Did Evander Holyfield win the second fight with Lennox Lewis?

[joseph5620]

The second was a very easy fight to score for LL. There is no way you can score it for EH apart from the ol' 'he did better than the first fight so I'll give him extra marks' kind of scoring.

Taken as is, he lost clearly though. I think it's just a case of him doing better than the first fight, thus being the emotional winner if you will, and also him being the fan favourite. People just wanted him to overcome the odds and win, and by doing better, people sort of give him more than he deserved.

I see a lot of this when discussing that fight.

[just the facts]

I'm a huge Holyfield fan. As noted over and over, Evander did considerably better than the first fight and it certainly wasn't one sided, but I just can't see how anyone could have Evander winning.

[Willy Wanker]

We all know Holyfield was past his prime, but how do you guys think a prime Holyfield would have performed against Lewis?

[Ray Corso]

No, can't say that he did! 115-113 maybe 116-112 either way he lost.

I think prime Holyfield wins his share against Lewis.
I think Lewis is a tough matchup for Evander either way.

[BKM-]

We all know Holyfield was past his prime, but how do you guys think a prime Holyfield would have performed against Lewis?

Well in his prime he was not as thick and strong so he'd have more trouble with Lewis on the inside. All in all I think it would have a less obvious gap but Lewis still getting the better of him.

[Willy Wanker]

Well in his prime he was not as thick and strong so he'd have more trouble with Lewis on the inside. All in all I think it would have a less obvious gap but Lewis still getting the better of him.

That's a good point. Holyfield at best can make it a close fight and make Lewis struggle a bit, I just have a hard time seeing any version of Evander win against Lewis. Lewis was the best at utilizing his size advantage.

[GodOfBoxing]

What I was lead to believe, back then, too!

I thought the second one was close giving Holyfield the edge. Of course the first fight was one sided for Lewis.

I'm gonna watch it again, when I get a chance to.

[IronDanHamza]

I had Holyfield winning the rematch, so..