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    Default Re: 2002 Lennox Lewis vs 1988 Mike Tyson

    Lewis was a magnificent athlete and by 2002 Manny Stewart had made him into the best possible Lennox. He has a great post career reputation, mainly based on his being the undisputed champ .... And well deserved for that fact alone.

    He was a big guy, used his weight well, good psyche, excellent skills and a heavy right hand, though he always needed room to use it. Chin was not excellent, but certainly not made of china.

    BUT, the 1988 Tyson was a force of nature, the like of which boxing hasn't really seen before or since. He hadn't yet fallen into his bad habits inside the ring - forgetting his underrated boxing skills, looking for the on big punch, not firing combinations, no head movement. I don't believe he has trouble with big tall guys, he beat Smith, Tucker and Biggs very convincingly and they were as big as Lennox. Tony Tucker was a very very similar type of fighter to Lewis.

    I like Lennox, but at the time he was always being criticised for being 'gun shy' and reluctant to engage. People see him through rose tinted glasses now (just like I probably do with him and Iron Mike lol). I always felt Lewis was a supreme athlete who happened to be boxing, whereas Tyson was all fighter right down to his marrow. At the time anyway.

    I agree with people who think that if this fight went past 8, Lewis would probably be favoured. That's because of his great boxing skills rather than Tyson fading down the stretch. 1988 Tyson didn't get discouraged or fade down the stretch.

    However, on the balance of probabilities, I don't think Lewis could keep 1988 Tyson off him for eight rounds. Lennox could be tentative, and that was one think Iron Mike wasn't. He would catch him solidly at some point early on ..... and that Tyson always finished guys off
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    Default Re: 2002 Lennox Lewis vs 1988 Mike Tyson

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    BUT, the 1988 Tyson was a force of nature, the like of which boxing hasn't really seen before or since.
    I would beg to differ. Joe Louis was all this and would, unlike Tyson, be able to be to continue his peak run for a lot longer than Tyson. Also he managed victories in his declining years that sometimes compare to a lot of peak Tyson in name value.

    Tyson was very good, but probably falls short of great; Louis is not 'just' great, but in the argument for being one of the ten finest fighters this sport has thus far seen.
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