Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

scorpio83
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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elmersalsa wrote: 02 Nov 2020, 21:50
mayorcurley wrote: 31 Oct 2020, 08:03
elmersalsa wrote: 31 Oct 2020, 07:19 Ali by UD and probably by knockout. I can't picture Ali losing to Oliver McCall or Hasim Rahman by knockout.

I think Lennox Lewis is overrated.
Can you picture Ali knocking out Golota and Ruddock flat in 2 rounds?

How bout Ali beating Vitali Klitschko when he's at the end of his career?

How bout Lennox losing to Leon Spinks?
Yes, I can picture The Greatest knocking out Andrew Golota and Razor Ruddock. Both of them overrated.

Lennox Lewis did not beat Vitaly Klitschko. Klitschko was kicking his ass. The doctor made the fight to be stopped. It was a bad stoppage.

Ali losing to Leon Spinks was when Ali was totally shot. And still, Leon had to fight the fight of his life.
Even though this subject was about the Muhammad Ali vs. Lennox Lewis mythical matchup, Ali would punish Andrew Golota and Razor Ruddock each for the late round stoppage.
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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DrDuke wrote: 03 Nov 2020, 01:57
elmersalsa wrote: 02 Nov 2020, 21:50 Yes, I can picture The Greatest knocking out Andrew Golota and Raz
Golota is more often underrated than overrated.
elmersalsa wrote: 02 Nov 2020, 21:50 Lennox Lewis did not beat Vitaly Klitschko. Klitschko was kicking his ass. The doctor made the fight to be stopped. It was a bad stoppage.
Nonsense. It was an even fight. Everyone points at the judges' cards, but no one tries to see closer and notice a disagreement there. The fight could easily be scored 3-3 by rounds. Lewis was winning at the last stages. However, the craziest stuff is calling the stoppage bad, when Vitali's eye was in bloody mess.
Lennox Lewis was getting his ass kicked abd was about to wilt in the next two rounds if the fight would have never been stopped. He was deeply grasping for air. He just got blessed, that is all.
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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elmersalsa wrote: 03 Nov 2020, 15:55
DrDuke wrote: 03 Nov 2020, 01:57
elmersalsa wrote: 02 Nov 2020, 21:50 Yes, I can picture The Greatest knocking out Andrew Golota and Raz
Golota is more often underrated than overrated.
elmersalsa wrote: 02 Nov 2020, 21:50 Lennox Lewis did not beat Vitaly Klitschko. Klitschko was kicking his ass. The doctor made the fight to be stopped. It was a bad stoppage.
Nonsense. It was an even fight. Everyone points at the judges' cards, but no one tries to see closer and notice a disagreement there. The fight could easily be scored 3-3 by rounds. Lewis was winning at the last stages. However, the craziest stuff is calling the stoppage bad, when Vitali's eye was in bloody mess.
Lennox Lewis was getting his ass kicked abd was about to wilt in the next two rounds if the fight would have never been stopped. He was deeply grasping for air. He just got blessed, that is all.
Really? The 5th was close, in the 6th Vitali was barely standing from Lewis' uppercut.
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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When he was still a mover, I think Ali would take a decison over Lewis.
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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Seamus wrote: 03 Nov 2020, 19:47 When he was still a mover, I think Ali would take a decison over Lewis.
Same
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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scorpio83 wrote: 03 Nov 2020, 10:23
elmersalsa wrote: 02 Nov 2020, 21:50
mayorcurley wrote: 31 Oct 2020, 08:03

Can you picture Ali knocking out Golota and Ruddock flat in 2 rounds?

How bout Ali beating Vitali Klitschko when he's at the end of his career?

How bout Lennox losing to Leon Spinks?
Yes, I can picture The Greatest knocking out Andrew Golota and Razor Ruddock. Both of them overrated.

Lennox Lewis did not beat Vitaly Klitschko. Klitschko was kicking his ass. The doctor made the fight to be stopped. It was a bad stoppage.

Ali losing to Leon Spinks was when Ali was totally shot. And still, Leon had to fight the fight of his life.
Even though this subject was about the Muhammad Ali vs. Lennox Lewis mythical matchup, Ali would punish Andrew Golota and Razor Ruddock each for the late round stoppage.
Golota and Ruddock what would take Ali 20 rounds...... Lewis took those two mammoth heavies in 4 combined.

Lewis is the best and the 90s the best era. Ernie Terrell would be like Ross Purity, maybe worse.
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Re: Lennox Lewis vs Muhammad Ali

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In my opinion, the Ali from Liston to Foley (His PRIME), beats Lewis by unanimous decision, and the scoring would not be real close. Lewis was a very good heavyweight. Ali was a great heavyweight. To make matters worse for Lewis, his style is wrong for Ali. A very good pressure fighter would give a prime Ali more problems than what the Lewis style brings to the fight.
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