Quote Originally Posted by MIKAY
I dont think it was holyfields / lewis's styles that tyson found too hard to beat but,
the other way around, lewis/holyfield found it easy to deal with tyson's slowed down style, reactions and come straight at you and nothing else.

A pre-prison tyson was unbelievably quick, best head movement in the game and a superb jab, which was not there in the holyfield / lewis fight.
Evander Holyfield never had a problem fighting guys who were more powerful or faster than him, he negated these attributes with his smothering style.

Lennox Lewis negated speed and power by hardly ever being caught inbetween he kept distance with the jab and when he closed he used the uppercut and tied up better than anyone this side of Ali.

Mike Tyson isn't a top 10 All-Time Great, he doesn't rank over Lewis or Holyfield and infact I find that he and Riddick Bowe have a lot in common. They were dominant champions but only for a short period of time and this hurts their All-Time Great standing in my opinion but not so much that it keeps them from being considered great.