Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Your picks ,please.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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A toss up for me. I can see a victory on both sides.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Norton by decision. He'd take away Lennox jab and crowd him, also Lennox is vulnerable to overhand rights.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Onetimeonly wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 14:55 Norton by decision. He'd take away Lennox jab and crowd him, also Lennox is vulnerable to overhand rights.
Even with that, I think Lennox would take his head off on the inside with his right uppercut. I just got off binge watching Lennox and when he was on it's hard for me to picture anyone beating him.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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oogiebe wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:00
Onetimeonly wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 14:55 Norton by decision. He'd take away Lennox jab and crowd him, also Lennox is vulnerable to overhand rights.
Even with that, I think Lennox would take his head off on the inside with his right uppercut. I just got off binge watching Lennox and when he was on it's hard for me to picture anyone beating him.
Great fighter, I definitely don't share that opinion.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Onetimeonly wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:02
oogiebe wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:00
Even with that, I think Lennox would take his head off on the inside with his right uppercut. I just got off binge watching Lennox and when he was on it's hard for me to picture anyone beating him.
Great fighter, I definitely don't share that opinion.
Fair enough. Not the first time and not the last! :OhYes:
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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oogiebe wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:03
Onetimeonly wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:02

Great fighter, I definitely don't share that opinion.
Fair enough. Not the first time and not the last! :OhYes:
I don't see how he beats a prime holy field.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Onetimeonly wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:04
oogiebe wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:03
Fair enough. Not the first time and not the last! :OhYes:
I don't see how he beats a prime holy field.
I do. Prime Holy would have forced more exchanges which would be what Lewis would do well with considering his power. Lewis was too tentative in the two fights, even though I thought he won both. Clearly that wasn't prime holy.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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oogiebe wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:12
Onetimeonly wrote: 11 Aug 2019, 15:04

I don't see how he beats a prime holy field.
I do. Prime Holy would have forced more exchanges which would be what Lewis would do well with considering his power. Lewis was too tentative in the two fights, even though I thought he won both. Clearly that wasn't prime holy.
Evander might be the greatest counterpuncher in heavyweight history, exchanging with him is a losing proposition for Lennox. That's why he fought cautiously, he had to.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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LEWIS POINTS
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Lewis kos Norton. Norton could jab but he's gonna get hit and Lewis' power in his right hand was better than Holmes' and Ali's. At some point , Lewis nails him and finishes Norton.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Lennox by KO
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Lewis by KO. Norton could be a problem, but Lewis had the skills to adapt and the punching power, punch delivering abilities to reach Norton's shaky chin.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Lewis by 10th round TKO, close fight.
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Re: Heavyweights : Ken Norton vs. Lennox Lewis

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Brutal knockout win for Lewis.
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