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I read somewhere they sparred and Lewis got the better of Tyson around when this ^ was taken. That's why it took so long for the fight to happen because Tyson's team was ducking him.
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I read somewhere they sparred and Lewis got the better of Tyson around when this ^ was taken. That's why it took so long for the fight to happen because Tyson's team was ducking him.
This say's towards the end of there sparring sessions Lewis began to get the better of Tyson.
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Would have been an interesting fight to watch but they both peaked at different times so you would never have been able to see them both fight against eachother in there primes.
The ignorance here is appalling
You people are just making shit up nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Britkid
Tyson NEVER said that so I doubt you ever even saw the fight.
Tyson said he needed 2 or 3 more fights in order to get ready for Lewis and that he thought he could beat him in a rematch.
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Originally Posted by mattboxingfan
Tyson didn't duck that glass jawed rasta headed clown. Tyson turned pro while Lewis was still in the amateurs and by the time Lewis started making a name for himself by beating Tysons left overs, he was in prison.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattboxingfan
Lewis was scared sh!tless of Mike from those sessions and claimed that he didn't want to fight him because he "was an animal."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVKk6ZURemI
If anything Lewis DUCKED Tyson by hiding out in the amateurs for an extra 3 years and decided to fight Tyson when he was a shell.
Steward was flipping his shit over Lewis fighting cautious ... he knew that his jaw could've been dislodged from his face any moment by a single Tyson punch.
Maybe if you had been around when Mike fought you would possibly have a different perspective. It speaks volumes about your own inability to distinguish the man from the myth that you can not bring yourself to give credit to one of the few people not to krap themselves when facing him.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb
Britkid is lurking in this thread :o
lol you give Lewis credit for beating a man who was nearly 15 years removed from his prime?Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenbeanzMaybe if you had been around when Mike fought you would possibly have a different perspective. It speaks volumes about your own inability to distinguish the man from the myth that you can not bring yourself to give credit to one of the few people not to krap themselves when facing him.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb
Berbick and Spinks must be legends for beating Ali then!
I don't get why Tysonbomb made this thread? Anything other than Tyson winning is shot down as completely absurd! If I didn't know any better I would think he is a Tyson fan! ;D
http://thumbs.newschoolers.com/index...&size=400x1000Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomblol you give Lewis credit for beating a man who was nearly 15 years removed from his prime?Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenbeanzMaybe if you had been around when Mike fought you would possibly have a different perspective. It speaks volumes about your own inability to distinguish the man from the myth that you can not bring yourself to give credit to one of the few people not to krap themselves when facing him.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb
Berbick and Spinks must be legends for beating Ali then!
He made this thread because he is deluded and retarded.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattboxingfan
Prime Tyson knocks Lewis out. I'm pretty sure prime Holyfield and Bowe would have beaten him as well.
Lewis is the luckiest heavyweight in history. He has two big names on his record: Holyfield and Tyson. Holyfield was well past his best when Lewis fought him and Tyson was completely and utterly shot.
Other than that, he got flattened by two journeymen and struggled to beat Ray Mercer who had previously been beaten by an ancient Larry Holmes and Jessie Ferguson! The same Holmes and Ferguson that prime Tyson obliterated many years earlier. Frank Bruno even gave him all kinds of trouble.
Every single name on Lewis' record was pretty much shot and a former Tyson victim.
Oh, and he shut out Tua, a very limited guy who could punch. Big deal.
6'1" Ray Mercer outjabbed him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
LOL.
Even Shannon Briggs of all people had him in trouble. Lewis then ducked his way out of the sport after getting the beating of his life from Vitali. And this was just a year after he was beating his chest after beating Tyson. What happened to being like "fine wine" and being the "best now?" :rolleyes:
Here's Larry Holmes on Lewis's jab
HOLMES: No, Lennox Lewis doesn’t have no jab! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to cut you off, but Lennox Lewis don’t have no jab. He ain’t never had a jab. He got Emanuel Steward and Emanuel Steward was trying to teach him how to jab. He don’t have no jab! Lennox Lewis don’t have no jab, he has no heart, but if he gets started on you he’s got the biggest heart in the world and he’s going to kill you. But I have seen the dog come out of Lennox Lewis a couple of times when he fought, and I don’t think he had it. And he never had the jab! So don’t even put him in there and talk about his jab because he ain’t never had a jab.
Larry Holmes: “Today if I was heavyweight champion of the world I think I’d reign for more than 7 years, I’d probably reign for 10-15 years!”
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Originally Posted by TysonBomb
Lewis.
If Lewis was just a lucky shit fighter why do you even care about Tyson beating him? By your reckoning, Lewis would be just another no-mark on Tyson's already thin resume.Quote:
Originally Posted by TysonBomb6'1" Ray Mercer outjabbed him.Quote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
LOL.
Even Shannon Briggs of all people had him in trouble. Lewis then ducked his way out of the sport after getting the beating of his life from Vitali. And this was just a year after he was beating his chest after beating Tyson. What happened to being like "fine wine" and being the "best now?" :rolleyes:
Only 20 months on from destroying Tyson, how badly shot was Iron Mike in 96/97 let alone 2002?Quote:
Originally Posted by tysonesque
And if Tyson was shot in 1996, how bad is his legacy hurt? As you seem to be suggesting from post Ruddock, Tyson was 'gone'. So in a twenty year career, he was shot for thirteen of them years. That really hurts his reputation when compared to his peers. And this comes from, I am guessing, a fan of Tyson. I dread to imagine what those who do not like him, think.
Some people suggest the likes of Mason, Mavrovic, Akinwande and Grant were undefeated when they fought Lewis. I guess they were mistaken.Quote:
Every single name on Lewis' record was pretty much shot and a former Tyson victim.
And that Tyson/Morrison fight must of been cracker. I really must watch, as I simple cannot remember it happening; my memory must be playing tricks on me.