who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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02-20-2007, 01:55 AM
Tysonbruno

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

Lets not forget tyson fought holyfield,golota and ruddock too
02-20-2007, 01:57 AM
Big_Deuce

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by Lyle

First off Lennox wins hands down, he's the better fighter, smarter, had a good game plan and used his skills VERY WELL.

Secondly, if I bring up Marciano-Tyson as a hypothetical bout all the Tyson fanatics give one reason Tyson beats Rocky......SIZE.....in this case Lennox Lewis in his prime 6'5 250 and Mike Tyson in his prime 5'10 218-220....there is a HUGE size difference there....6 inches in height, 30-40 pounds, and no telling how much in reach.....you can't have it both ways Tyson fans!

I'm not trying to dis Mike Tyson but his experiences out of his prime showed more of his flaws and his troubles with certain styles than his prime years....not because HIS skill level deteriorated so much but it was more of a case of his opponents were better....Holyfield, Lewis, Rudduck, Golota......those guys were FAR better than anyone Tyson had fought before then and that's just a FACT.

Lyle good point (as i have seen this point made in arguements before.
However, i believe the size "factor" plays a decent role when both fighters have similar styles.Typically, a banger, will be shorter than your "jabber" because thats what he has to be with the height he has. If tyson was 6'4, 6'5 im not to sure you would of seen the Peak-a-boo style we knew tyson for. So to say tyson wouldnt have the advantage over marciano because of size is a bit premature (IMO). Now,this arguement is difficult for me to give my opinion on, for 1, i love both fighters. But if i have to put tysons best performance against marciano's best performance.... id have to say tyson would have a slight edge. even though marciano was a tough S O B, i aint seen many guys who fought for years, scared to fight an 18 year old. Its hard to think of tyson in his prime, because it was happen so quick. But he was devastating.
02-20-2007, 02:09 AM
Tysonbruno

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

That is the problem with tyson his glory days were over so quickly and also when tyson was at his peak he was early 20's lennox was late 30's so it is hard to match them ive always said tyson would win easy but thats why i did this for others opinions. Im new to this site and i thinks its brill thanks for the opinions guys
02-20-2007, 02:13 AM
SweetPea

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

If they fought 10 times, a prime Lewis beats a prime Tyson 7-8 times.
02-20-2007, 02:29 AM
Tysonbruno

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

Lennox got knocked out by Hasim Rahman in his prime in 5 rounds yes he got revenge but that should'nt have happend Tyson would have knocked Lennox out no probs
02-20-2007, 02:33 AM
boozeboxer

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

Lewis was not in his prime (state of mind & conditioning) for the first Rahman. Lewis had grown overly confident and lazy and side tracked with a movie I think. If you think the above would occur if Lewis ever fought Tyson you are mistaken.
02-20-2007, 02:48 AM
SweetPea

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Lennox got knocked out by Hasim Rahman in his prime in 5 rounds yes he got revenge but that should'nt have happend Tyson would have knocked Lennox out no probs

Lewis was in his mid-30s, weighed over 250 pounds, and hadn't shown up in South Africa ahead of time to get adjusted to the altitude.
In-shape, focused Lennox Lewis destroyed Rahman in 4 rounds in Las Vegas several months later.
02-20-2007, 03:13 AM
DaxxKahn

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by SweetPea

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Originally Posted by tysonbruno

Lennox got knocked out by Hasim Rahman in his prime in 5 rounds yes he got revenge but that should'nt have happend Tyson would have knocked Lennox out no probs

Lewis was in his mid-30s, weighed over 250 pounds, and hadn't shown up in South Africa ahead of time to get adjusted to the altitude.
In-shape, focused Lennox Lewis destroyed Rahman in 4 rounds in Las Vegas several months later.

Not to mention quit training camp almost a month before the fight to shoot a 15 second scene in Oceans 11 with Vitaly Klitschko
02-20-2007, 03:28 AM
Tysonbruno

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

It was wladimir not vitali ;D
02-20-2007, 03:37 AM
DaxxKahn

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by tysonbruno

It was wladimir not vitali ;D

And you know what??...I knew that but I have Vitaly on the brain right now due to all the commotion with The whole WBC and Sam Peter thing...I am posting and writing an article at the same time..........Oh well ::**.

You got your caps lock fixed LOL for that you get CC #1 on me :D
02-20-2007, 04:06 AM
THE THIRD MAN

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

Tyson KO 1
02-20-2007, 04:13 AM
ICB

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by glennf

Tyson KO 1

yea right .... :-\
02-20-2007, 06:11 AM
landmine950

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by meowza

Lennox on top of his game that throws 30+ jabs a round wins. And you better believe he'd bring his top game against a prime Tyson.
Lennox takes him in the late rounds when Tyson's power isn't at it's sharpest.

IT's true Lewis WOULD throw 30 jabs a round, so since Tyson would KO his @ss in 30 seconds Lewis would have thrown 5 jabs and landed none.

Here's my logic.....
Larry Holmes...(best skilled big jabbing HW all time?)
vs
Micheal spinks......2 very close fights....

Mike Tyson
vs
Micheal Spinks......90 not even close seconds...

replace the name Larry "the Eastin Assasin"Holmes
with the name Lennox "the Canadian traitor" Lewis.

Remember Tyson against a quite skilled and good sized Trevor Berbick ?(who I picked to win by the way)

case closed..

I don't know if anyone survives,never mind beats a prime Tyson...
except of course ... NICOLAI VALUEV.
02-20-2007, 06:19 AM
THE THIRD MAN

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

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Originally Posted by glennf

Tyson KO 1

yea right .... :-\

Tyson in 1986-88 would have easily destoyed a lumbering Lewis, if Rahman could flatten Lewis at any time in his career then surely Tyson would have done the same. 2mins tops
02-20-2007, 06:25 AM
SweetPea

Re: who wins a peak mike tyson or lennox lewis

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Originally Posted by landmine950

I don't know if anyone survives,never mind beats a prime Tyson...

Well what do you define Tyson's "prime" years as?
Because Tucker went 12 rounds with Tyson in '87, so did Bonecrusher Smith. Those guys survived. Is prime Tyson strictly the guy who fought Spinks?

Quote:

Here's my logic.....
Larry Holmes...(best skilled big jabbing HW all time?)
vs
Micheal spinks......2 close fights....

Mike Tyson
vs
Micheal Spinks......90 seconds...

replace the name Larry "the Eastin Assasin"Holmes
with the name Lennox "the Canadian traitor" Lewis.

case closed..

This is pretty poor logic. Larry Holmes was 36 years old and past his prime when he lost to Spinks. Holmes is a great champion, but he wasn't great anymore by the time Spinks beat him.
I think a prime Holmes would've beaten Tyson just like a prime Lewis would. And this isn't even mentioning a prime Ali, who would've run circles around Tyson.

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