Louis didn't, for me, have immense handspeed, he placed his shots with accuracy and expertise. Look beyond Tyson's fast hands and see that he threw fast shots but they could be inaccuarate and he often dropped the other hand. He was not a complete package, most rational people accept this. He had to club Pinklon Thomas over.
Well the closest person I can think off who had the punching power and speed is Louis. You still havent answered my question however about naming a HW who had these unique attributes. And then you say Tyson has limited ability!
He beat Ruddock both times because Ruddock is an average heavyweight with skills distinctly un-Pep like who was easy to hit and somehow got caught in the slipstream of Tyson's overblown hype. The real Razor Ruddock stood up, briefly we must say, in front of Lewis and was KO'd in a couple of one-sided rounds.
You're not average if you knockout 4 former World champs and give the best of his era tough fights. Lewis got Ruddock when he was already finished from those 19 rounds with Tyson, 10 of those rounds where he fought with a broken jaw. Plus as I already stated on how these so called 'Fans' treated him during the intervals. Tell me this though, where do these so called British 'Fans' get all this hate from? Booing the fighter is one thing, but booing the national anthem is a pure disgrace.
Conversely he wilted in the second fight by biting Evander's ear due to the fact Evander had just taken his best shots, blinked and was about to beat the ever loving shit out of him for another 7 or so rounds.
Yet again you seem to forget that Tyson was WINNING, thats right WINNING the 3rd round against Holyfield in the rematch. It looked just like a prime Mike and it looked to me that Evander was starting to get into trouble, why would Tyson bite Holyfield's ear when he was just starting to hurt him? But then again both Holyfield and Tyson are true HW greats.
He KO'd Botha because Botha is shit beyond a lower level. He also made Botha look like Sugar Ray (both of them) until he got that shot in.
And Lewis made Shannon Briggs look like a Prime Foreman who had just demolished Frazier for the title, but then again Lewis doesnt deserve to be mentioned in the same sentance as Big George.
Tyson lost to a fat blamonge and that rarity, a sober Irishman who can still muster up a fight.
Just like how a prime Ali lost to Berbick, or how about Ron Crammer when he beat the hell of a prime Jerry Quarry? Crammer according to your logic must be a hidden HW great.
