot there and a lesser heavy would've crumbled at his last rally there

Originally Posted by HattonTheHammer

cheers skel

tried to watch the fight on youtube the other night, they had it but the audio was all out of sync

allegedly lennox lewis never had a decent jab until manny steward came along

Lewis was with Davenport then and was doing well. Manny certainly improved Lennox but it was from Pepe who ruined the good work Davenport did with Lewis.

Originally Posted by ICB

Originally Posted by ross

Originally Posted by Master

Haye is world champ, Mason never was. Which means abosultely nothing. Close tough fight, haye has speed but Mason had the punch. Pick em type of fight. Which means Haye is about European level in those days.

Thats the difference in quality between the bigger men now and then.

Back then, only the very best would think about moving up. Now any fucker is doing it

Exactly back in Gary Mason's era you had.

Razor Ruddock
Mike Tyson
Riddick Bowe
Evander Holyfield
George Foreman
Ray Mercer
Tommy Morrison
Michael Moorer
Lennox Lewis

ETC.

And barring Tommy Morrison, i don't think David Haye would beat any of those fighters.

spot on my friend, infact you could add quite a few more to that list. Briggs, Golata that fought Bowe, even Botha and the atomic bull Oli mccall would stand a chance vs haye

Briggs and Haye are about as even as it gets.

How sad

Originally Posted by The Grinch

Briggs and Haye are about as even as it gets.

How sad

hahahaha aint it just hahaha.......however i think that around the time briggs fought lewis he would have ko'd haye, he hurt lewis and took plenty of clean shots on way to being starched in the 5th