Don’t forget Lennox was getting to the end of his career as well

He’s saying, Tyson loved to party, Lewis loved to fight. Your problem when you come in the ring underdone.

Meh excuses, hes just humble.

Everyone knew that at the time so it’s hard to deny it

@BlibberBlabber2024lol, tyson lover baiting.

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Lol what? It goes about as deep as the superficial saying itself. It's a well composed sentence but there's nothing "deep" about it.

What's deep about it ??

@@tinkywinky4449Right because deep people provoke arguments over nothing. Lol

Took the words RIGHT out of my mouth!!!!

Lennox has always struck me as wise beyond his years.

I would've loved to see Lennox vs Mike in 1990... even tho Mike was already declining due to drugs and partying it'd still be a banger.

Real Tyson would beat him

​@@Ilias24.Not a chance, Tyson never beat any top class fighters, he was the most over hyped fighter ever

​@@chiefslim9353 over hyped?!?! Ha you must be a smoker

Yep, his life has been a real rollercoaster ride, with huge highs and even bigger lows.

He's a convicted rapist 🙈

Mike was my dad's favorite, I can see why, as I get older I can resonate with his anger and pain and evolving into a better, greater human being. 💯🙏🏻📜

Yup, love that about tyson, hes done what very few people could do and that is to basically flip the script and completely change his reputation, he's a great man who has conquered some serious demons and i have all the love in the world for him because of it

PFFFFFFFFF AHAHAHAHHAHAA

And Intelligent , rare in boxers

Tyson is coward bully.

​@@Matriarchy_Feminismdon't know how u can call the man a coward after fighting people like Lennox.

@@Frank.and.Beanzz He didn't want to fight Lennox. Not fought a lot great boxers of the generation. He badly bullied a lot of weak, unknown boxers, also the old grandpas like Holmes, who was away from the sports for more than 2years. He never wanted to fight George Foreman. Undoubtedly, he was pure evil coward bully boxer. Lennox humbled him. Even, Tyson said that after the fight.

@@Matriarchy_Feminism u said he didn't want to fight Lewis. But yet he did fight him. But yet he's a coward. 🤔🤔

In this instance i agree with you. Normal Lennox is a big time hater that shows no love. So this is a refreshing video

​@@kingdt903Lennox isnt a hater, the american boxing fans are, they cant handle it that maybe the GOAT HW or at minimum top 5 of all time was a british,/canadian. Lewis would get more respect from the US boxing media if he let Holyfield beat him lol.

@@FunFunFun120 I’m not American. So I’m not getting his haterade tendencies from American media. It’s from his interviews and what he says about young fighters. He never really bigs anyone up. Even though this is not even his generation. He is like the boxing version of Charles Barkley. A bitter old man even though as you said he was the best at one point. That’s what truly makes him a hater. He had his shine but can’t let anyone else shine

@@FunFunFun120 plus all the hater comments he gets is from people in the UK. Americans only know him from the Tyson fight

Lennox humbled tytson

Yeah lennox is a great boxer but respect to say this not many or any would say this thats for sure

Tbf Lennox was also at the end of his twilight years. He’s older than Tyson

​@@nashbullet3213shhh... the fan boys don't like facts

​@@nashbullet3213yeah but tyson relied on his quickness speed and stamina which he doesnt have anymore, lennox older but relied on his length reach not much on athleticism.

@@truthtruth9056 Lennox Lewis wasn’t exactly known for his athleticism though

Yep, that's why I highly respect him, no trash talk, slagging off other fighters, he's not flashy in any way.

He called Riddick Bowe Chicken Bowe because Riddick refused to fight him he also called Johnny Ruiz Rosie Ruiz

@@RmBastable does that sound like trash talk to you? Part of boxing is entertainment part grand standing and this sounds like trash talk to you? Bruh, cry to mommy now don't be so sensitive

I'm reading These comments and getting a whole new view on lennox.. Thanks guys

@@RmBastable "Ridiculous" Bowe. 🤣

It's not taking anything away from Louis just to State the fact that Tyson wasn't at his best

Of course not. I think Lennox was probably one of the greatest heavyweights all time. And my dad swears by Ali. But whenever I mention Lennox. My dad actually agrees with me. And say. Yeah I I think Lennox would of done well against all the greatest

Absolutely and it's 50/50 if mike was in his prime

Why'd you bring this up when Lennox is saying that Tyson wasn't at his best?Moot point.

​@@jimmybaldwin737Ali would have found a way.

Don't even mention lewis in the same breath with IRON MIKE.

​@@mr.hansholmes2367They shared the ring and Lewis beat the snot out of Tyson

Lewis is by far the better boxer​@@mr.hansholmes2367

@@SuperMontstaAs Lewis acknowledged and admitted, the Tyson he beat wasn’t the same fighter AFTER serving yrs in prison . Who would be? You must’ve got the snot beaten out of you to not comprehend that.

@@rickywilliams712 You mentioned them in the same breath, as did I. Something first dude said not to do. Tyson bit Holyfields ear off AFTER prison. Can't say he didn't have aggressiveness and fight in him after prison. He won multiple fights, only struggling against Holyfield. Aggressive enough to foul opponents, bite them. The fight against Golota 1.5 gears prior, Tyson beat Golota like a dog.

dude its insane. Dude is universally loved now. The poor guy just wanted peace and happiness.

So true, i mean who else is there?

He's a convicted rapist just saying ​@@cmoney1928

​@@koeoperations1938Johnny Depp possibly? But ya it is crazy.

​@@koeoperations1938Robert Downey JR I suppose.

It’s not humble. He is just stating the obvious. As he would sound foolish to say otherwise

He's just stating the obvious, and he's not saying that he wouldn't beat prime Tyson lmao, he absolutely believes ( knows ) he would.

Which is humble in itself. ​@@jrsmith1998

Which one? Link?

That was the post fight interview for the Kevin McBride fight, not when he fought Lewis.

Also if fought/sparred young Mike as teenagers with Cus there Yelling they gonna meet in the future.

Life does that to everyone. Sometimes it takes pain to make the brain a little smarter.

To be fair he fought Lewis in 2002. The wheels started falling off of Tyson's career way back in the late 80's. Spinks was his last truly great fight and that was 88. People don't realize that the dominant Tyson period they all talk about was only a few years. It really started when he knocked out Berbick in the second round and became the WBC champ. Some even argue as soon as he beat Berbick he started slipping. Then he faced the other two world champs James Smith and Tony Tucker but they actually took Tyson the full 12 rounds and exposed him a little. Then he beat Tyrell Biggs, Tony Tubbs, Frank Bruno and a 38 year old Larry Holmes. Then he obliterated Spinks and it was kind of over from then. About two and a half years beating mostly average fighters. By the time he fought Lewis he was totally washed up. He only fought three more times after Lewis and lost two of them to absolute nobodies.

Correct, from 88 he never fought that way again once his youth left him. From 95 took MT seven years to eventually fight Lewis, after paying him step aside. Compare their CVs, but I'll say again MT had phenomenal style 86/7/88 At 38 he never fought the no 1 he chose low grades McNeely Mathis McBride. ​@@SonnyK248

Facts

Which one was more terrifying in person?

@shawnperri8825 Both were super nice and humble. Down to earth guys. Mike even sent a postcard thanking us for taking care of a small issue.

@@shawnperri8825 i met mike in Austin tx hes a sweet lovely guy in person im cancerian hes cancerian us ♋️ people are nice but we do have boundaries we will bite if you cross us 😂

​@@greatestever7623 Astrology is fake.

Top 3 heavyweight of all time

@@raasputin agreed. That size, jab, movement and ring IQ was goat status

@@whylook903 he had a beautiful jab. Best jab along with Larry Holmes in my opinion.

Underrated how? Stop with the BS “underrated” comments. What does that even mean? How did you poll that?

Last undisputed Heavyweight...

Yes & no Lennox was an all time great & peaked later than Tyson. Tyson had a short peak at young age and was over rated Tyson had lost twice to Holyfield 5 years before this and was past it. Lennox was heavy favorite If they fought 10 years before that 60 percent Lennox & 40 percent Tyson Lennox was huge heavy weight (at the time ) vs likes of Tyson & Holyfield 6 5 & 250 They were not as many big guys at the top like today …

@@reddevil6585 your wrote a hole comment about nothing , there is nothing in my comment up for debate so yes or no doesn’t apply , Lewis is humble , the 2 of them are gladiators!

Name one fight that should of happened that didnt,,,,,, mike Tyson vs david Tua

​@@Insert.anger50I agree with you there.. what a fight that wouldve been!

Lewis was just being nice. Anyone who knows a thing or two about boxing would say that Lewis would’ve beaten any version of Tyson.

Agreed

He's a convicted rapist 🤡

That's why l get mad when people don't believe him when he says he's innocent of rape🐣™️💯

@@victorporter1970he’s a convicted rapist and he regularly beat his girlfriend Robin givens. I’m sure he’s honest about boxing. Probably less likely to be honest when he’s facing jail time.

​@@stereotypea123hater. Tyson was set up. The girls knew they could hit him up for money so they did. He got hustled because he didn't understand love.

I think 🤔 a peak Tyson would have won

Exactly 💯! Class

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Actually if he had stayed with Rooney and Jacobs he would have stayed the Tyson that stormed through the heavyweight division of the 80’s. Once he fired Rooney his training went down the toilet and he went from the best counter puncher of all time to strictly a power puncher. This did not happen completely until his release from prison in ‘95 in this fight with ruddick in ‘91 there were glimmers of the bobbing and weaving. The other big factor was signing Don King as his manager, Don used Mike for money and didn’t care about his well-being as a fighter or person as Jacobs and Clayton had during his first years. Had Mike stayed with the crew he beat Spinks with I personally think he would’ve been better than Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 possibly even better than Floyd 50-0 but he definitely would not have lost to Buster Douglas or Holyfield.

Right the people who fooked tyson was Robin .and Don king plus Desiree. the girl who Stitched him up

​@@michaelriggio1675 watching tyson live on ppv was quite amazing in the 80s

Mike was just another black money cow for Cus nothing more nothing less… you whites have showed us for over 500 years what you think of us

I’m also of the belief that a prime Tyson would’ve beat Lennox. Holyfield on the other hand I firmly believe would’ve handled Tyson at any point in Tysons career.

@@sonnyblack0870 Agreed

The thing is though, Lewis was older in HIS prime. Their primes didn't line up. I think prime Lewis stands a decent chance against prime Tyson actually. Of the heavyweight era of the 90s, he beat all the greats except Riddick Bowe who ducked him. Including an older Tyson. The two losses Lewis had, he avenged them.

​@@sonnyblack0870what exactly are you basing that on? Buster Douglas beat Tyson in his prime but you don't think Lewis could have? You do realize this wasn't an old lion young lion affair right? Lewis is older than Tyson.

​@@perman07the thing about that though, is the avenging of his one loss came at the hands of his oppents nervous breakdown in the ring.

💯percent! 🎯🎯🎯

Absolutely. But Lennox has the heart to keep fighting. Tyson didn't so that's the difference. Both fighters legends.

Mike was a rare specimen who had an early prime it's sad how disrespectful some are towards the guy without looking at his history as a reason for the down fall

@jgadventures4161 It's not so much the fact that he had an early prime, more that he peaked early but couldn't maintain his prime. He couldn't maintain a proper fighters' lifestyle, especially once the manager Cus had entrusted with Mike passed and Don King took full control of his career. Mike allowed himself to slip down a rabbit hole, which led to excessive alcohol and drugs, etc. If he was able to put a better team around him and maintain his discipline, who knows how long his run would've gone.

@ep8u that's a great insight it's a shame cus wasn't able to set up a way to keep Mike grounded he was always troubled but the old man kept him grounded

Go to jail during your prime after being lied on and your money taken and image shyt on and the world knows you are innocent and then come out and see how long it takes you to get the fighting rage back

Till Jake Paul showed up 💀

Tired......he just added more excuses.

Well....he was never the same from 89...as his youth left him. He avoided too many then top fighters to be classed as Great, but certainly a great style when he was 18/22.

In my view zLennox has the toughest resume in boxing history. Briggs, Mercer, Holyfield, Grant, Hassim, Morrison, Ruddock. Avenged every loss and dodged no one

@geraldfriend256 he dodged Tyson and Holyfield in their prime. He was there all during those days but chose to stay off the radar, fighting mostly in England. He didn't start beating his chest until Holy was old, Mike was way past it years after prison. He was good, but if he had stepped up in the late 80s,.or even early 90s before prison, when Mike was really doing it, he would have been another Big man down early.

​@@gatekeepercreative good onya mate. The only one honest enough to say it.

​@gatekeepercreative Lewis was still in the amateurs/Olympics when Tyson was at his peak. He pressed hard to fight Mike Tyson for the WBC in 96, forcing Don King to pay him £4 million step aside money promising that the Tyson-Lewis fight would be more lucrarive after Tyson beats Holyfield and becomes undisputed champion. Unfortunately this is how boxing politics typically unfolds. Don't forget he also wanted to challenge Bowe in 94 but Bowe threw the belt in the bin instead. It was mostly champions avoiding Lewis and not the other way round. With regards to Holyfield, Evander wasn't seen as a big deal fight until Holyfield had beaten Mike and Lewis happily stepped up.

You must've been watching cartoons. Tyson always ducked him and George Foreman.​@@gatekeepercreative

He peaked early also bc he wasn’t fighting great boxer at that time

​@@hanayama5965please elaborate

Lewis has been beaten

😂 Was ko'd by Mcall

Oliver McCall knocked him out and took his belt in 1994. Oliver McCall was one of Tyson's sparring partners before that. Lennox is an all-time great boxer, but he was not undefeated.

Also Rahiem Rahman sparked him out clean

OliverL McCall displayed check left hook on Lennex

I remember that. I haven't been able to find it for years. Do you know where I could find it please?

@@Firefoxtony I can’t find it either. Maybe I was wrong and he said he can’t let his ego get to him. Welp guess I gotta watch all the Tyson JREs. Darn. If I find it I’ll update this.

@ChairManOfTheBooored yeah he said something like that. I swear he said he had gene therapy and that's what made him wanna fight in a later episode? I swear I heard him say that but I can't find it? Thanks man

The beast is an old man who sometimes needs a wheelchair and cane and smokes a ton of weed

Man..

I'm 46 my MSN, father of 2, husband, have boxed for 34 years, and just want to be left alone and be a good person, but idiots are everywhere. It's very frustrating. Hope you're doing well.

I understand that completely brother. Same situation with me and my sister and her husband. I was stomping his head into the pavement. But no matter what I did to this dude he would not stop putting his hands on her.

No chance.

@@bottomendbliss fym “no chance” he literally proved in the tyson fight how to demilitarise the peek a boo style 😂 i would love to debate you on this

@@steps47375 Youre dreaming. He didnt prove anything. He fought a washed up past his prime Tyson. He admitted this, which is honest of him, what is accepted by anyone who is educated about boxing. But yeah keep going. Keep repeating this nonsense to yourself.

@@bottomendbliss you are so delusional 💀 lennox is older than tyson. P4P, prime for prime lennox dismantles him in every way. i got lennox winning prime for prime 9/10 with mike tyson having a punchers chance

@@bottomendblissthen why on earth mine side paid him 4 000 000$ and begged Lennox to not beat the shit out of prime Mike?

Dude, Lewis got knocked the FK out by two weak dudes… Lewis is a great fighter, I got mad respect for him, but even he just admitted he didn’t fight the animal Tyson. Holy field didn’t get the animal Tyson either. Holyfield got post prison Tyson. Lewis got post suspension Tyson… the weakest Tyson of them all. 😂😂😂 they all peaked at different times. Animal Tyson was world heavyweight champion at 20 years young… then his (boxing) father died and that fked him up. Holyfield started to rise.gained the title and lost it. Iron Mike got out of jail and regained the title, Holyfield took it. During that time, lewis was rising and got knocked the fk out by a weak dude. Regain his little title then fought to a draw with Holyfield. Won the second fight. Got knocked the fkin out by some weak dude. Regained the title and finally beat an old no hearted iron Mike. Holyfield beat the great Big George Foreman. That to me is the most impressive victory of all three of those fighters. Iron Mike Knocking the Iron chinned Larry Holmes the fk out was a really close second. Holyfield beat him too by not in the same impressive fashion. Mike Evander and Lennox are all about equal in terms of greatness, but Iron Mike is the most legendary. Becoming heavy weight champion at 20 in such devastating style… knocking out an undefeated champion to unify the belts, knocking out the unknockoutable Larry Holmes, almost killing marvis Frasier in 30 seconds… if Holyfield and lewis fought that Tyson, they’d have been knocked the fk out too… I rank Evander second because he beat Big George who is a top 5 boxer of all time. And then Lennox lewis. Weird because lewis is the one with the best head to head record against the other two, but context matters. 1) Ali 2) Rocky 3) Louis 4) Big George 5) Tyson 6) Holyfield 7) Lewis 8) Smokin’Joe 9) Larry Holmes 10)Tie: Jack Johnson & Wladimir Klitschko & Tyson Fury

@@goldwolf0606No serious boxing expert puts Tyson all time over Lennox Lewis. That should tell you something, bud. Ain’t reading that sh*t And I mean no boxing expert. Tyson destroyed cans and that’s a fact.

​@@sethboooooi23245 True. Plus he lost to Dougas, Holy (2x), Lewis, Williams, and McBride.

Ali is overrated. There is only one Mike Tyson!!!

Glass jaw Lewis gets kTFoooed against cust dmato kid dynamite that’s what people don’t get iron Mike wasnt the same before the buster fight he was already compromised

Stop it

​@@shunshun4861lol truth hurts

That’s cap on Tyson’s prime his glass jaw @$$ was kept away to not get his O taken Dude your such a PHUCKING casual prime vs prime Tyson makes Lennox Lewis his Bych easy like dude has a glass jaw pls

Mike Tyson paid 4 million to Lewis when he was his mandatory to step aside so he could fight Seldon Tyson promised Lewis a fight after Seldon but instead vacated instead of facing Lewis

​@@junebug231985Exactly

Tyson ducked him

And NOBODY said Lennox wasn’t a great fighter , but somehow that’s what you heard, sounds like your pretty good at making excuses

Tyson was a early bloomer and Lennox was a late bloomer

Tyson was very vulnerable when Cuss died, that's when the vultures started to circle. He was one of the most dedicated and disciplined boxers to bless the square ring. He was obsessed with boxing, it was his life. True that he was an early bloomer but that bloom would have resigned for another 5 years had Cuss not passed. He was surrounded by people who were only there for his money. King and Griffith to name 2. They had a lot to do with his demise. Big ups to Lewis, spoken like a true Champ!

Most real boxing fans know Lennox wouldve always givin Tyson fits Styles make fights & Lewis was a nightmare style for Tyson probably the reason he paid 4 million in 1996 when Lewis was his mandatory then ultimately vacating his belt to yet again duck Lewis

The lack of respect for Lewis is actually insane. Tyson and Lewis are the same age but it's Lewis who is considered the greatest heavyweight of his era. True boxing fans know If Buster Douglas beat Tyson in his prime who has the same style and size as Lewis but inferior in every way then Lewis claps Tyson's cheeks just as easily as he did when they did fight

Lennox was a late bloomer; Mike was a child prodigy who burned out quickly. They sparred as teens so Lennox was never intimidated by Mike. Their primes were different times. Prime vs prime Lewis takes it 8/10 times

This is strange because I was under the impression that most hardcore boxing circles rank Lewis higher?

​@@geraldfriend256💯

Tyson is nowhere near the greatest, I don’t even know where all of that hype came from tbh

100% agree, people act like he can help who he had to fight. He cleaned the division in his prime. Like him or not he was a great boxer

he wasn’t unstoppable in the slightest, he fought a bunch of bums in his prime and padded up his record. best opponents he fought in his prime were either on their way out or aged coming out of retirement

@steps47375 douchrlebags like you is the only thing you can say about him. Tyson fought everybody in the heavyweight division in the time he could. Up to 12 times a year get real dude. Alot of them were nobodies but that's not his fault who was available and who would even get in the ring with him. Holmes is the only one to come outta retirement and wasn't retired long, glad he did cuz he thought he was the best fir beating a Ali that had no reason to be in the ring at there fight. So let's be real here not like Tyson got a mugshot album from the local PD and picked pictures of who he wanted to fight. He fought anyone that would fight. You don't like him fine everyone has a opinion but don't act like he wasn't unstoppable back than

@@steps47375 he was tiny compared to most of them yet they were terrified of him he only got beat in his way out

@@anthonyroberts7928he fought bum lmao his biggest win are a 40yo Holmes and a washed up spink