Lennox Lewis vs Wladimir Klitschko

[conty22]

Lennox Lewis (1997) vs Prime Wladimir , who wins?

[Chepppaaa]

easy

wlad losses via dq for to much holding

lewis tkos him

lewis kos him

one of these 3 things would happen

[crusader]

Lennox by stoppage.

He's all wrong for Wlad.

[bigjack]

lewis without a doubt,Wlad isn't strong enough mentally or physically .

[Roars Like Me]

It has a Micheal Grant feeling about this fight. Lennox all day long.

[ElJefe]

King Lennox by KO.

[davie]

King Lennox by KO.

Yes

Same goes for Fury
and same goes for Vitali had he fought 1997 Lewis

[Boxing Writer]

King Lennox by KO.

Yes

Same goes for Fury
and same goes for Vitali had he fought 1997 Lewis

LOL. Lewis couldn't hurt Vitali with his best punches. He would never knock him out or down. But he would stop him on cuts in his prime too.

[CaptainSpacerod]

Lewis KO

But who wins ; prime Lewis v prime Wlad with Vitali's brain transplanted into his head ?

[gilgamesh]

Lennox KO or TKO

[Boxing Writer]

Lennox by stoppage.

He's all wrong for Wlad.

I tend to agree. Emanuel Steward said Wlad hit harder than Lennox (Phil Jackson said the same thing) and has better jab and footwork, but Lennox was more versatile fighter and can adapt better in the fight. I think it would make difference. Plus Lennox could fight inside while Wlad couldn't. I think Wlad's best chance to win this fight would be if Lewis fought like he did against Grant - very agressively. In this case Wlad would be able to catch him with a big punch and knock him out. Only complete idiot can compare Wlad to Michael Grant - the difference in skills, balance, footwork and even power between them is HUGE. Just compare their results against the same fighter - Jameel McCline.

But if Lewis fought like he did in the Rahman rematch and first Holyfield fight, Wlad's chances wouldn't be good at all. Mid-rounds stoppage would be the most possible result of prime Lewis vs prime Wlad.

Saying that, I think Wlad would be more competetive than Lewis against some styles. I have no doubts that prime Larry Holmes would completely outclass prime Lewis, beat him up and knock him out in the late rounds, while Wlad would be much more competetive against Holmes (but would still lose).

[asdfjkl]

If you putted the same poll up before Tyson Fury you would probably had differend results, or at least less confident ones, but I think I agree with most.

I do somehow think his older brother would have won if his face wasn't cut.

[Boxing Writer]

If you putted the same poll up before Tyson Fury you would probably had differend results, or at least less confident ones, but I think I agree with most.

I do somehow think his older brother would have won if his face wasn't cut.

Yes he would, but skin is the part of body just like chin. People say "if only Wlad had Vitali's chin". Well, that's only "if". He didn't and that's only that matters. The same with Vitali's skin. If it couldn't be cut so easily the result could be and probably would be different, but it's only "if".

[Ricky_]

Mismatch.

[SNG]

Lewis KO

But who wins ; prime Lewis v prime Wlad with Vitali's brain transplanted into his head ?

Wlad with Vitali's brain would be starched practically every fight. Whichever brain he had Wlad had Wlad's chin, it's Wlad's brain that got him to where his, he fought with a style that eleviated danger, that's a great style for a fighter with s suspect chin, not sure why putting the brain of fighter with an iron chin would be a good idea.

[man]

everybody older than 25 has:
Lewis, KO

[Counter-puncher]

Lewis KO

But who wins ; prime Lewis v prime Wlad with Vitali's brain transplanted into his head ?

You had to be on drugs of some sort when you asked that question.

Anyway, Lennox vs Wlad.

Script as follows:

A huge megosaurus-sized intergalactic space-station of hammerfuck is introduced into Wlad's life.

The End.

[bigjack]

Lennox by stoppage.

He's all wrong for Wlad.

I tend to agree. Emanuel Steward said Wlad hit harder than Lennox (Phil Jackson said the same thing) and has better jab and footwork, but Lennox was more versatile fighter and can adapt better in the fight. I think it would make difference. Plus Lennox could fight inside while Wlad couldn't. I think Wlad's best chance to win this fight would be if Lewis fought like he did against Grant - very agressively. In this case Wlad would be able to catch him with a big punch and knock him out. Only complete idiot can compare Wlad to Michael Grant - the difference in skills, balance, footwork and even power between them is HUGE. Just compare their results against the same fighter - Jameel McCline.

But if Lewis fought like he did in the Rahman rematch and first Holyfield fight, Wlad's chances wouldn't be good at all. Mid-rounds stoppage would be the most possible result of prime Lewis vs prime Wlad.

Saying that, I think Wlad would be more competetive than Lewis against some styles. I have no doubts that prime Larry Holmes would completely outclass prime Lewis, beat him up and knock him out in the late rounds, while Wlad would be much more competetive against Holmes (but would still lose).

Wlad would shit himself if lewis attacked him like in the grant fight.

[caldo2025]

Lennox had twice skills that Wlad ever had. Not even close in my mind between the two. Lennox jab was a jackhammer and he could throw the right hand from so many angles. It would be a horrible fight in my opinion and if i'm Lennox, i'm laughing just at the thought.

[Ian1973]

I'm not sure Lennox was quite as good as some make him out to be.

This is a man who got knocked out by Hasim Rahman and Oliver McCall. He was also behind on all three cards against Vitali and only won on cuts. Cuts is about the most unsatisfactory way for any fight to end.

He was very good don't get wrong but he weren't out of this world.

[Ian1973]

Mismatch.

Not at all, it would've been a good, close contest.

[CaptainSpacerod]

I'm not sure Lennox was quite as good as some make him out to be.

This is a man who got knocked out by Hasim Rahman and Oliver McCall. He was also behind on all three cards against Vitali and only won on cuts. Cuts is about the most unsatisfactory way for any fight to end.

He was very good don't get wrong but he weren't out of this world.

Mitigating factors v Vitali though ?

Motivation issues, long time out of the ring etc

[Ian1973]

I'm not sure Lennox was quite as good as some make him out to be.

This is a man who got knocked out by Hasim Rahman and Oliver McCall. He was also behind on all three cards against Vitali and only won on cuts. Cuts is about the most unsatisfactory way for any fight to end.

He was very good don't get wrong but he weren't out of this world.

Mitigating factors v Vitali though ?

Motivation issues, long time out of the ring etc

Possibly. None of us are privy to everything that goes on in camps etc. We can only really judge on what we see in the ring.

[zorndeslammes]

This was an interesting looking fight in 2001, but I sense like a lot of other people that Lewis by KO/Murder is the correct assumption to make given how Wladimir's career played out.

[Boxing Writer]

I'm not sure Lennox was quite as good as some make him out to be.

This is a man who got knocked out by Hasim Rahman and Oliver McCall. He was also behind on all three cards against Vitali and only won on cuts. Cuts is about the most unsatisfactory way for any fight to end.

He was very good don't get wrong but he weren't out of this world.