Friends familiar with boxing know that heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis brutally KO boxing king Tyson in 8 rounds in 2002, winning the highly anticipated united war. So was Lewis afraid of Tyson before the game? What did his coach, Stewward, do?
Lewis, who is 56 years old, has given the answer, let's take a look.
Lewis said, "Am I afraid of Tyson? Yes or no? Yes, I'm scared of Tyson because I've seen Tyson play on TV and it's as scary as a monster, King Kong. At the same time, I wasn't afraid of Tyson because my coach, Emmanuel Stewward, encouraged me not to be afraid. Stewward has repeatedly told me that it will be the easiest game of my career and that I will win easily. ”
In June 2002, in Memphis, USA, heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis won the battle of the century in the 8th round of KO Mike Tyson, who had long passed the peak of his career. At that time, the editor Washu was studying for his freshman year and watched the end of the game in the hall on the 2nd floor of the teaching building. The results are staggering. Because Tyson's state of decline was serious, it was completely inferior to Lewis.
Before the game, Tyson went all out to prepare for the fight, practicing hard punches and even threatening to eat the hearts of Lewis and his children. This is definitely Tyson's most botched hype. Because Lewis didn't have children at the time.
Lewis laughed and recalled: "When he threatened to eat my child's heart and beat me up, I thought he was crazy. What is he talking about? I didn't have any children at the time. Besides, I had the confidence to beat him up, ko him, instead of letting him beat me. When he threatened to eat my child's heart, my mother also learned of this and was very disgusted and angry. We don't like such despicable hype. ”
Lewisstein said that before he and Tyson played, it can be said that they had fought a long time ago. Lewis said: "Yes, we have known each other for a long time. Tyson's mentor, Damato, predicted that we could all become heavyweight boxers. At that time we even ran around the city together and danced together. In Tyson's day, he was very strong, he was easy to KO opponents, and I admit he was excellent. I knew we were going to meet in professional boxing in the future, and I kept asking, is Cus d'Armato wrong? ”
It seems interesting to read Lewis's words, who admitted to being afraid of Tyson's heavy punches before the game, but coach Stuward encouraged him not to be afraid. In the end, Lewis brutally KO Tyson. This was thanks to the fact that Lewis and Tyson met around 1983, and the actual battle between the two played a positive role for Lewis, at least understanding Tyson's style.
Tyson's style of play is actually not difficult to crack, as long as you pull away, don't let Tyson get close, you can control Tyson. In particular, Tyson was in a thinning state in 2002, and his physical fitness and pace were very average, and Lewis could easily cope with it.
Stewward was a great coach who coached Lewis for about a decade, and Lewis himself was also very competitive, tall and long-armed, with a chess master-like mind, a perfect combination of technique, strength, speed, and mind, and Lewis was very disciplined, in much stronger form than Tyson, Lewis in addition to being slightly passive in the first round, he mastered the rhythm of the game from the second round. So KO Tyson, too, is reasonable. Lewis's last words, was D'Amato wrong? Probably thinking that D'Amato shouldn't let Tyson fight with himself. What do you think about that? Welcome to leave a message. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】