Was lennox lewis power overrated?.
He is commonly mentioned as being one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history . But he didnt score that many one punch knockouts or even knockouts for that matter. Some of his opponents such holyfield,tyson,phil jackson,mercer didnt think much of his power . Tommy morrison even said that lewis couldnt punch for shit.
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I am sure Hasim Rahman will beg to differ
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He was a big puncher 32ko's in 41 wins speaks for itself but not one of the biggest punching heavy's of all time but even the biggest punching heavys could'nt knock everyone out
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If anything his power is underatted imo. He didn't have the aggressive all out style that the likes of Tyson and Marciano had but if he caught someone he could send them to sleep with one punch.
He liked to outbox and break people down which is why he didn't have more knockouts but he hit as hard as anyone no question
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Originally Posted by gemini
He is commonly mentioned as being one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history . But he didnt score that many one punch knockouts or even knockouts for that matter. Some of his opponents such holyfield,tyson,phil jackson,mercer didnt think much of his power . Tommy morrison even said that lewis couldnt punch for shit.
Look at the Lewis-Morrison fight and tell me Morrison isn't feelings Lewis power. If anything it looks like Lewis couldn't feel Morrison's power. Morrison is the one who was dropped several times.
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Exactly VD.....I mean Morrison, Tyson, and Jackson got stopped....it wasn't cause they were tired or anything it was because they got punched too much and TOO HARD
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He is commonly mentioned as being one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history . But he didnt score that many one punch knockouts or even knockouts for that matter. Some of his opponents such holyfield,tyson,phil jackson,mercer didnt think much of his power . Tommy morrison even said that lewis couldnt punch for S***.
jackson was down 3 times holyfield is tough as nails hard to ko him ask big riddick and mercer again he is tough as nails and has iron chin hard to ko him again ask morrison and tyson ?? tried to stay up as long as he could but he got koed so i dont really know how anyone can say his power is overrated
didnt razor ruddock go 12 rounds with tyson ?? how many rounds did it take lewis to stop him ?? 2
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Originally Posted by gemini
He is commonly mentioned as being one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history . But he didnt score that many one punch knockouts or even knockouts for that matter. Some of his opponents such holyfield,tyson,phil jackson,mercer didnt think much of his power . Tommy morrison even said that lewis couldnt punch for S***.
jackson was down 3 times holyfield is tough as nails hard to ko him ask big riddick and mercer again he is tough as nails and has iron chin hard to ko him again ask morrison and tyson ?? tried to stay up as long as he could but he got koed so i dont really know how anyone can say his power is overrated
didnt razor ruddock go 12 rounds with tyson ?? how many rounds did it take lewis to stop him ?? 2
but ruddock said the beatings he took from tyson made him a shot fighter.
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He is commonly mentioned as being one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history . But he didnt score that many one punch knockouts or even knockouts for that matter. Some of his opponents such holyfield,tyson,phil jackson,mercer didnt think much of his power . Tommy morrison even said that lewis couldnt punch for S***.
jackson was down 3 times holyfield is tough as nails hard to ko him ask big riddick and mercer again he is tough as nails and has iron chin hard to ko him again ask morrison and tyson ?? tried to stay up as long as he could but he got koed so i dont really know how anyone can say his power is overrated
didnt razor ruddock go 12 rounds with tyson ?? how many rounds did it take lewis to stop him ?? 2
but ruddock said the beatings he took from tyson made him a shot fighter.
yea it may of took something out of him but give credit where credit is due alot of boxing experts thought he would beat lewis and that was mighty impressive for lewis to stop him in only 2 rounds when tyson who is considered one of hardest hitting heavyweights ever had hard time with ruddock and ruddock managed to go distance with tyson 2nd time so i think its damn impressive and shows lewis power that he destroyed ruddock in only 2 rounds
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Lennox was a massive puncher with great boxing ability and a great chin he would have stopped holyfield in 1st fight if he had gone for it when he had him on the ropes ive just watched Lennox had an iron chin on youtube great watch
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He is commonly mentioned as being one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight history . But he didnt score that many one punch knockouts or even knockouts for that matter. Some of his opponents such holyfield,tyson,phil jackson,mercer didnt think much of his power . Tommy morrison even said that lewis couldnt punch for S***.
Then why was he down everytime Lewis landed a punch ? He must have a real poor chin in that case . Tyson was never taken out with 1 right hand like he was when he fought Lewis.
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Lennox was a massive puncher with great boxing ability and a great chin he would have stopped holyfield in 1st fight if he had gone for it when he had him on the ropes ive just watched Lennox had an iron chin on youtube great watch
Lewis was a massive puncher and he did have great boxing ablity. But he did not. I repeat did not have an iron chin.
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Lennox was a massive puncher with great boxing ability and a great chin he would have stopped holyfield in 1st fight if he had gone for it when he had him on the ropes ive just watched Lennox had an iron chin on youtube great watch
Lewis was a massive puncher and he did have great boxing ablity. But he did not. I repeat did not have an iron chin.
yep agreed alot of people say he has weak chin which i dont agree with he took some pretty hard shots of bruno vitali mercer mason briggs tua he has decent chin but certainly not iron chin far from it
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Lennox was a massive puncher with great boxing ability and a great chin he would have stopped holyfield in 1st fight if he had gone for it when he had him on the ropes ive just watched Lennox had an iron chin on youtube great watch
Lewis was a massive puncher and he did have great boxing ablity. But he did not. I repeat did not have an iron chin.
He only got floored twice have you watched it on youtube
