prime tyson vs prime lewis

[El Kabong]

I think he was trying to say Tyson was more dynamic and had better head movement in his prime than Tua ever did

[GAME]

Young or old, Lewis wins. Tyson even admitted it, after getting beat by Lewis, when they fought as kids. Lewis was always bigger and stronger. Only way Tyson would ever beat Lewis would be by a lucky punch on his glass chin, but I doubt it he would be able to land it, similar to Tua.

Prime Tyson is not comparable with David Tua IMO....very different types of boxer....

If you compare their fights with Lewis, they have similar boxing styles, size and strength, and short reach. Both of them couldn't land on Lennox's face.

They both landed about 1 decent left hook in my memory and even when they did Lewis took it fine cuz he was expecting it .

The only two times hes ever been down was when he was over arrogant and left his chin hanging out . When hes in with a puncher , like Rudduck , Vitali , Tyson , Bruno , Mason , Tua etc , he takes their best punches without a problem

[El Kabong]

He was hurt by Vitali bro

[ICB]

u forgot mercer aswell he had lewis hurt

[El Kabong]

...and Briggs

[GAME]

Well they all landed their best punches on him and Lewis went onto win . When some fighters are hurt , they cant comeback . . . . . like Tyson

[El Kabong]

he got hurt vs Bruno and Rudduck and he won those fights

[ICB]

he got hurt vs Bruno and Rudduck and he won those fights

bruno only hurt him once ruddock was good victory though he had tyson hurt alot

[El Kabong]

I always thought Tyson-Mercer in the mid 90's would have been a GREAT fight

[BIG H]

Has any heavyweight gone through their career without being hurt? Is it possible to get by 250 pounds guys and not get hurt ?

[ICB]

yes lyle mercer vs tyson would of been great mercer has great chin would of been tough nights work for tyson thats for sure

[El Kabong]

Has any heavyweight gone through their career without being hurt? Is it possible to get by 250 pounds guys and not get hurt ?

Well yeah guys get hurt but they don't always lose....that's kind of the definition of HEART. The desire someone has to win vs the ammount of pain they are willing to take....Tyson was never much on heart whereas Joe Frazier and Muhamed Ali had GREAT heart

[Muzzo]

Young or old, Lewis wins. Tyson even admitted it, after getting beat by Lewis, when they fought as kids. Lewis was always bigger and stronger. Only way Tyson would ever beat Lewis would be by a lucky punch on his glass chin, but I doubt it he would be able to land it, similar to Tua.

That's bull****,Tyson never admitted that,I read an interview with either Steve Lott or Teddy Atlas (cant remember which one)and they were asked that very question and they said when Lewis was up at the Catskills for a couple of weeks sparring with Mike in the 80's Tyson ALWAYS had the better of Lewis,some days lesser than others but he stated that Lewis never had the betterof Tyson,granted at the time Tyson was closer to his pro debut but there you go!

[El Kabong]

Lewis messed Tyson up then too

[Gandalf]

Young or old, Lewis wins. Tyson even admitted it, after getting beat by Lewis, when they fought as kids. Lewis was always bigger and stronger. Only way Tyson would ever beat Lewis would be by a lucky punch on his glass chin, but I doubt it he would be able to land it, similar to Tua.

Prime Tyson is not comparable with David Tua IMO....very different types of boxer....

If you compare their fights with Lewis, they have similar boxing styles, size and strength, and short reach. Both of them couldn't land on Lennox's face.

But prime Tyson never faced Lennox Lewis and prime Tyson had a different style to the style Lewis faced...