The Worst Decision In Boxing History! Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield

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[@studlydudly]

When you consider Evander was a Cruiser Weight, what he achieved was remarkable.

[@BF4pawntard]

Steroids helped a lot

[@championsmaterial]

Lennox Lewis in my opinion is the most disrespected great heavyweight we've seen, Larry Holmes being a close second. Great job, once again with providing the back story of both fighters to add context to what we saw in these two fights, and beyond.

[@The_Hitcher_86]

'Prime' Tyson was pre-Douglas Tyson which means pre-Feb 1990 Tyson. Well, Lewis turned pro in June 89 and although he had 7 fights in that 7 month period, by the time Tyson lost in Japan, Lewis was still fightin in leisure centres; untelevised bouts for which he was probably paid about 10 thousand a go. I’d be fascinated to know where a fledgling heavy who was still 7 fights from competing for his first title of any sort got those millions to pay the world heavyweight champion (Tyson) to avoid him!!! Back in 1996, Lewis was on the comeback trail following his shock KO defeat to Oliver McCall, which cost him his WBC heavyweight title. McCall had since lost the belt to Frank Bruno who was then knocked out by Tyson. At this point, Lewis was in line for a shot at his old crown and took legal action to force his opportunity. The New Jersey Supreme Court blocked Tyson’s plan to fight WBA champion Bruce Seldon, insisting that he must first face Lewis As a result, the two camps worked out a deal which saw the Brit receive a payment of $4million to allow Tyson vs Seldon to take place. Ultimately Tyson stopped Seldon in one round, claimed the WBA belt and then vacated the WBC, which Lewis won back in his rematch with McCall. Eventually, when the pair did meet in 2002, Lewis dominated and KOd Tyson. Lennox Lewis was the one everyone wanted to avoid at all cost. He was the the guy they all ducked be it through crooked ranking bodies or promoters protecting their fighters.

[@jameserath4192]

Great comment take, right on the money but Larry holmes's number one just cuz of the Muhammad Ali stuff.. is by far the most underrated every way champ that jab was just something to behold best I've ever seen set up everything and that boy was tough granite chin he would not go down he had it all he was a true heavyweight champ and Lennox was it too but he got more credit than homes Lennox was a bigger household name he seemed like a fighter without a country I think that's what hurt him the most and then finally Britain kind of embraced him.. even though he was Canadian: kind of.

[@rebelliousredneckvlogs]

Holmes disrespected? Forgotten sure, but I don't think disrespected. That would go to Primo Canera, deserved or not

[@seadrifter8975]

@@rebelliousredneckvlogs canera was a specimen of a fighter but lost to any fighter of note at the time.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Do you believe Bowe was scared of Lewis

[@iAintSayDat]

Lewis - Holyfield 1 is the first sporting event I remember watching with my Dad. When the decision was announced he shook his head and explained that unfortunately, boxing is corrupt.

[@chrisshanholtzer6373]

Holyfield was probably the best heavy weight of that time and I’ll tell you why number one he knocked out Buster Douglas in one round he beat Mike Tyson twice he beat George Foreman he beat Riddick Bowe on an avenging he beat Michael Moore have I said lost yet he beaten just about everybody if not the first time the second so in my mind Evander Holyfield was the a pitta me of champion ship courage and material truly a peaceful samurai

[@obi-potobi790]

@@chrisshanholtzer6373 a pitta me..? And Lewis beat him twice, but was robbed of one.

[@nikolaivista920]

@@chrisshanholtzer6373 Holyfield lost TWICE to Bowe. Holyfield was a head butter! There is photos of the car tire around his boxing heavy bag. Holyfield was trained by the same dude who trained Michael Spinks and he admitted to give steroids to both of them. Rogan had a nice podcast about it with Lennox Lewis. Lennox told Rogan about the scar he got from Holyfield intentional headbutt. Dirty fighter! Not in the top 5 of all time heavy weights: Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, Rocky Marciano, & Larry Holmes. So there is that!

[@robertvanpelt8870]

​@@chrisshanholtzer6373

[@nikitamuller1579]

@@nikolaivista920 Im sure every professional boxer is on steroids and especially back in the day. Their physique was crazier than most bodybuilders. Just insane.

[@seniordavidmanderson9232]

Soft spoken Lennox Lewis at his best was the total package and when he fought seriously he was pretty much untouchable. The last undisputed Super Heavyweight champion emerged as cream of the crop against some of the biggest punchers in Heavyweight history.

[@seniordavidmanderson9232]

To whoever is out there reading this message, if you are having a hard time just remember you are not alone and never give up. The person who is reading this message, I wish you success, health, love and happiness.

[@giovannistefano2740]

@@seniordavidmanderson9232 Same to you

[@TFB97]

He put us on the map in the US 🇬🇧😁

[@presleywilliams33]

@@seniordavidmanderson9232 thanks for the encouragement and words of inspiration.

[@obi-potobi790]

@@seniordavidmanderson9232 Thank you.

[@falx94]

The upset loss to Oliver McCall is a prime example of why an excellent trainer will make a fighter the best possible version of themselves compared to an average trainer. Noticing such a tiny detail like the rear hand dropping just slightly whenever Lennox jabbed speaks of an insanely high boxing IQ, but to capitalize on it you also need an excellent fighter who has the ability to take advantage of that opening. A trainer and a fighter like that are a deadly combination.

[@segunfamaye5377]

Right on man

[@ahadmerchant7510]

Iron sharpens iron.

[@tommy2guns220]

Thats just called getting caught cold with a shot it can happen to any fighter

[@genebrooks5824]

Something was dirty about their 2nd fight. I never seen any fighter act like McCall till this day.

[@nemanja3851]

Literally every fighter drops his right hand when he throws jab it's a habit no matter how good you are

[@allenhartley6078]

This was the fight that made me walk away as a boxing fan for over a decade. Admittedly I'm still just a casual fan because of the corruption that is still in the sport today.

[@richardweiler6931]

Probably a lot less corruption than fans like to fantasize. Judges don't always see things the same way. That's why they have 3 of them.

[@peternagy-im4be]

​@richardweiler6931 but in this fight it was blatantly obvious who won. The money was paid. Enough said.

[@bizmonkey007]

Bowe looked so much bigger than Holyfield, especially in the first fight. The Real Deal wasn’t afraid to slug it out with anybody but he was just too damn tough for his own good sometimes.

[@errcoche]

He has ended up a real mess. Last thing I saw was his shambling performance against James Toney. Seemed like he had an entourage telling him he could be champ again, presumably so they could keep sucking at the teat.

[@paulb4687]

He was roided out of his mind. He developed a hole in his heart at one point from PEDs. His name was at Balco just like Barry Bonds.

[@curtevans2551]

@@paulb4687 dam

[@tom2581]

Bowe is such a disappointment though

[@chrisrobinson8339]

@@paulb4687 I never knew or heard that.

[@tedsimon83]

Rhythm boxing said it best; it's supposed to be one champion not four or five and six champions

[@Studentofsweetscience]

Nothing can be done about it though. It's to late. Why should ONE belt owner take all the money? Boxing seems to be growing. If anything I can see one or possibly two more belts being created over the next generation.

[@ragnarok283]

@@Studentofsweetscience Growing? Boxing is dying because of the lack of good competitors. All they do today is ducking each other with years (some never fight one another) and fight 1 or 2 times a year.

[@neneshubby]

Lennox is the last truly great heavyweight. He’d wipe the floor with these guys today.

[@01dirtydirk]

Tyson Fury would wallop him!!

[@capncrunch6209]

Guy was a beast idk how he isn't talked about more.

[@EricTheActor805]

No

[@PigeonPlucker]

@@capncrunch6209 Because he's not American.

[@oddjobtriumph1635]

@@EricTheActor805 yes

[@LissaBroyles]

I've seen many decisions just as bad. Roy Jones in the Olympics. Canelo's "draw" vs GGG that he clearly lost by 5 rounds. Hearns vs Lenard 2. Spinks vs Holmes 2. Pernell Whittaker getting robbed vs Chavez & De La Hoya. Bowe's last fight where he was totally dominated in every round but got a win. Happens constantly.

[@ChipFreeSpace]

I argee. But i saw the 3rd fight now. Canelo won the 3rd fight

[@felicecancellara4524]

And Foreman vs Briggs

[@Will13874]

@@ChipFreeSpace against a 40 year old fighter.

[@ChipFreeSpace]

@@Will13874 indeed but if you can't tell how much better Canelo has gotten since the last fight you're blind. GGG can still bang and he really showed that in the later rounds.

[@Will13874]

@@ChipFreeSpace I saw the same canelo. It's easy to look better against a 40 year old fighter you've fought twice before.

[@OgDj2024]

I miss those days! Boxing has really gone downhill since then and hit rock bottom

[@Roosters-rants1977]

I feel so blessed to live in this time. I'll be 45 next month. I got to watch all of these fights live. Then came the UFC. What a time to be alive for combat sports.

[@mushroomboxing]

I would love to see a breakdown like this for Foreman Vs Briggs -- I'd say it was even worse than this call. Briggs got beat up, and awarded the victory. The folks in charge had just decided it was time for Foreman to retire and stop embarrassing their younger fighters.

[@tng150]

What do you think about the Axel Schulz fight though

[@lowestcommonDenomanator]

Heart breaking loss, especially since I doubt foreman would’ve fought on for very much longer.

[@stuartfilby2358]

I agree. Foreman beat Briggs. Foreman still loses to Lewis in my view but he should have had the chance

[@dt8762]

Being a father of two kids. The most inspirational thing about Holyfied is how his Mother held him accountable and refused to let him ever quit. Even if she had to whoop his ass. Mom created a warrior.

[@HeLIEl]

They don't make "Big Mamas" like that anymore

[@MrCarpen7er]

And a cheater too.

[@oans6162]

@@HeLIEl they do

[@pokerace420]

She would beat him so mercilessly he screamed for Jesus to come down and save him..... we call that abuse

[@dt8762]

@@pokerace420 That's the problem with our youth. They don't cry out to Jesus and disrespect their parents.

[@newgunguy4176]

Foreman getting ROBBED against Briggs is the worst one I've seen.

[@seancrawford1422]

Sugar Ray Leonard & Tommy hearns 2. Tommy put Leonard on his azz two times, that a 10 -8 round. And they called the fight a draw.

[@markdavid4897]

Lewis really won both fights.

[@BoxingFightsByGaryWilson]

Yes, the second fight was close but Lewis was a clear winner first time around.

[@eetfuk3571]

@@BoxingFightsByGaryWilson Holyfield knew he lost the first fight that's why he actually tried harder in 2nd but Lewis was just too good.

[@chrisrobinson8339]

Lewis didn't go for the knockout enough in the first fight. That said. Lewis still should've won.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Great documentary, thanks. Loved watching these fights live. We were cheering for Lewis but we were all huge fans of Holyfield too.

[@chrisortiz8072]

You got to wonder what that man was going through that he broke down in the ring.

[@efraincarrera8395]

Lennox Lewis is one of my favorite British boxers, he was smart, I felt he could have been a in the trenches fighter, but what we saw was what we got out of a the man, he deserves a lot more credit than he's gotten. he won this fight, but y'all know this game and how it works with judging

[@chadwellington2524]

hes canadian

[@Auriflamme]

@@chadwellington2524 He was born in London to Jamaican parents, and moved to Canada when he was 12. He only qualified for Canada on residency. He himself has said that he always considered himself British. But I guess you know better, right?

[@bafattvahetere]

@@Auriflamme He is British with Jamaican blood. Softspoken killer.

[@alfredotacus8233]

@@chadwellington2524 British

[@chadwellington2524]

@@Auriflamme learned to box in canada and lived his teenage years

[@gertrudemcfuzz74]

We were so spoiled in the 90’s. What an era.

[@anonymousanonymous3707]

Watching all these guys go at it just makes me realise the heavyweights we have now are nowhere near this level they'd be swallowed up and spat out , these guys are just all round better

[@LIONTAMER3D]

yeah, the public got sold on clowns like andy ruiz & deontay wilder =/

[@derrickdubois7307]

They were definitely a different bread.

[@LIONTAMER3D]

@@derrickdubois7307 pumpernickel?

[@dusk1673]

There’s many good Olympic heavyweights around

[@dusk1673]

@@LIONTAMER3D those are for casuals

[@ujgrays]

I've said this for years!! Lennox was so eloquent after the robbery!! That's one of the things that made him such a great Champion!!

[@takudzwarabvukwa7868]

"On the night of 96 Holyfield was a blacksmith" , man i love your narrating skills 👏 they are top notch 👌

[@KIERNAN100]

Comments gonna be full of “in his prime”

[@shaunbat5097]

Two solid great champions.....who never cried with excuses for a loss.

[@Eunos_FD3S]

Lennox Lewis asked me not to peruse boxing so he could have a chance to become champion. Glad he didn’t have me quit for no reason.

[@daviddoesit2341]

Evander was a blacksmith, hammering Iron Mike -rhythm boxing 😅

[@bookaufman9643]

One of the worst things about boxing is watching a great fighter like evander holyfield taking all those punches from Riddick Bowe and then thinking about how he is today. It happens way too much in boxing but there's not a damn thing you could do about it. Holyfield fought Riddick bowe too much and he's really never recovered.

[@lowestcommonDenomanator]

Some people are just too tough for their own good. Reminds me of Frazier vs foreman in a way.

[@giovannistefano2740]

Mike Tyson's Prime came in his teens and left in his early twenties it's a shame all the distractions he had, he definitely burned out early

[@BL77357]

That's his fault. Floyd mayweather still trained like a poor man in his late 30s when he was already super rich. Always excuses for Mike Tyson's career..

[@filthybaggyaxewound6344]

@@BL77357 Floyd wasn't smashing the shit out of the Charlie though.

[@giovannistefano2740]

@@BL77357 yeah it's his fault so what? Who's talking about Floyd Mayweather?

[@BL77357]

@@giovannistefano2740 well I was using Floyd as an example because he's a real professional and real fighter that takes his craft seriously.

[@giovannistefano2740]

@@BL77357 I Agree but, he's also the best in the world, pound for pound since Sugar Ray Robinson! I was just using example how Mike ruin his career

[@101mossie]

Holyfield would annihilate the clowns who call themselves heavyweights today.

[@jason41a]

boy, bowe holyfield trilogy still sends chills down my spine. just pure entertainment.

[@eetfuk3571]

absolutely. Lewis boxed his head off and the result was absolutely horrifying, it just showed how crook the American judges really are. it made the Pacquiao fights against Horn and Bradley looked like a rookie robbery job compared to this one.

[@philgarrett5498]

Yes the decision was wrong. No there weren't 3 American judges. I think one was South African (Lewis winner), one English (draw) and one US female (Holyfield). The latter pair subsequently admitted they got it wrong 🙈. Both fighters were great overall. Holyfield for ever will be remembered for taking down Iron Mike V2 and for wars with Big Fatty Bowe. Lewis had less wars but was a big bad beast as quite a few found out, the hard way.

[@MonkeyDToniProductions]

Imagine if Lennox was American. The media would have called him the greatest

[@ivorwindybottom7364]

I remember Hollyfield v Bowe 2 and Lewis v Hollyfield 1 like it was last week. The last being the fight that changed the way I looked at boxing for the rest of my life. Never bought a PPV after that.

[@sean9641]

Same here, Lewis/Holyfield was the straw that broke the camels back.

[@nickpilgrim1966]

Great video man. Evander was a true warrior. Of all boxers he looked for the hardest fights. Bowe ran from the opportunity of having any kind of legacy. Lewis was an all time great. Up there with the very best in history.

[@dailydoseofexistence7159]

He has a strong head

[@kazuyamiyora5218]

@@dailydoseofexistence7159 the headbutt master

[@flexgado249]

Evander looked like a bodybuilder

[@peterwroberts4379]

He was trained by on mr Olympia Lee haney

[@edadams376]

You Heard The True Pugilist 🥊💪🏾🥊Lennox say at 10:40 Mark , "I may be down but im not out" ... Only man to avenge every loss👊. Lennox is Masterful, he's top in my Top 3 ever.

[@darrenstopper1806]

Didn’t gene Tunney avenge his only loss to greb?Hope I’m remembering that correctly.surely there r more fighters who have avenged all their loses

[@edadams376]

@@darrenstopper1806 never heard of em... He ain't on the same hemisphere as Lennox... Pay homage .

[@darrenstopper1806]

@@edadams376 u need to look p Harry greb.Wait till u know before u comment cause you are missing a lot.And although I don’t know too much about gene Tunney I do know he was a brilliant technician in the ring and a young Ali took notes.Course I am clued up on Lennox and not to have a go but to state you’ve never heard of them then follow up with they ain’t in the same hemisphere is a common thing amongst people who talk boxing.i personally don’t hate or favour any fighter to the point where I’ll discuss or argue with extreme bias.Hope you look these guys up and maybe even discover other greats of the ring 👍

[@jjsyphor8288]

@@edadams376 exactly not the same hemisphere, he's higher than lennox.... Pay homage

[@edadams376]

@@jjsyphor8288 None Of Those Old Fighters would stand a chance ... Might of been great in his day... But we talking modern boxing 1980-till present day ... I'm not going further back than the Ali era n that's a tad bit before the 80's... 1980's till present . If they were fighting when there wasn't a color TV, just keep in the archives for history.... Top 3 ever in any order Floyd Mayweather Jr. Lennox Lewis , Iron Mike Tyson... 1986 Iron Mike beats any human being known to man Kind. He lost Lennox after personal turmoil and a 3 years in prison, past his prime.

[@justbecause4042]

I thought it was a pretty good fight. And it was a bad decision. But what I remember most was Lennox Lewis cup was basically a chest protector.

[@MonstaMack555]

Exactly why I can't put Lennox in with the top heavyweights. The guy's crotch protection was up to his chest for most of his fights.

[@simonkevnorris]

Is there no regulation on how high that can be?

[@b9479]

damn sure was, Lennox often bent the rules

[@danieljames4598]

Riddick bowe was scared to fight that man😂😂

[@B.Wayne88]

He signed the following year and Lewis lost to his mandatory McCall. Nobody was scared of anybody.

[@bb-gc2tx]

the fact that bowe said to lennox im not scared of you proves he was scared of him

[@seancrawford1422]

Exactly 💯😆 Chicken Bowe throw his WBC Belt in the trash 🗑️ rather than face Lennox Lewis. He knew Lewis would whipped his azz again. Like what happened in the Olympics.

[@B.Wayne88]

@@bb-gc2tx not the fact Lewis gas lighted him calling him chicken Bowe and lied about knocking him out in the Olympics.

[@B.Wayne88]

@@seancrawford1422 Than why sign the following year? He beat Biggs and Gonzalez who beated Lewis and him in the amateurs. The amateurs is not the same as the pros. And the victory wasn't even that convincing calm down just like Lewis vs Gonzalez the amateurs are crooked af.lmao

[@ricric1]

Lennox a legend and by far my favorite heavy weight boxer

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

Lennox Lewis was THE best boxer of the 90s and early 2000's. Of all boxers from that era, he is the only one to have defeated every person he fought, avenging both losses. Dude was amazing. I was a huge Bowe fan back during the era, but looking back, Bowe clearly avoided Lewis when he had chances to fight him.

[@thewiseman1984]

Avenging ur loses is all good and stuff but that just means that you needed two trys to win instead of 1

[@chrisortiz8072]

Lewis wasn't a prodigy like Mike Tyson but the man knew how to use his size to his advantage and sometimes that is all you need. Side note you still have to be impressed Evander ate all those shots from a bigger man and went the full distance

[@mollkatless]

We don't know how the Olympic Boxing officials can live with themselves after that very controversial decision to disqualify Holyfield in the 1984 Olympics! How could they live with that very controversial decision?!! It is unbelievable, it would seem other interests were at play, and that should never-ever-ever happen in boxing, ever! Sincerely, Don King, Bob Arum, and every other Professional Boxing promoter who ever lived!

[@bjornsadler1895]

punching out of the clinch when the referee calls break. Not legal in amateur boxing at the Olympics, however, Holyfield was going to turn pro after the Olympics. The guy he dropped won silver by disqualification for New Zealand. Kevin Barry. He kind of trained David Tua before they parted ways due to Tua getting ripped off. He was training Shane Cameron for a while before Tua came out of retirement to stop him. More recently was training Joseph Parker

[@keithcampbell6806]

According to boxing rules there is nothing wrong with the dq of Evander at the Olympics anyone who knows this sport will agree.People who really don't know are always the first to comment.

[@keithcampbell6806]

The disqualification was not controversial at all people who don't know the rules should not post comments and they are always the first.The Real Deal was great but rules are rules.

[@chrislewi3213]

It always blew my mind how Holyfield looked like a million bucks fighting Mike Tyson..Then looking old fighting Lennox Lewis...

[@richyt87]

I was young to appreciate how good Lenox was.

[@korvstopparen]

when you mention the first golden era you must mention Ken Norton aswell. There was alot of good names but i think Norton should be mentioned with the other 3. Norton beat Ali, Quarry , Jimmy Young and he lost a super close dec to prime Holmes. The fight vs Holmes could have gone either way. He also beat Cobb just after Cobb stopped Shavers.

[@korvstopparen]

@igor putin Well he was, not that it matters. He would have been considerd great even if he wasnt.. Leon Spinks refused to fight him so WBC stripped Leon of the title. The reason that they gave Norton the title was that Norton had won against Jimmy Young in a final eliminator for the title the year before. So when the champ (Leon) got stripped Nortons fight vs Young was considerd a title fight. Leon would have lost badly to Norton, he even lost to Ali that showed signs of parkinson at this point.

[@Tristan_00715]

"at the time tyson already burned himself out" sad. but true cus died, Jim died, he went to prison. im not even gonna mention the rest of that.

[@kushtaylor3943]

The thing is we never get the matchups when they matter eg.Tyson vs holyfeild 1990,Lewis vs holfeild 1993,mayweather vs paquiao 2010

[@j.j.guerrieri8121]

I agree that it was a bad decision but I’ve seen worse. The second fight was actually the closer, more competitive fight but yeah, Lewis should have won the 1st fight.

[@segunfamaye5377]

Exactly

[@San-oe1xv]

Give the first fight to Lewis and the second to Evan Fields

[@j.j.guerrieri8121]

@@San-oe1xv I had the second fight 7-5 for Lewis

[@xcaluhbration]

Bro in the parachute look like he came down with a bad case of 'The beats' as soon as he landed 😭😭😭😭😭

[@TheGreatest1974]

The worst decision in heavyweight history to me, was foreman v briggs. Big George battered briggs for 12 rounds and they gave it to briggs. Watch the fight. Score it!💥🥊

[@periechontology]

Its up there. Certainly higher than this one.

[@aldavedesierdo42]

Old school heavyweights are pure brawlers and it's such a sight to see fighting and not ducking anyone and has even 3-5 fights per year while today are all about the jabs and making it clean and has 1 fight per year making the old era much more golden than current era of heavyweights.

[@freelancerconverse4413]

Lewis wasn’t brawler, Lewis was a class boxer. Like watching the art of boxing.

[@Last_Chance.]

a prime Tyson would have beat Lewis and holyfield

[@danddee1299]

No he wouldn't. he would of lost soundly ''prime'' Tyson fought very limited opposition, mostly bums.. he was a one dimensional fighter who could only use one style (peek-a-boo) he had zero back foot game, as holyfeild exposed when he backed Tyson up, He was dangerous but sooo overrated. Lewis would've dominated him in his prime.. James Douglas dominated him and kod him in his prime and douglas wasn't even half the fighter that lewis was.

[@Last_Chance.]

@@danddee1299 by the time he fought holyfield he was barely training and he wasn't using any head movement. In his prime he would have 100% beat holyfield and lewis.

[@danddee1299]

@@Last_Chance. he got kod in his prime by james douglas

[@Last_Chance.]

@@danddee1299 if you think that was his prime then are obviously a delusional casual

[@danddee1299]

@@Last_Chance. Mike who fought Douglas was 23 years old, undefeated undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. How on earth wasn't he in his prime?? and you say i'm the casual. It's not physically possible to be passed your prime at such a young age.

[@z2504]

Is this narrator the one from youtube commercial "Wanna watch mear cats without the ads?"

[@DustinWQ]

They failed to mention that Holyfield's early career was at cruiserweight, then light heavyweight.

[@silvioguesrgl]

Tremendas tiempos PESOS PESADOS. Para mi el mejor de todos los tiempos y mas completo en todos los sentidos es: The Warrior...!!! El gran Evander Hollyfield....lo tenia todo, tecnica, movimiento, poder, era guapo boxeando y un cuerpo bien definido y trabajado, era todo un espectaculo verlo pelear. Enormes batallas las que protagonizo. Saludos dsd Nicaragua tierra del Tricampeon Alexis Arguello.....🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮

[@17xchampions]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuajarod1909]

Crazy how Joe Louis owned over an entire decade with an iron fist. 25-0 over 13 ish years is insane.

[@Studentofsweetscience]

No disrespect friend but isn't this vid about Lewis? I'll be shocked if a Joe Louis comment ends up with the most likes at a Lennox Lewis vid.

[@GodsonFPS]

Could've been more if he didn't go to the army

[@dylanburston7453]

@@Studentofsweetscience You find this under every Lennox video. top 2 or 3 are about how good lennox was and the rest is just tyson fanbois making excuses

[@giovannistefano2740]

@@Studentofsweetscience all boxing talk on any fucking video is acceptable, now you wanna be another administrator

[@giovannistefano2740]

Joe Louis was Unbelievable

[@gzz8551]

When people say Tyson Fury is the best heavyweight I’m like “you weren’t around to see the 90’s heavyweights then…”

[@markchapman2585]

Lennox Lewis was the most underrated heavyweight. If he was American he would have got a lot more propaganda that's for sure

[@HkFinn83]

How do you mean...he was a champion for years, received the big paydays, given rematches against the two people who beat him, retired on his own terms...what more do you want?

[@markchapman2585]

@@HkFinn83 what do you think more publicity

[@HkFinn83]

@@markchapman2585 yeh but what do you mean by that? What didn’t happen that should have done?

[@eetfuk3571]

@@HkFinn83 him getting the recognition, respect, and credits he truly deserved ever since? USA fans always tryna keep discrediting British boxers because they are not American. Joe Calzaghe for example.

[@HkFinn83]

@@eetfuk3571 when he won the wbc title they have him the wbc belt. What other recognition is there in boxing? You want actual fans in the US to cheer for somebody from another country like he’s their home town hero, wtf?! Sorry not sure what you want here or why you want people in different countries to be fans of your local hero?

[@RDJ2]

He wasn't disqualified in the olympics for "hitting someone on the nose", he was disqualified for hitting after the bell.

[@bobbywise2313]

I remember it was controversial. He seemed to be already throwing the punch when the ref said break.

[@blairansellfraser]

Holyfield was disqualified in the Olympics for hitting after the break; not for simply hitting his opponents nose. (Interestingly, although he was the overwhelming favorite, the guy he hit was Kevin Barry…who went on to coach/manage David Tua and Joseph Parker)

[@theephraimite]

You seem to have a habit of taking things too literally. The phrase of “hitting on the nose” is based on what a coach instructed Holyfield as a kid his first time stepping in a ring for training. Of course the late hit on Kevin was illegal, nothing to do with punching on the nose. The narrator is sorta being poetic with the phrase.

[@blairansellfraser]

@@theephraimite Sometimes reality won't fit your poetic narrative mate....

[@theephraimite]

@@blairansellfraser you sound like a rookie.

[@sijones458]

90s was such a great and strong era for heavyweight boxing, strong certainly than the 80s

[@marthastubbs8321]

I don't agree that Mike was a 90s great. He was finished by 1990

[@oddjobtriumph1635]

too many Iron mike Fanboys only looking at Mike through Rose tinted glasses ..... Mike never had a Prime His so called prime was beating Bums and over the Hill fighters

[@GrubKiller436]

Say what you will about Mike, but his record speaks for itself.

[@GrubKiller436]

@@oddjobtriumph1635 There's a difference between beating bums, and turning people into bums.

[@oddjobtriumph1635]

@@GrubKiller436 and his record is? lol 7 people he never even beat on his record . all the Fan boys going on about how he was the baddest man on the planet ..... Until he fought Berbick who was at best an Average HW , Tyson had only fought a couple of Half decent fighter up till then , and even then that's being generous...Tony Tucker was probably his first real talented opponent ... Maybe Pinklon Thomas .. 1987-1989 was probably his prime ...you can't include all the bums in his first 27 fights ... after 1989 his career was up and down..plus his time in Prison....he was washed up by then anyhow .... his lat 12 fights he only won 6 of them . Tyson was a Flat track Bully with no plan B struggled against big tall fighters who could move and jab and keep Tyson on the Black foot .... ... Tysons Failings as one of the all time greats is purely down to Tyson ...nobody else ...he liked the money, women, drink and drugs . but even on his best day.....he never beats Lewis

[@GrubKiller436]

@@oddjobtriumph1635 If you don't know that he fought Michael Spinks, then maybe you should just be quiet. He fought and beat Michael Spinks who was on par with Larry Holmes, if not better than Larry Holmes. Both are Hall of Famers, and Larry Holmes is at least a top 10 great. Mike Tyson when he was at his best was destructive, the overwhelming majority of his fights ended in him knocking out his opponents. There is something to be said about his high KO ratio, when you are not just in the ring cruising to get a decision, but really showing the difference between between two fighters. He didn't just beat people, he made them seem irrelevant. In his prime, he really was on that level of Michael Spinks and Larry Holmes, if not better. The only person who beat pre-prison Tyson was Buster Douglas. Holyfield and Lewis fought post-prison Mike Tyson. Lewis and Tyson fought when they were 36 years old. That really says nothing about what would've happened if Mike was in his prime.

[@dansokulski4039]

Nope. The worst decision in boxing history was Richard Steele and his foolish stoppage and robbery of Meldrick Taylor vs. Julio Cesar Chavez. Still smarting over that one and I was like 15 at the time!

[@dranderson6071]

Agreed Dan. Steele was corrupt in numerous fights. Sadly

[@mra8972]

Lennox Lewis does not get the credit he deserves. His jabs and punches seem so strong, yet so elegant.

[@Stewpkiddable]

you work with words the same way these men move there hands and feet. pugilistic poetry.

[@HyperbrandedGolf]

Imagine putting your belt in the trash to duck someone. 🌮

[@CycoSven69]

He didn't duck Lewis. Lewis was greedy: "Rock Newman, Bowe's manager, made two offers to Lewis. The first would have guaranteed Lewis $3 million, while giving Bowe 90% of the purse and Lewis 10%. The second offer was for Lewis to refuse the WBC title, have an interim fight in the United States for $2.5 million, and then fight Bowe for $9 million or a percentage to be negotiated. Frank Maloney, the manager of Lewis, rejected both offers and countered with his own proposal: a 75-25 percent split of the purse. Newman turned it down. Maloney later had a change of heart and agreed to the first offer, but Newman told him he was too late. Newman said a deal for Bowe to defend the title against an opponent other than Lewis was imminent."

[@GrubKiller436]

That's not the reason why they didn't fight. Bowe put his belt in the trash but he was still in boxing. At a time they were scheduled to fight IF Lewis beat Oliver McCall. Lewis did not beat McCall.

[@seancrawford1422]

Exactly 💯 Chicken Bowe throw his WBC Belt in the trash 🗑️ rather than face Lennox Lewis. Lewis would have whipped his azz again like what happened in the Olympics.

[@CycoSven69]

@@seancrawford1422 Have you even seen the Olympic bout? Bowe would have destroyed Lewis.

[@billredman]

Let’s be real. Without his head butting, Holyfield would have never won a belt.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Evanders physique was *unbelievable*

[@nineteeneightynine432]

I'm a casual boxing fan so I like these type of videos very informative.

[@Mr.Memphis10]

Excellent content! King Lennox Lewis favorite HW boxer all time. I'm still disappointed with them damn judges in Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield 1 SMH.

[@williebourke9962]

Thee most underrated heavyweight of all time .I suspect it was because he was English and of course wasent american .Nobody ever would have an easy fight against Lennox Lewis and many would be beaten by him .He was the total package and a brutal hard jabber .

[@maurogomez1585]

Riddick Bowe is afraid of Lennox Lewis.

[@isaacfernandes560]

Styles make fights. Holyfield had to get to the inside which favoured Bowe to bully him. Lewis could stand on the outside for 15 rounds and punch him to eternity without getting hit. Bowe knew this and preferred to keep mauling Holyfield instead of being champion.

[@Mrgood189]

Lennox beat a Holyfileld during his steroid peak. Lennox is one of the greatest ever

[@j_vasey]

Would’ve been great to see Mike taken care of post cus. With Lennox coming into his own later, a mature experienced iron Mike in or around 95 against Lewis would’ve been something else. Could’ve had a spectacular trilogy over the back end of the 90’s.

[@djqkronicles24]

I ran into Evander in Vegas, really good dude. Great video.

[@wakstar1]

Lewis’s jab is up there with the best jabs of all time.

[@rusty75ish]

certainly was when he used it properly and frequently, some fights he just flicked it out and then it was highly ineffectual

[@matthowell8985]

Bowe Acted like he wanted Lewis but then when faced with the fight Decided to duck him forever.

[@Dr.LessCharacter]

Emanuel Stewart (Opinion) was the undisputed best trainer of that error. He honed or changed for the good everyone he trained! The list is long.........

[@sengwesetogile6054]

Eddie futch

[@Ilovewatchingsupernaturalparan]

Era*

[@TheRealLLC]

Getting disqualified for punching a man too hard in the face during a boxing match is ONE of the CRAZIEST things I've EVER heard 🤣

[@HkFinn83]

I rewatched Lewis Holyfield 1 and it was different to how I’d remembered. Lewis deserved the win but he was not as dominant as it’s talked about now. Holyfield had his moments in both fights but I had Lewis usually slightly ahead in most rounds

[@v.oppenheimer1530]

So you didn’t see LL land twice as many punches? In any other sport that’s a blowout.

[@St.Maurice]

I thought the first one was a draw as well. I thought Holyfield won the second fight. Lennox was a great heavyweight, although Klitschko whooped his ass. Lewis promised a rematch….then retired.

[@HkFinn83]

@@v.oppenheimer1530 not in boxing. Lewis landed a lot of pawing jabs. Do you weigh two pawing jabs more than one more powerful hook or body punch? Amateur boxing did used to be like that, basically point fighting. Don’t know what the rules are currently.

[@dranderson6071]

Lewis destroyed him

[@alfredotacus8233]

@@St.Maurice Klitschko never whoop him... I've watched that fight 3 or 4 times.. scored it 3 rounds each... Lewis ruined Vitali face and if the cut hadn't stopped the fight the exhausted Klitschko would have been knocked out conclusively within the next 2 rounds... Lennox haters love screaming about this fight

[@davidlaurenexperience1824]

Now we have to deal with an era with the likes of Fury, Wilder, and Whyte?? Bring back the previous eras please!!

[@guywilliams6569]

How do you get a DQ for hitting someone in the nose in a BOXING match?!? How do you NOT hit someone's nose?!?!

[@BobBob-ok8su]

Bizzare eh

[@stevenkingsley7781]

Read in one of the other comments that it was actually a hit after the bell he was disqualified for, it just happened to be in the nose

[@guywilliams6569]

@@stevenkingsley7781 I don't think that's true, or THAT would be the story presented...

[@stevenkingsley7781]

@@guywilliams6569 At the 1984 Olympics the light-heavyweight boxing semi-final between New Zealand's Kevin Barry and American Evander Holyfield ended in controversy. Barry was clearly outboxed by Holyfield, but when Holyfield knocked Barry out at the end of round two, the referee disqualified him for hitting after the break.

[@stevenkingsley7781]

@@guywilliams6569 lifted it straight from Google results, the narrator isn’t wrong in what he’s saying he’s just chosen the wording he used to keep with his narrative

[@jusdueboxing]

I love this channel sum of the best videos on KZbin much respect great editing and narration hands down!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🥊🥊

[@wujmt5154]

I reckon some of them judges are still workin now 🤣

[@Treebot1]

they beat that fanmans ass unmerciful

[@TheRealBizWiz]

*07:18* _”And after that, a herd of elephants and zebras came crashing through the walls followed by 50 clowns on unicycles.”_

[@ThehulkGreen]

Lennox is without a shred of doubt In the top 3 best of all time at heavy. Ali, Joe Louis, lennox is the top 3.

[@jeffreymimshach2979]

Evander with steroids that affected his heart.

[@mangalbob956]

Lennox was also adored because as a English man he dominated the USA boxers arena

[@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to]

How was he DQed for punching dude in the nose?

[@deadprivacy]

Was after the bell, microseconds, a correct call technically but he was already throwing it before the bell .bad decision.

[@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to]

Okok

[@thesimbo111]

That was a great era in the heavyweight division, shame about our current era!

[@budthechud9795]

Lewis won the first bout and Holyfield won the second. It would have been nice to get a rubber match but judge's always get it wrong. GGG vs Canelo one, Kovalev vs Ward, Pac vs Bradley one, Lara vs Canelo, Ryder vs Smith, Caterill vs Taylor, Oscar vs Trinidad and Pernell vs Chavez were far more shocking in my opinion.

[@TheMuffinManIsHappy]

Occasionally I’ll just think about Pernell vs Chavez at some random point during the day, and I can feel my blood pressure rise when I do lol.

[@onyx9857]

0:41 narrator hit us with the “triumvirate” we didn’t see coming.

[@Tigerjasper]

Lewis my be the only man in history to beat both holyfield and tyson much respect for lewis but I still think lewis victory over mike tyson was unfortunate because mike was past his prime and was dealing with drugs at tht time however have this been in the 90s it would have been war 😳

[@brimcilroy9002]

Yes your right as different fighters at the same weight class due to styles and genetic makeup peak et different times, Mike tyson explosive up an at em awesome attack at all costs with his short height but tremendously quick and powerful upper body strength which enabled him to be be a little bit freak of nature sort as his style and and body structure gave him the speed of middleweight but with the power of a heavyweight which gave him a combination of frightening attack style but all this would mean be a style that would peak earlier than many other boxing styles as speed and explosive energy would only be at a peak for maybe 4or5yrs possibly whereas with lennox Lewis,s more laid back and less explosive style was never going peak early as Lewis,s style was more like a maturing wine so overall if we could of had both of them in their absolute primes in the same year the fight would be like Mike being the 100 metre spring King and lennox being a long distance expert and it would be a fight where it would be an absolute 50/50 shout as either one could take the other one out albeit different styles.

[@jgadonisspeaks]

Lewis isn’t touching Tyson from 87-90. No way he does. Tyson ends him by round 8-9. Post 90 Tyson is throughly beaten by Lennox.

[@dezsi114]

@@jgadonisspeaks Lennox Lewis would eat Tyson alive ...86-89 Tyson was not better than Lennox...he fought bums

[@redlake2943]

What you Tyson groupies fail to mention is that Lewis is older than Tyson and also past his prime. A prime Lewis slaughters Tyson.

[@Tigerjasper]

@@dezsi114 that what all u tyson haters say tyson fought bums stfu cause mike tyson fought real men dat were a tough challenge bonecrusher,tony tucker ,Tony tubbs,Michael spinks, pinklon thomas,Alex Stewart, razor rudduck, francois Botha, orlin norris,Andrew golota,Goleta, and brian nelison who had the same record as rocky so gtfo with all tht bum shit

[@abrahamramirez3980]

Crazy, I was watching the highlights of this fight this morning before work and now that I'm home I see this video! 0_o it's a small world, indeed!

[@panchopuskas1]

Holyfield is another tragic example of a boxer having too many fights.....now he finds it hard to put sentences together. So sad......a great guy by all accounts unable to enjoy his retirement as he should. Lewis, on the other hand stopped at the right moment.....

[@ihavetubes]

There was little understanding of cte back in the day. Today fighters are a little bit more smarter because of the science that people have discovered about the brain. Hell, sparring can give you cte so you have to be careful.

[@b9479]

​@@ihavetubes I always felt too much sparring takes it toll and shorten careers, fighters back in the 1930s-50s rarely sparred, they just fought 2 to 3x a month and most of them were still still mentally sharpe well in old age, just look at Jake LaMotta

[@JackRascal]

Great video... I knew all this anyway, but still wanted to watch it. :)

[@MrCashCommittee]

Bo Riddict Punches Looked HAAARD