Lennox of the Vitali fight VS Spinks of the first Holmes fight

[Boxed Ears]

How does late-stage Lennox do with Spinks, as opposed to the later-stage Holmes? The exact same version Vitali fought. The same seemingly unmotivated, under-trained version. Does he pull it off anyway or would Spinks still find success moving up? How does this go down?


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[cuchulain]

I don't think there would be a late stage to this fight.

[PowerPuncher]

Lennox KO, finds Spinks chin sooner or later

[duran duran]

i think lewis would have won by ko just too big around about the 7th

[Addie]

Lewis still had enough at this stage to get the job done, Spinks would just be terribly undersized.

[Primadonna Kool]

Spinks was shit............

[Boxed Ears]

Spinks was shit............

:patsch HOF shit. That's Mr. HOF shit, to you.

[wellsini]

Lewis KO too big to strong

[BoxingFanNo1]

Lennox hit Vitali with some huge bombs and took a few, Spinks couldn't hurt him the way Vitali did and couldn't take the punches Lewis dished out.

[djanders]

Is there really any doubt how this would go?

[lefthook31]

Is there really any doubt how this would go?
no, but he would last longer than he did against Tyson I think.

[Lobotomy]

Everybody assumed that Cooney would crush Michael effortlessly, being too big and strong. Michael didn't need to be able to hurt Holmes to make history. If Lennox failed to capitalize on Mike's slow start, he could be facing a pest of a headache. Tyson caught him cold. Once Spinks warmed up, he was trouble. Lewis should explode right out of the gate.

[mr. magoo]

Regardless of Lewis's advanced age for this proposed match-up, I think placing a heavyweight debuting Spinks in there with him would be a bad move.. Vitali Klitschko had the height, reach and power to make more things happen against Lewis than Spinks would have, yet Lennox still found a way to triumph... Michael isn't going knock out Lewis, and while he might have had enough craftiness and youth to box with him for a while, he can't do it for 12 rounds.. The one thing that Lewis had at age 38 that Holmes didn't was the ability to punch and dispatch men who were troubling him.. Spinks at 199 lbs wouldn't be able to take it for long...

[mr. magoo]

Everybody assumed that Cooney would crush Michael effortlessly, being too big and strong. Michael didn't need to be able to hurt Holmes to make history. If Lennox failed to capitalize on Mike's slow start, he could be facing a pest of a headache. Tyson caught him cold. Once Spinks warmed up, he was trouble. Lewis should explode right out of the gate.


Cooney had fought all but 1 fight in 3 years going in against Spinks, with his last meeting coming 18 months earlier, and had fought no one of world class ability, in a long time... His life style choices outside the ring and obvious lack of focus made him easy pickings at this stage, and frankly was never even remotely on the same level of any version of Lewis... Holmes had some spunk left in him, but nothing to be able to hurt Spinks enough to stop him in his tracks... He was also complacently out of shape in the first fight, and upon getting his head out of his ass, got the better of Michael in the rematch.... I don't think that either of these fights give Spinks much of an argument here.

[PetethePrince]

I would favor Lewis. Maybe 2:1, not a big favorite.

[Kalasinn]

Lewis wouldn't destroy him super early like Tyson did, but there is no way Lewis allows Spinks to get to the final bell if he is winning on points.

[Vanboxingfan]

Spinks wouldn't like last more than 3-4 rounds. Lewis might not finish him as fast as Tyson did, but he'd still finish him rather quickly. There's really nothing Spinks has to hurt Lewis or to even outbox him. And the Lewis that fought Vitali was extremely aggressive once he was warmed up.

[KOTF]

Lewis takes Spinks lightly and loses a few rounds and then he realizes he needs to slug it out at about the 4th or 5th round... show this guy what a super HW is like... and that's when he gets the KO

[Boxed Ears]

Thanks, guys. You've unwittingly taken an interesting part in a long, drawn out discussion I'm in regarding Holmes and Lewis comparisons.

[choklab]

this is a very poor lewis. i dont think its fair. i dont know... its not far off the ali who struggled with evangalista. ,
lewis was awful against fast guys he took easy. remeber mavovick? no doubt lewis has the beter legacy but lennox was prety wishy washy against klit. i recon the spinks who fought a master class against a tired holmes is just as good against a tired lewis and pips it over 15 rounds with very litle to spare just the same. remember lewis was breathing like a rapist after what 2 rounds?
lewis who fought ruddock, golata and grant wipes the jinx out quicker than you can say ray robinson however.

[BENNY BLANCO]

this is a very poor lewis. i dont think its fair. i dont know... its not far off the ali who struggled with evangalista. ,
lewis was awful against fast guys he took easy. remeber mavovick? no doubt lewis has the beter legacy but lennox was prety wishy washy against klit. i recon the spinks who fought a master class against a tired holmes is just as good against a tired lewis and pips it over 15 rounds with very litle to spare just the same. remember lewis was breathing like a rapist after what 2 rounds?
lewis who fought ruddock, golata and grant wipes the jinx out quicker than you can say ray robinson however. Well that "very poor" version of Lewis beat one of the greatest HW of the past 20 years. So its fair and Lewis wins by T/KO regardless.

[mr. magoo]

Spinks wouldn't like last more than 3-4 rounds. Lewis might not finish him as fast as Tyson did, but he'd still finish him rather quickly. There's really nothing Spinks has to hurt Lewis or to even outbox him. And the Lewis that fought Vitali was extremely aggressive once he was warmed up.

Agreed. Spinks could not take the kind of shots that Lewis was nailing Vitali with, and in actuality, Vitali's face didn't hold up to them very well either.. Klitschko was also able to place a great deal more pressure on Lewis due to his size, strength and reach, something that Spinks wouldn't be able to do.... I admire Michael Spinks for his efforts at heavyweight, but at the end of the day, he simply can't be favored in very many fantasy matches at these levels...