I watched the tyson v lennox fight, and after the fight they refer to him as a boxer-puncher
Is that a combination of a boxer and a slugger? What kind of a fighting style did he have? (Im relatively new to boxing)
Thanks :)
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I watched the tyson v lennox fight, and after the fight they refer to him as a boxer-puncher
Is that a combination of a boxer and a slugger? What kind of a fighting style did he have? (Im relatively new to boxing)
Thanks :)
Not necessarily a slugger but a natural boxer with power. Either slugging power (Foreman) or hit you with 3-4 punches an KO you (Swarmer) power (Pac). A boxer with KO ability.
Nonetheless at the roots a boxer.
Some say the boxer-puncher is the hybrid 4th style of boxing.
look up lewis' ko of rahman in their second fight. one of the hardest punches ive seen!
Lewis is my favorite hw of all time. He was the complete package.
He was one of those guys who weren't appreciated enough while active but everytime I watch his career set, I appreciate him more and more.
Steward trained lewis would beat every hw in the historey of boxing. People put a prime tyson on that invincible status but lewis would have beaten any version of him.
Lewis would have knocked Joe Louis the fuck out in 5 rounds or less and guys like marciano and frazier would have got carried out on a stretcher.
Lewis was a great boxer with an excellent amateur background and yeah when he took revenge on Rahman he seriously banged him out with a huge right hand.
Avenged all his loses and there was never any trouble or personal shit with Lennox inside or outside the ring.
Boxer/puncher sums him up perfectly and he was a great tactician too.
Helps he had Steward with him largely but Lennox remains one of my all time favourite fighters :)
Yep defo top 5 all time HW for me.
People starting to appreciate him more and more. Lost to a freak punch from McCall (could he have carried on not sure ??) and lost for being a lazy bastard against Rahman - though the rematch proves the gulf in class.
Up there with Benn and Gatti as my favourite ever fighters (witnessed in my lifetime)
Id have loved Tyson Fury to get a shot at a prime Lewis.
Lennox was robotic at the end of it.... def a boxer-puncher. He had massive power and when he hit you, and was accurate, more than likely it was lights out.
Lennox also set up his punches more than anyone else I have seen in the HW division.
To give comparison- Riddick Bowe was puncher-boxer. More like a slugger-boxer. Riddick boxed when after he found out he couldn't blast away guys at the top of the division.
Larry Holmes was a boxer-hitter. Holmes wasn't a big puncher, he just hit you repeatedly after he put you in position.
Holyfield was a counter puncher-boxer. Evander was a crap boxer. But he had fast hands and countered you with heavy hands. This is why Evander couldn't win against Lennox- Lennox gave him nothing hit as Lennox was an excellently skilled boxer. And, when Holyfield tried to turn it up, when he could, he got hit and hit hard- so, it eased his attack.
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Holyfield pre-Bowe was an excellent boxer. After the Bowe fights he slowed down, quit using his excellent footwork and his excellent head movement.
Lennox was probably Canada's greatest ever boxer.
It's funny this thread just popped up because I ordered the Lennox Lewis carrer set on Sunday. Can't wait to get it.
Lennox Lewis?
He just looks like an intelligent chilled out guy, kinda the antithesis of what a boxer should be. At least by saddo standards. ;)
It means he was technically skilled as a boxer but had big power, much like a Tommy Hearns.
Power punchers CAN be crude in the delivery of their power, they can be stiff, robotic, or throw wide loopy punches. What made Lennox special was that he could be as he described a "pugilist specialist" because he was able to use the sweet science, the hit and don't get hit skill, but in the delivery of his punches he unloaded a lot of power but in a good clean, straight, technically correct manner.
He was an excellent counter-puncher throughout his entire career. His controlled aggression was his calling card after he caught you in the exchanges. But as for boxing ability, he was average- Moorer had better boxing ability and skills than Holyfield.Quote:
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Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
Holyfield pre-Bowe was an excellent boxer. After the Bowe fights he slowed down, quit using his excellent footwork and his excellent head movement.