I'm addicted to what-ifs

[Taeth]

I feel ya but the point I was tryin to make was that their physicality is comparable and that Foremans imposing size and reach are not really factors in reclation to Lewis.

I'll admit that Foreman was more of a Knockout merchant but if not only because he had power in both hands, then simply because he was more aggressive. But then i think Lennox Lewis would always be more effective and I'm not sure Foreman had ever been hit by a 245lbs powerpuncher .

but we DO know what happened when Lewis got tagged by a solid right hand by a somewhat decent hitter of about the same size as Foreman (Rahman)

When Lewis didn't train, cardio has a lot to do with your chin. Look how Lewis did against Tua's punches when they landed, Vitali Klitschko's, Mike Tyson's early on. His chin was more htan good enough, but stylistically he would have never fought FOreman with such reckless abandon as he did against Rahman and the first McCall fight(which shouldn't have been stopped).

Foreman was almost ko'ed by Ron Lyle, and Ali knocked him out, neither of them could hit as hard as Lewis.

My point is that Foreman's advantages were in his size and power when he was younger. He developped more boxing skills later in his career, but in his youth he was a pretty rudimentary fighter.

You mean all ZERO of them? All Lewis caught from Tua in that horrendous borefest was the wind from his winging left hooks as Lennox leaned back and out of reach from Tua, who had no clue as to what to do with Lewis. Bad example.

Watch the fight, Tua lands a hard punch in that fight. Lewis did out box him, but Tua wasn't able to one punch Lewis despite the fact he probably hit harder than anyone the heavyweight division has ever seen. Tyson also hit Lewis with a clean left hook in the first round of hteir fight. Tyson may have lost form, but never power.

Also Oliver McCall when he was mentally sound was absolute nightmare, you go look up stories about him at his best, and he was a really big guy could hit hard, and he was a mean muther fucker. He was one of those guys where it didn't translate to his career, but also that fight Lennox wasn't knocked out, it was a bad call IMO by the ref.

Against Rahman he was winning the fihgt, he got complacent and he was tired because he didn't train hard and he was caught with a punch he didn't see coming.