Lennox Lewis Opens Up About About His Relationship With Mike Tyson + Being An Undisputed Champion! 

He lost to tomato cans lel

By accident

He’s way better than Tyson

He's better than gypsy clown. Lennox and Joshua are both calm and decent kind of fighter in and out of the ring

@@carlobiendeluna8362 Lennox Lewis is a FARRR better boxer AND a farrr better 'human being' than Joshua. Fact! Why? Because Joshua has 'chosen' to convert to an ideology that is THE most racist, most intolerant,most vile on the face of this planet. So Please, DONT put Joshua on the same pedestal as Lennox. THAT would be a true insult to him.

@@carlobiendeluna8362 joshua is a bum fury is a proper fighter, that being said lennox beats both

He and Floyd Patterson are still the only 2 time Lenial Heavyweight champions of all time. Ali is the only three time one and so yeah, Lennox was extremely good. He definitely added a notch with changing the game.

Mike has good speech too. To early to tell. It might take another 10 years before any brain damage show up.

Young Scato thanks

Thankyou, thats wat i came here for lol

Lolz my man that's what where here for, thanks.

Thanks for that... Nice little story. Interesting the way these guys meet or see each other around, treat each other well, even share dinner tables, chit chat, talk to each others coaches, etc. We only see the nasty public rivalry.

thank ya

He still IS a gentleman! 😊

Bradley Robinson well said man

The 1990's were the worst ten years of heavyweight boxing I have ever seen in six decades of watching boxing.

Mid 80s to early 90s was great HW era. Lewis, Bowe, Holyfield and Tyson. Lewis was the best of the four. It’s too bad. He gets no credit or respect for that either. He’s the most under appreciated HW Champion ever.

@@harveypratt995 because Lennox Lewis is not American and he has beat the top American boxers at the time he was champ

@@coryburns834 exactly and I'm American. I don't care where a fighter comes from. I want to see the best and credit should be given no matter where they come from.

Absolutely agree. Right

brett clark Holyfield, Tyson, Foreman all also can still speak coherently

Yomommatittynipple Holyfield definitely fucking can't.

Nelson Mongare Wutchu mean watch any of his recent interviews hell yeah he can talk

***** No, no he can't. He is extremely incoherent 50% of the time.

That’s false

@@adjustdafacts who was the best of his era then?

He had a few flaws in the early 90s. But he was definitely the best a year or so after he lost to McCall and ironed-out his flaws, and stayed there for at least 5 years.

He wasn't always so humble.

George Foreman aswell, when you hear him talk you'd never believe he was a boxer with 80 plus fights behind him

Klitschko beat Lewis , AJ beat Klitschko, pretty damn sure Tyson would annihilate AJ , but then we had Frazer giving Ali a whooping and foreman beating up Frazer and Ali beating foreman.

@@ghengisnghe Klitschko never beat Lewis. Lewis won, and retired undisputed.

@@ogreaggressuv Almost correct. He didn't have the WBA, he was stripped of it before the Grant fight, so technically he didn't retire undisputed

Very intelligent. Boxers are smarter in England. They have more class.

Had they fought in 1989 when Lewis became pro, Tyson would have snuffed him in 2 rounds.

I have seen Larry Holmes's jab which are considered the best jab of all time. But Wladimir Klitschko's jab is more powerful; it can shake opponents.

scott sanders obv it matters because Tyson wasn’t in his prime

U dumbass spinks ruddock trever frank bruno these guys were Aplus fighters

Guy Sky but Tyson was bad, at his peak even sugar Ray Robinson or Ali would have scared to fight him

@@forfreedom2786 always people making excuses for Mike Tyson excuses like that won't make him one of the greatest

Cory Burns Mike Tyson is one of the greatest put 20 year old Mike Tyson against 20 year old Lenox Lewis and Mike would have smashed him. Mike Tyson was way of his prime when he fought Lenox Lewis. Also Muhamed Ali is better than Lenox Lewis.

Absolutely true.

Naseem Hamed was... he was a mere 2nd spot and happy with it..

@@volkanardic9663 different weights, i meant Heavyweight but I’ll agree with that.

@@MarcusTDM thank you brother, I agree with you too, and both class, nice gentlemen... Almost Businessmen with gloves on 😆😄

WLS another uninformed ignorant shit head! What's your point?! Lewis's generation was the late 90's - 2000s Tysons was the 80s and some of the 90s! But really the late 80s Tysons reign was 86-88! ...Unbeatable! Tyson then self-destructed and then did four years in prison. came out in fot Louis 7 years after that! Lol! What are you comparing?!

Lewis and Tyson are the same age they also know each other since the mid eighties and they sparred together as amateur of course they're part of the same generation.

FunnySnaps 16' you the stupid person. Who did mike ever beat? He only has one hof on his record and that's an old Larry Holmes who hadn't faught in two years and ten years older than mike. Lewis resume speaks for itself. He would never have lost to a class buster Douglas

Wtf Truu stupid bitch boy!.... doesn't matter who the fuck he fought! That's the people who were around in that era! There were a lot of guys that could beat guys from the 90s! Old Larry Holmes beat ray Mercer and almost won a decision against Holyfield! ...Beat Ruddock twece! He was big time!.. Spinks is hof! Took him out in 90 seconds an undefeated! Biggs Tucker Berbick these these were all really good fighters! And he steamrolled them! (Besides tucker) but 1 every round!... That's why it doesn't matter! just look what he did and how he did it! This is why Tyson is so big! even today and so iconic! Most exciting and relevant fighter ever! Ali too! 1&2! ..... as far as Douglas he never should've took that fight! He wasn't in the right state of mind he did not train he partied his ass off had a disaster for a life, the wheels are off the track because of Robin all because of Robin and king!... surrounded with yes-man it's a fact he did not train he did not take Douglas serious at ALL! And Douglas was very motivated because his mom died and that was marvelous performance by him!.. never has he ever looked so good!.. before or cents! The matter how good Douglas was 86-88 Mike Tyson takes him out in five!

JL did you just Shannon Biggs and micheal spinks? Spinks was a natural light heavyweight who moved up. He was no natural heavyweight. As for Biggs tucker, those where all gate keepers who lost to any top level for fighters. I will give it to you.tyson could beat up bums the quickest out of all the top heavyweights. But he was no match for Lewis or Holyfield. Who were both older than him, so all that over the hill shit goes out the window. Yeah he went to prison but so did Hopkins, shit Ali was banned for three years. And they all came out strong. Mike fought bums and lost to the two top talents of his generation. Mike didn't even make the Olympics. He wasn't good enough. When it's all said and done. Numbers don't lie, and Lewis has the best names and the best record

Boxing is just as much about thinking as it is about throwing punches. If you don't have a sharp mind, you will not realize your full potential.

+Nick Summa So true

Prime Tyson beats him, Vitali klitchko beat him and deontay wilder would beat him in his prime.

Yo lennox would school wilder smh

Ali would have been too quick for even Lennox and Tyson. And both Tyson and Lennox will say it themselves.

@@Incognito.browne that's a bunch of bs, tyson is like a genetically superior joe Frazier far greater abilities but at the same time hes no where near as durable or gritty, it would be interesting to watch them although I'm fairly certain ali would win. Lennox lewis and Muhammad ali would have been epic.

@@mikejones3863 Vitali Klitschko did not beat Lennox! It was stopped because Vitali's face looked like ground beef after Lennox popped him.

Redzuan Mohd he's quite arrogant actually..

Jonathan Emmanuel he is arrogant but has pretty good reason to be

huh?!!! how can u have a reason to be arrogant...either you are as a person or you aren't. ffs.

humble ???? are you his lover or something ?

It would be a good fight just dont say that the fat coke head Lewis fought was the real Tyon

Most of those fighters you named were passed their prime.

very true. Still wish it happened tho. Would've been an awesome fight.

bigal Well Lewis was older than Tyson in their fight, i know he had a more energy conserving style, so his prime was a bit longer, but I would say lewis was also past his prime in the Tyson fight.

Ivar Simonsson Lewis was in his prime at the Tyson fight, he was a much better boxer at later ages because if his fighting style, whereas Tyson relied on speed and that goes away when 30+ if Tyson was in his prime he would been able to duck punches and go in for the uppercuts, Lewis was ducking him in the late80s by staying in the Olympics even though he could have went full professional

bigal for sure

Lewis was not only older than Tyson, but he beat him so easily. TBH when Tyson fought great fighters he got stopped. (Holmes was ancient and coming out of retirement, so i don't count him as a great fighter when he fought Tyson). Mike Tyson is very overrated. Who did he beat?

AJ has the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO. and He will beat Wilder for the WBC and be Undisputed in his 20s.

IBO is mickey mouse I knew that. its why I mentioned it last, lol. sure its possible he can get beat, I honestly feel confident that he wins in 5 or 6 rounds.

Joshua got all the belts in one fight. and Tyson fought for every belt. then there were only three belts

@@sergeyy-ber no he didn't

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Joey O'D tyson would win with one arm behind his back in his prime

When Tyson fought great fighters he got stopped. Lewis was levels above Tyson.

Different upbringings, drugs etc can mess with you.

Lol hell yeah.I like that jab.

Random Tv Right. His safety first approach to boxing was really nice!

Random Tv stop sucking up to this over hyped poor man. His pay check means nothing literally if you're aware of money paper money has no value what so ever because Lewis is the dumbest man ever laughing at the tax man tax what the notes you have written up as blank checks and consider that as valuable a piece of designed paper is not value-based money it's currency not money he's not rich he's a puppet to be fed to the media

FakeAceDisgrace you're boundless submission to living blindly is devastating for America as a whole

Yeah

He was the best knockout artist of all time but he lost his love for the art.

Never did it when he fought Lewis for the titles though.

Graham Taylor he didn’t care at that point he did it for the money cause he was in debt and begged for a rematch cause his debt was so bad plus he retired in 2005 the fight was in 2002 in his 20’s was back in the 80’s where his mind was right

Kaiden Lo Tyson not having cash or not being right in is head is not the fault of Lewis.

Easy Grin yeah but Lewis got knocked out cold twice in his prime by two club fighters. Lewis’s chin was his biggest and may of been his only weakness

Tyson in his prime actually knocked Lewis out for 5 min which was confirmed by Cus Damato their coach

@@krishanmenon420 right on sure would have

alb 77 Exactly

That was the problem though. Tyson's peak lasted 3 to 4 years while Lennox's lasted 10+.

Dude lewis is older than Tyson ☝🏿

Joe Marshall Would've been a slaughter

Mezo Riccio nahhhhhhh Tyson

True! And evander.

@@krishanmenon420 Nah, Ali.

I agree but people don't like him coz he fought with his brain ,not his heart.

Silver in 1984❓❓❓

Have you ever listened to the Juanepstein podcast with him and Cipha Sounds? When they do their own thing and talk hip hop without being limited on hot97 it's a very entertaining experience. Peters knowledge on hip hop is astounding.

I don't like his point of view on a lot of things hip hop. Like his obsession with TDE and Kendrick. I find him annoying during Hip Hop convos for some reason.

I'm referring to his knowledge of older hip hop. I think his obsession of Kendrick is based on the fact that he's the been the most conscious rapper to have such huge commercial success in a very long time.

Century SAM true

Lewis is older than tyson

Prime Tyson fought never Someone the caliber of prime Lewis or Holyfield. If, nobody would speak about Tyson anymore!

I’m a huge fan of Mike Tyson but I don’t think it would have been any different. Lennox was too big and strong - Think back to prime Mike Tyson against Tony Tucker - Tyson won but not only did he not knock Tucker down, it didn’t even look like he would knock him down. Tyson was the MOST EXCITING fighter of the modern era- In fact, Tyson was arguably the most exciting ever but Lennox was a better Boxer and a bad match up for Tyson. What you don’t see behind the scenes is that these guys, Tyson and Lennox, Tyson and Holyfield had all in fact sparred in their younger days and both Holyfield and Lennox handled Tyson okay. It is a wonder why they did not get their shot at Tyson earlier.

@@gongylophis7078 mike spinks was pretty good before mike obliterated him

@@goldenDropBear Spinks was a blown up middleweight, he was beaten before the fight had started.

What about Muhammad Ali

lXDIEDXTRYING rocky was da champ he beat Ivan drago he beat that other guy Mr t played he took a brick to the face and a shovel to the temple and just kept walking through it to devastate his attacker rocky Balboa da best to Eva do it put any boxer up against Balboa he spanking them it don't matter than can stab his neck wide open he's walking through it to decapitate whoever it is attacking him you can throw him into a furnace and he'll punch out of it one punch than tear through it and knock out the referee Balboa nobody can it do it better ha ha

The salt mines of America...

Wed never uly know that because of the rape incarceration

Adrian Tyson was the best, Lenox isn't as good

To be great first you have to beat great. When Tyson fought great fighters he got stopped. His best wins were over a geriatric Holmes coming out of retirement and former Light Heavyweight Champ Spinks. All you have to do to shut these fanboys up is ask the question: Who did he beat?

You sir must know a thing or two about boxing.

Thread revival but Lewis would have needed to survive the first six rounds before his jab would have dominated. Tyson was awesome at stopping inside against bigger men and I think there's a strong chance he'd have tagged Lewis within those first six rounds.

No it was one of his last 4 fights, he fought Etienne, Williams and McBride after Lewis. And Lewis had just one fight after Tyson, against Vitali Klitschko.

Jason Phillips yeah but he lost 3 of the last 4. obviously washed up. Not saying it was a sure thing earlier. It basically would've boiled down to if Mike could've found his chin in time but Mike was much more efficient at finding their chin early in his career but still a toss up

Checkers Lane The Tyson fights was one of Lennox's last 2 fights. Lennox was obviously washed up.

Yet Lewis will never ever admit this. Every time he gets behind the microphone, even to this day, he is still trying to talk people into believing that he deserves a better place in pugilistic history. This tells me that on some level, he knows that he didn't do enough in the ring to go down as one of the all time greats.

epaulk1969 ohh please his among the all time greats. Only a casual would say otherwise

@West coast Dre When training for amateurs, that was before he was 19. More like 15 or so.

West coast Dre .....correct. Lennox Lewis was out for 5 minutes. Joe Egan conformed it when he gave a first hand account.

Thx for slipping m8y

So were they..

Classic things losers say. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, pathetic. If you only want money, don't get in the ring. You can play what if games all day, bottom line, Lewis beat em all, no matter the shape. Step off

Tyson is GOAT

Persian Life SMH LoL

Never!! Tyson is the greatest ever!

Your right.... his above it ahahahaahhha

To be fair, people were ducking Lewis after the Ruddock fight. King admittedly kept Tyson away from him in the 90s (though Tyson was already an unmotivated paycheck fighter at that point), Bowe gave up his title rather than fight him and really, Lewis was pretty easy to duck. He wasn't box office and he got knocked out by McCall. Nobody was screaming out to watch a Lewis fight. Took him years to get back allowed back into the top tier - couldn't get a fight with Holyfied until 1999. But then charisma matters and he can't blame anyone else that he didn't have it.

Delbert Delbert yeah that's a little ridiculous to say he wasn't undisputed when the only belt he didn't have was his brother's. Then again if they did fight I'm pretty sure big brother would be undisputed champ