Tyson of 1988 versus Lewis of 1999

[brucelee]

The old Tyson I saw in 1988 would obliterate Lewis of 1999.

[ross]

The old Tyson I saw in 1988 would obliterate Lewis of 1999.

The way Mercer bullied Lewis around and the way Lewis fought scared against Holyfield deffinitly makes me think Tysons skill and speed would have been too much for Lewis.

Theres too many young fans on here that dont remember how good Mike was. Its all bullshit nowadays about how Mike got found out. He didnt get found out at all. Unless Douglas was better than Spinks, Holmes and Tucker?

Mike had a very noticable and rapid decline in skills when he left Rooney. The Tyson from 88 was awesome.

[Snakey]

The old Tyson I saw in 1988 would obliterate Lewis of 1999.

The way Mercer bullied Lewis around and the way Lewis fought scared against Holyfield deffinitly makes me think Tysons skill and speed would have been too much for Lewis.

Theres too many young fans on here that dont remember how good Mike was. Its all bullshit nowadays about how Mike got found out. He didnt get found out at all. Unless Douglas was better than Spinks, Holmes and Tucker?

Mike had a very noticable and rapid decline in skills when he left Rooney. The Tyson from 88 was awesome.

Your not trying to claim Holmes was in his prime for that fight are you?

[Mctaggert]

Lewis was scared in the Holyfield fight! what Utter rubbish, Holyfield was the one who did not want to get hit flush by Lewis and fought two defensive fights staying in close not wanting to be hit from long range.

Mike was nocking everyone out in 1988 sure, I've seen all of Mikes fights, and I see Lewis winning 60% of the time if they fought. When ever anyone tied up Mike, punched him back, was not scared by his bullyboy tactics. Mike lost heart, and I think the punching power of lewis would have broke Mikes heart and focus.

The victories over Holmes and tucker were hardly impressive either, Holmes was ring rusty and old. Michael spinks is the only one that is impressive out of the three really.

I think you really have somthing against Lewis Ross, you're not that Cowardzage person off youtube are you?

[Nameless]

Lewis wins hands up.

Lewis size mixed with the Kronk Style is one of the worst thing ever for Mike. I could see Lewis frustrating him with his piston like jab and grabbing him when Tyson would be able to close the distance,doing so for 4-5 rounds (as Tyson was known to spend a lot of gaz and to fade a bit passed the fifth) and then mixing up the jab with even more power shots. It would be a very interesting match up and the HW division being the HW, one punch can make all the difference, sure Tyson could technically have"some chance" but I really believe that LEwis would win this one in a dominating fashion, especially because not only did he have a better technique and a better size but was much smarter and able to adapt in the ring than Tyson.

[ross]

Your not trying to claim Holmes was in his prime for that fight are you?

That same Holmes that Mike wiped the floor with beat Mercer 4 years later, the same fighter who Lewis got a gift decision against

Holmes also fought McCall and pushed him close and also didnt get knocked out like Lewis just had

Lewis was scared in the Holyfield fight! what Utter rubbish.

The victories over Holmes and tucker were hardly impressive either, Holmes was ring rusty and old. Michael spinks is the only one that is impressive out of the three really.

I think you really have somthing against Lewis Ross, you're not that Cowardzage person off youtube are you?

In the 5th round I think it was, Lewis had Holyfield hurt but didnt have the balls to go in and finish it.

Tucker is an impressive win. He was an undefeated defending champ. Just because I can see that Mike Tyson of 88 has a hell of lot better chance against a fighter called Lennox Lewis than anyone else is willing to give him credit for. That means I have something against him?

After taking people to court to get fights, he accepts money to not fight for a title. He didnt want it until Mike said he was retired.

[Master]

Tyson beat an undefeated Tucker comfortably on points, Tucker landed an uppercut in the first round and then he could do very little afterwards except take the bombs from Tyson. Lewis was very cautious by nature and I believe he would have tried to out box Tyson from distance and hold when Tyson got in close. Tyson would have been too aggressive for him and whilst I think Lewis would survive to see the bell because of his ring experience he would lose a decision in similar fashion to Tucker.

[Mr140]

I think Lewis power might of stopped Tyson in its tracks Lewis was a hard hitting dude.