Evander Holyfield says Bowe and Tyson were afraid of Lennox Lewis

[mastermind]

Tyson pre prison handled the big dudes...other than buster douglas who literally had the stars aligned for that fight..no other big guy came close in beating him on the cards...at best they won like 3 rounds max..if they went the distance like bonecrusher, green, or tucker kudos but they were far from close fights..well ruddock won more than that but thats because of the points taken away and overall punch fukkery that was their 2 bouts..buster was a good fighter he just had no desire..he didn't love the sport and that was his knock..signs of a classic underachiever but he was talented and he put it all together for one night
amateurs to pros do change yes...some little change, some change big time..some dont change at all....there's no common denominator...forrest and mosley is just one very unique example of somebody having someone's number in the amateurs and the pros..its not common...look at bowe himself..bowe was beaten soundly by jorge luis gonzalez in the amateurs...they fought again in the pros..bowe learned the pro game, gonzalez didnt and took the asswhoopin of the lifetime

none of those big dudes had a jab like Lennox did.

 

[Skip b]

none of those big dudes had a jab like Lennox did.

Dont bother breh

 

[NormanConnors]

Are you gonna act like Spinks wasnt a career Light Heavyweight, exactly what I mean about Tyson fans talking out their ass

Moore wasn't a natural heavy either, neither was Holyfield


prime Tyson was a small heavy, wasn't far fetched/a reach for him to fight a guy like Spinks since he (Tyson) routinely came in as the smaller figher anyway

 

[Skip b]

Moore wasn't a natural heavy either, neither was Holyfield

Difference Spinks came to heavy winnign ugly decisions over a flabby n sick Holmes, Moore moved up and was ko'ing nikkas left and right

 

[NormanConnors]

none of those big dudes had a jab like Lennox did.

tucker and douglas's jab was not chopped liver though, even Green had a good jab. I remember Lennox having problems with a faded Tucker

 

[Skip b]

tucker and douglas's jab was not chopped liver though, even Green had a good jab. I remember Lennox having problems with a faded Tucker

I dont know whether to or

 

[NormanConnors]

Difference Spinks came to heavy winnign ugly decisions over a flabby n sick Holmes, Moore moved up and was ko'ing nikkas left and right

Spinks fought a better version of Holmes then Tyson, hell the Holmes that fought Mercer was better.

 

[NormanConnors]

I dont know whether to or

i think Lennox gets too much credit.

 

[Skip b]

i think Lennox gets too much credit.

And why is that???

 

[patscorpio]

I dont know whether to or

what for? he's right tucker did give lennox some minor trouble..lennox dominated him though and knocked him down twice..lewis was not the only big heavy who had a jab...shyt razor ruddock had a great jab too when he used it which was rarer as he fell in love with his power

 

[NormanConnors]

And why is that???

he gets too much credit for his victory over Mike imo, and a second fade was warranted with Vitali (even though I felt Lennox was on his way to stopping him), Manny doesn't get enough credit for transforming Lennox and perfecting his jab..also aside from a few cats Lennox's competition wasn't THAT great either.