Incredible punch resistance, Lennox Lewis

[damaster59]

Yes thats correct. Lewis naturally did not have the greatest defence. His hands were quite low usually and his defence was his head body movement. That point said, i show his chin even more respect...

[expressivechild]

I am still amazed at how Tua gave his best shots in the first two rounds and Lewis is barely hurt.

[expressivechild]

This should clear all the dumbass accusations that Lewis is a "glass jawed coward".

[herodot2]

My main reaction to this is--boy was Lewis easy to hit at times. Even journeymen made him swallow big stuff.

[Estebanfuturo]

thats easy to understand, you see if you have a peanut of a brain the acceleration and deceleration caused by the punch is not enough for the peanut to hit the walls of the skull, simple isnt it?

[balesy1974]

BourbonJRA is right, Lennox Lewis was paid off for years NOT to fight Tyson, basically because Lennox would have still KOed Tyson out sooner rather than later.

Strange how all the Lennox Lewis haters tend to be english hating yanks! It must get right up their arses that none of the heavyweight champions are americans!

[ALshow1989]

@balesy1974 oh yeah, best heavies come from the commonwealth brah! ali was overatted!

[biggest23]

Shit you forget what a durable bastard he was. Great technique too, shame he could be so bloody infuriatingly lazy at times as well.

[tony2789]

dont give me this 'prime tyson would beat him' shit, in 1996/7 tyson vacated his wbc belt when lewis was the mandatory challenger, he knew that lennox wouldnt be scared of him, the worst type of opponent for tyson just like buster douglas, holyfield and danny williams weren't scared of him.

[7ACEVII]

i guess yur right......but im still a big tyson fan at least the old school tyson..and after watching lennoxs fights he is very skilled and his long powerful jabs are at his advantage over any fighter mike still had the ko chance but lennox is to smart for that

[awesomejohnnet]

Wow... you got to give it him at times hes stands firm in the FACE of his opponents takes their best shots head on and plows back... even though thats courageous and makes for great fights

I pray for his health from now on.. Thank you Lennox for 25 years of great fights now go enjoy your hard earned peace time with your family.

God Bless

[Boxinglad123]

ali had a harder chin

[BourbonJRA]

who exactly did tyson fight in his 'prime'? reliable losers thats who, lewis would of destroyed tyson just like he did before. hell tyson got knocked out by a complete no body in buster douglas, what would he do up against a legend like lewis?

[RenegadeOfSociety]

i agree, tyson was a good fighter, but very overrated, he was famous because of his aggressive style and knockout ability, and people can't say hes the best in his prime because like u sed, kicked in by buster douglas during his prime, and evander holyfield (before he got hungry and ate his ear), lewis was only ever beaten twice, and still beat both of them shortly after. all the people who say mikes better than lewis are usually british-hating americans.

FOR THE UK!

[BourbonJRA]

exactly, it shouldnt be about britain or the US, it should be about the better boxer. and lets face it, lewis was the better boxer. and all of these idiots trying to say 'lewis dodged tyson', do they not know anything??? don king offered lewis 4 million pounds NOT to fight tyson, it was tyson who was running scared not lewis

[kuluku]

Agree! And also, Riddick Bowe was too much overrated, because he only beat Holyfield twice. One he fought Lewis and Golota for 3rd time, how awkard he would be could be easily figured out.

[RenegadeOfSociety]

nowadays, certain fighters in sports get 'celebrity status', due to things like, they look good etc.

in UFC for example, Gina Carano, most famous female fighter in the world, got her head smashed in by 'Cris Cyborg' who most people didn't even know existed beforehand and don't give her any credit because shes not as good looking as Gina.

its how they're marketed, how many runners have got Usain Bolt's amount of press coverage, he shows off alot in interviews and to camera, so hes famous.

[kuluku]

Usain the lighting, that guy is stunning awsome!

[RenegadeOfSociety]

yes he is awesome, but if he wasnt as much of a showman as he is, like being good in interviews and kinda showing off before and after races, he would just be 'another record winner' who everyone would forget. not many record breaking athletes get as much publicity as they should because they don't have celebrity like personalities etc.

[EvilReni]

Lewis chin was strong to right! Legend Lewis

[iceice2]

Lennox would have always beat Tyson. Lennox is older than Tyson, and Tyson ducked Lennox to fight holyfield believing it would be an easier fight. There's a blueprint to beat Tyson and Lennox always had that blueprint. Buster and Holyfield had followed the same blueprint. No one did it better than Lennox. Lennox is one of the greatest heavyweights of all times.

[gmonkey808]

Great post thanks.

Lewis was absolute quality. We miss guys like him.

[cjmooney9]

Steve Edwards. Your a clown

The McCall stoppage is one of the more controversial in Boxing history. He was up after about 6, and fine. It should have continued.

Rahman is a big puncher, who landed a once in a lifetime punch. The peaches that floor even the greatest chins.

Lewis had a great chin. He fought numerous huge punchers, and only went down 3 times. Tyson, Holyfield, Klischko, Tua, Grant, Bruno. Walked through all of them.

Your great Larry Holmes was destroyed by Mike....

[tony2789]

lewis has taken shots that would have put most people into a coma. simple.

[steveedwards1968]

sparked out twice by a single shot from two of the most terryfying heavyweights the world has ever seen - oliver mccall and hasim rahmann. never once got put down and got up.  getting hit in the first place by average fighters may be complacent, but not getting up tells it's own story. "incredible punch resistance, my arse!

[brocklanders1984]

idiot. clearly no clue.

[steveedwards1968]

did he get knocked out twice, both times by a single punch? yes, he did. tony margarito has great punch resistance, chris eubank had great punch resistance, marvin hagler had it, ali had it. lewis did not. search for larry holmes against ernie shavers (a far more fearsome puncher than mccall or rahman, and see what holmes does when nailed, and contrast that with lewis. you are a fucking know-nothing wanker, '1984' stand for the year you were born does it? figures....

[brocklanders1984]

So he was knocked out twice in his career, both times it was down to complacency. The shots he takes in this video speak for themselves. No fighter is 100 percent punch resistant. Just because other fighters also had good punch resistance it's ok to say that Lewis had a decent chin. Klitchko is as bigger puncher as anyone (35 ko from 36 wins) and lewis absorbed the best that klitchko had. You seem to have some bizzare issue with Lewis, DOB 1968? You're old enough to know better...

[SaintDemetrio]

I agree with you, brock! I realized that Lennox has a very good resistance after the fight with Holyfield.

[pythonbyte]

Lewis was buzzed by shots he didn't see coming. His KO losses were due to complacency rather than a bad beard, those who actually followed his career will vouch for that.

[huntingwolf20]

I hate it when people talk boxing that don't know it. Those were hard punches, Lewis did show he had a good chin afterall. The times he was stopped he was just vastly overconfident and let himself get nailed by suprise shots. Against Vitali here he was getting tagged, but saw the punches (most of them) and absorbed them. BOth guys hit good, Lennox was one of the most massive punchers in history.

[brocklanders1984]

indeed, many opinionated spastics with not a clue

[steveedwards1968]

surprise shots! yeah, i mean he couldn't have expected anyone to actualy try and hit him in a fight, surely? this is the same as that 'lucky punch' bollocks. they weren't aiming for the referee when they flattened him. how does 'overconfidence' affect your punch resistance?

[Gplex]

man these guys must have soft hits not to get a knock out, or even a cut...

[DoctorSteelhammer]

lewis is jamaican/canadian, i hated faggot brits claiming he belonged to them. yeah right.

[topdogcj]

lewis is romanian !!!

[BIGFELLA123]

Hate it when ppl say lewis had a glass jaw. This is the feckin HW division for gods sake, you try taking a jab from a 16+stone man of muscle

[deathmetalcorpse]

tyson took more punches in the lewis v tyson fight than lewis took in his whole career,tyson is had a good chin but lewis couldnt take many in one fight

[deathmetalcorpse]

lewis had a bit of a glass jaw its easy to edit a load of his fights putting together every time he got hit ,this videos a bit of a joke!!! wheres the Rahman punch? haha

[russg84]

is he fucking robocop or what!?

[GemTwist83]

damnn. he must had been eating hooks for breakfast and uppercuts for lunch or smthn..

[Case0ne08]

HolyShit..This Is the Real Fucking IronMan

[brunovoxxx]

yeah!!

[houstononthemap]

man forget that! Mike Tyson Should have well knocked his ass out! too bad it didnt happen!

[guitarman069]

lennox is one hard-headed mofo

[armythug123]

you cannot compare lewis to ruiz. Ruiz lost to weak fighters. Ruiz is a contendor, not a legend

[audan2006]

3:39...wow, that mocking stance proclaiming u cant hurt me... *smack*

[kuluku]

Chicken Bowe always avoid Lennox in his carrer, Lennox could demolish him whenever as a pro!

[AceOfSpade1234]

Whos the guy he is fighting in the first clip?

[Kellett1980]

Lewis was the best heavyweight in the last 30 years if not of all time, i cannot think of a heavyweight with the ability to take those kind of shots and still go on to beat everyone put in front of him in a very good heavyweight division. LEGEND!!

[kuluku]

I agree, Lennox is the best heavyweight ever!

[DaveWBedford]

@kuluku Word bro.

[Greker]

Larry Holmes

[hypeone33]

Lewis is a bad man..i've never really thought about how much pain he really can take. Ali might have been the greatest..but he couldnt have taken near all of those beatings.

[deathmetalcorpse]

your talking shit he never took them in one fight that was his whole career wheres the rahman punch??

[Carlossi2007]

Iv never been a Lewis fan but i must say he did what he had to against the ones classed as contenders to defrone him ie,Michael Grant (remember that demolishing?) Golotta,Tua,Holyfield,Tyson,Br­iggs,Botha.. Klitshcko?.. List goes on! Although he did get knocked out by a couple of guys through lucky punches he always avenged the loss. He was a good champion like him or hate him.

[Emceequest]

head of steel.

[rezpoop]

man lennox is the shit!! he beat holyfield,

david tua, mike tyson man hes the shit

[bruin03]

That's what separates a champion from the avg boxer!

[debytat2]

realy impressive!

[lilnefew04]

obviously you dont c the shot he is taking in these videos if he had a glass jaw he wouldn't be standing in none of them and he wouldn't have been heavy weight champ taking that kind of punishment

[lilnefew04]

gotta agree wit smudgey on this one lenox does have a descent jaw no glass there

[RONALD511]

LEWIS IS A SUPER DOUBLE BAD-ASS

[OSFTV]

Lewis is the man, but if Mike had more reach and a little more stamina in that fight, Lewis would been out. But I have to admit that wasnt mikes night sadly. Both of them are why boxing is still so exciting. Go Lennox.

[Roberiddle]

This makes lewis seem like he had the toughest jaw in the business when he really had a glass jaw.

[smudgey6120]

ha ha now this is the funniest thing i have heard....you must be about 10 or 11 years of age and have no idea about boxing lewis has as good a chin as any fighter...but if you get clocked right on the button...it's sleepy time

[Roberiddle]

ok smudgy i am 16 first of all.

second of all lewis does have a jaw just like any other fighter.

He cant hold up with half the punches evander took in his career so realize what your saying before you say it and when i say glass jawed i mean he is more likely to get put out by one shot more than any other fighter no matter where he is hit.

I also box so yup i know how a hit feels.

And you tell me if lewis has a chin like evander without laughing.

Because to say that is stupid

[smudgey6120]

more than any other fighter? well thats a stupid reply...and as for you boxing...maybe boxing shelves in a superstore....but hey!! at only 16 you prob know everything anyhow... i didn't say he had the best jaw...i said he didn't have a glass jaw ...u did

[steveedwards1968]

that's fucking bullshit. i have seen plenty of fighters nailed and climb back up and survive. youtube is littered with examples. i think it'd you who knows fuck all.

[kottonmouthUK]

Lennox Lewis is one tough bastard!

And he can give deadly shots too!!

[supbro12]

Kimbo is shit, sorry. These are real fighters.

[RedneckkRudy]

"He was shaken, but as they say, not stirred", haha.

I always enjoy seeing him stopping Bowe. Not only because Bowe was a punk, but also because Bowe chickened out of their fight contract and denied Lewis a chance to legitimately win the championship at that point.

[nolotyp]

crazy lewis