The School of Hard Knocks
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Wasn't tyson out of his prime when he fought lennox
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I find one of the opening statements by Tyson slightly contradictory. "i'm sonny liston, i'm jack jempsey, theres no 1 like me..." lol
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@jqgatson Very well said! I am so tired of people bashing Lewis! The man was a true great - get over it people! His style was misleading - everyone thought they could beat him - very few did! Size, strength, power, conditioning, confidence, speed....Lewis had it all. And most boxing insiders have agreed - Lennox Lewis would have given "any fighter, any era, any time" one hell of a fight! 6'5" 245 lbs. Tough to beat that in a true student of the sweet science!
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Lewis fought most of the tough fights that Tyson fought too, and is older than Tyson. Why did he win? Only because he is dedicated, and he fight not only for the money. Tyson in his fight against Lewis wasn't the least bit intense. Boxing experts were favoring him in the fight, most of them except Monte Cox who predicted a late round knockout. Why are you people so easily fooled by fighters who looked flashy beating fighters who can't fight back? Great fighters are great fighters, flashy or not!
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To say Lewis would lose to a prime Tyson is ridiculous. Tyson is his prime beat down too many nobodies and washed out fighters. So much so, they have to lure out an old Larry Holmes who didn't even show up in shape for the fight and again, Tyson look great beating him up in four rounds. The 90's is supposed to be his time to prove his true potential, but he fucked up one time after another. Ever since he stuck with Don King, he seem to fight only for money. He lost his passion and heart...
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To bad Lennox wasn't man enough to take on Prime Tyson. Thing was, everyone was scared of Prime Tyson. Had Lennox & Holyfield fought Prime Tyson they'd have lost in my opinion. Lennox wouldn't have beat Tyson of the 80's, maybe Holyfield though.
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@jqgatson That's because he won the belt twice without having to throw any punches lost in unremarkable fashion and wasn't that active. He usually beat people after their hardest fights or when they were no longer realistically competitive and some of his defenses were against guys 30 pounds lighter than him, inches shorter and he couldn't even knock them down in fights he dominated.
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Francis Botha got up from that barrage from Lewis and looked pretty good. I'm surprised that was stopped. He did everything you're supposed to do when getting up from a knockdown. He went to a knee, took his time, looked to his corner and tried to move to a better position in the ring. Maybe the ref asked him something and he was only hearing in Afrikaans.
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@jqgatson No actually that counts for nothing, fighters age differently depending on whether they are a heavy hitter like George Foreman, a boxer like Ali, an in Fighter or and out fighter. Basically the best ageing boxer is one who fights from the outside who has relatively heavy punches and is a taller fighter so they don't have to bob and weave and wear out their joints. Also you look at their career to that point. It's pretty simply but not as simple as looking at an age.
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2:25 OUCH
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@EvanderHolyfield7 WOW man...sorry to say this, but your way wrong on that one guy.



this is crap.. Lewis was so good cuz there was no body good around that time . he was just to big . i remember they were talking about making a super heavyweight division. a plz mike Tyson in his prime owns Lewis. and holyfield no dout. mike said he just did that fight for money he was broke and needed it a pay check. notting else so screw you i bet you are a British you punk... the best Ali Tyson sugar ray Robinson. that's it I'm out
junior20004 2 years ago
How can you say, "Tyson in his prime owns Holyfield or Lewis," as if they have some age advantage, when Tyson is the youngest of the three. Tyson 1966, Lewis 1965 and Holyfield 1962. You can make all the excuses you want but Tyson still got knocked out. Dude, relax. I just used the footage I could find. If I had been able to find other stuff I would have used it too. Also, I'm neither British nor a punk.
jqgatson 2 years ago
y duz dis vid show the greatest boxers being k.o and a shit boxer in lennox lewis looking klass mike yson would have kicked lewis' ass in his prime and roy jones if he had stayed at heavyweight would have wiped out the heayweight division because he would have been too fast.
wikedywikedywak 2 years ago
This video shows that stuff becasue "IT'S WHAT HAPPENED!!!" Also, it's what I could find. I wish I could've found more but oh well.
jqgatson 2 years ago
Lennox Lewis doesn't get the respect he deserves. His career record is 41-2-1. He fought from 1989 until 2003. I guess he looks "klass" in this video because he actually was one of the best fighters boxing has seen. He may not have very flashy but he was an extremely effecient fighter.
jqgatson 2 years ago 7