Quote Originally Posted by Starr
It depends.

He's underrated in the sense of some people think all you need to do is not be afraid to beat him.

and

He's overrated in the sense that people think he could destroy everyone by the wind of his punch.

So it's 50/50 from different angles and perspectives
pretty much sums it cc

Quote Originally Posted by Lords Gym
Quote Originally Posted by glennf
Lewis would have struggled with Tyson in the 80's where as Bowe would have won.
Lewis is also overrated...to slow and lumbering. Tyson circa 1987 would have done it in 2-3 rounds.
Tyson lost to Douglas and in reality probably should not be ranked in the top 10 of all time as a lot of boxing scribes have done.
Lewis was fast in the late 80's early 90's ..real fast and excellent power... much better at that point in time then he was when he made that 25-30 lbs leap after the Ruddock fight  , all that muscle slowed him to a crawl..  The 226 lb  Lewis that destroyed Ruddock would have given a prime Tyson some troubles IMO.
I don't think that overhand right would have hit Tyson when he knew what "Defense" was.

But it's all up to interpretation, he peaked too soon and changed his style from combos and defense to one punch ko.  In many ways...he's like hamed, not in style but circumstance.