Who wins prime Lewis v prime Tyson?

[spanky-banky]

A peak Tyson would beat any heavywight in history .he would have beat Lewis inside 5 rounds ,when they was kids Tyson sparked him out in sparring FACT

Well you would think that your another one of these Tyson fans that make excuses for him anytime he struggles or loses and actually Lewis beat Tyson when they sparred and your bringing up sparring stories into this debate what about Greg Page flooring Tyson ?? sparring means nothing.

its the other way around bro. tyson beat lewis in sparring as amatures up in the catskills according to steve lott(very reliable source) and lewis's exact words "man i hope i dont meet this guy in the pros,hes an animal" lucky for lewis he met him in 2002 ay.

and correct me if im wrong but did you mention some thing about blood green giving tyson problems? if so i should point out that tyson won 9 out of the 10 rds and clearly controlled the fight.
and as for tillis it may not of been tysons better performances but he still won as u would say "a win is a win" and he won by UD not SD and one judge gave tyson 8-2 so tillis did ok he was a very good journy-man at the time but tyson was never in serious danger of losing plus he was inexperienced in going the distance. you'll notice mid-fight tyson stopped throwing punches cause he was worried about his stamina of going full ten rds cause he never been the distance before

[spanky-banky]

c'mon someone join this debate
im bored

[Tysonbruno]

Side kick im here Tyson knocked Lewis out of the ring when they sparred if im i right

[BIG H]

OK - I am on the Tyson side for this debate - but reports I read said that after Tyson's initial swing fest that Lewis was getting the better of him in sparring - not that it means anything

[Unknowndonor]

Tyson woulda won, woulda been a good fight though. Much more competitive than the beating Lewis put on an old man!

Isn't Lewis older than Mike by a year? Or at least the same age.

[Tysonbruno]

Just under a year whats ya point

[bzkfn]

For me Lewis would have won.

I'm not really sure why some people can't accept just how good Lennox was. He was ducked by the supposed "best heavyweight in the world" in Riddick Bowe and Holyfield ducked him for long enough.

What more did anyone want him to prove?

[Tysonbruno]

bzkfn did you say Tyson would win other day

[Tysonbruno]

sorry bzkfn you did'nt my bad

[bzkfn]

bzkfn did you say Tyson would win other day

No this is the first time I've posted on this. I previously ignored it because I didn't think it was worth debating. For me, it's hard to judge these things because in alot of cases, when a fighter fights in his prime and loses, people begin to question if he was past it at that point and nobody realised it. In the end, they fought and Tyson lost clearly. I don't think Tyson could have ever contended with Lewis' power.

[Tysonbruno]

bzkfn did you say Tyson would win other day

No this is the first time I've posted on this. I previously ignored it because I didn't think it was worth debating. For me, it's hard to judge these things because in alot of cases, when a fighter fights in his prime and loses, people begin to question if he was past it at that point and nobody realised it. In the end, they fought and Tyson lost clearly. I don't think Tyson could have ever contended with Lewis' power.

See i don't think a prime Lewis would have been able to contend with a Prime Tyson's speed and power combined

[El Kabong]

Lewis would win.....he was a safe boxer, a "pugilist specialist" if you will.


Survive 5 rounds with Tyson and it's all downhill from there.

[Tysonbruno]

See i dont agree with that in his prime Tyson was their for 12 rounds he had good stamina and fitness he had great speed of foot and hand great power in either hand and was'nt easy to hit either

[El Kabong]

It wasn't that Tyson didn't have stamina....Tyson's body language would change and his heart would give out. Tyson is a big Shane Mosley....and Lennox would eat him up with the 1-2.

And let's not forget Prime Lewis could take a good shot....he took Tua's best and didn't have a problem.


Not saying Lewis had an iron chin but vs dangerous fighters he knew what was coming and was still able to box effectively

[Tysonbruno]

I'd say Tyson hit harder than Tua and Tua only threw 1 to 2 shots at a time when he got close Tyson would throw 5 to 6 shots he knew how to cut a ring off Tua was useless you can't compare Tua to a prime Tyson. Tua vs Lewis was and would be nothing like prime Tyson vs Prime Lewis Lewis would struggle to keep Tyson off he would be under the jab and in smashing away.