Lennox Lewis v Brock Lesnar

[Guest NICKO]

Most of you probably won't get to see this, but todays Daily Star (UK Newspaper), devotes a full page to this story.

Apparently Lewis has been offered £5million by Vince McMahon to fight Brock at next years No Mercy PPV.

The story go's on to talk about other boxers involvement with wrestling (Tyson, Ali), and also Lewis's previous WWF appearence at Summerslam in 1992.

This might just be a carefully leaked story to hype the upcoming PPV, but I thought I would just let you all know anyway

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Um. No thank you.

[Guest Drakoan]

Next year's No Mercy? Since when does the WWE book that far ahead? And does that mean next year's will be in England?

[Guest fazzle]

So in other words, the WWE has full faith in him to flop, and then get his ass Butterbeaned out of there in a year's time?

[Guest art_vandelay]

If this is true, why would they use him at No Mercy and not one of the bigger PPV's like Mania?

[Guest creativename]

I was thinking the same thing as other people--why in the world world would they plan so far ahead, and why would it be at a minor PPV like No Mercy?

 

I guess with boxers, so only fight every few months, you have to plan well in advance if you want to book them. And I guess that a minor PPV might need a gimmick to boost buyrates more than a major one. A full year from now still seems like too long though. And does this mean that Brock will have to be champion at the time? I couldn't see him holding it that long; I presume he'll drop it to Angle or RVD at Mania. Maybe he'll regain it later.

 

I think the fight would have to be a work though. Lewis would kick Lesnar's ass in a boxing match in a couple of rounds, and Lesnar would kick Lewis' ass in a wrestling match in a couple of minutes max. And there's always the risk of a snorefest like Ali-Inoki was, especially since neither guy is gonna job.

 

Don't think Lewis would be worth it though. It would spark buyrates, but Lewis would be mad expensive, and I seriously doubt he would draw enough to make up for the cost. Contrary to popular opinion, I really don't think Tyson drew nearly enough to make up for what he cost the WWF, either.

[Guest HartFan86]

This makes no sense. If I could get Lewis to fight in my ring, I'd sure as hell do it at, you know, one of the top 5. Either Mania or Rumble.

[Guest FeArHaVoC]

I don't suppose it was the "Rumor" & "Tabloid" section of the News Paper was it?

[Guest mach7]

Maybe Brock will bite his ear off. ;P

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

Maybe Brock knows that Lennox has a broken hand and cheats on his wife.

[Guest kane3212321]

He doesn't have a beer and cheet on his wife does he?

[Guest GaLaxy3X]

it would be great, i would be interesting, you people would watch too!!!!!! shut ya yaps!!!!

[Guest Texas Small Arms 09]

For someone with 1 post, you sure started off pretty bad. Here's a piece of advice, you wanna stay around, wise up

[Guest mach7]

it would be great, i would be interesting, you people would watch too!!!!!! shut ya yaps!!!!

Speak for yourself.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

I would put money on Lesnar since Rahman took Lennox Lewis down quote easily at that press conference.

[Guest BoboBrazil]

"The Daily Star, a U.K. tabloid, reported this morning that Lennox Lewis would be facing Brock Lesnar at the No Way Out PPV (2/23 in Montreal). Neil Chandler, who covers wrestling for the paper, reported that Vince McMahon was excited about the match and had a meeting with Lewis two weeks ago. Lewis' people refused to confirm the story. The paper listed Lewis' purse for the fight at 5 million pounds (a little over $7.5 million--although I wouldn't take that or any number seriously this early in the game). At this point, the idea that there is a match signed is way premature and it's probably a longshot a deal can be made. There have been talks but there is nothing close to a deal and there are numerous difficult hurdles to overcome. There have been at two meetings between McMahon and Lewis' people, but neither side had agreed to anything other than there would be future meetings. The two key points were that the match would be a shoot, but they had not even gotten into discussions about what rules would be in place (which would largely determine the outcome, and it would be hard to satisfy both sides on the rules because each side is well aware of that fact). No Way Out was discussed in one meeting as a possible date, but that was before the Lewis-Vitali Klitschko heavyweight title fight, scheduled for December, was moved to 2/1 on HBO. "

 

It would do a huge buyrate for the company and could help ratings recover like Tyson helped in 1998. A shoot fight could be a disaster though. What is Brock loses?

[Guest nikowwf]

It would be like the Pride vs. K-1 Fights, AWFUL. Lewis's only chance would be to catch Brock coming in with a punch before Brock took him down. Once Brock took him down, Lewis would be sunk.

 

It would be Lewis running and jabbing and Brock waiting to attack and running also. Like a dance.

 

NiKo

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

Fuck, I'd give Lennox his own show if he agreed to show up.

 

this is what would happen.

 

Brock charges. Brock eats the ~LEFT JAB OF DOOM~. Brock, to his credit, would not go down from one punch. However, everyone knows the jab is immediatly followed by the ~RIGHT HOOK OF DEATH~. Then Brock goes down.

[Guest Brian]

It's going to be like Inoki/Ali unless Brock is realy confident with his striking. Two guys, standing around, fearing each other strengths, and neither making a charge because of it. If Brock shoot and is successful, he'll win.

[Guest FeArHaVoC]

More Lennox Lewis/WWE Details: Shoot Fight, Meetings, More

 

WWE and Lennox Lewis's people have had at least 2 meetings over the past 2 weeks regarding the boxer possibly taking on Brock Lesnar sometime in 2003. No deal has been reached and the only thing that has been agreed upon is to continue discussions.

 

At this point, it seems to be a longshot that a deal between Lewis and WWE can be reached. The main reason for this is that Lewis demands that the fight be a total shoot. While WWE does not have a problem with that, the problem comes up in regards to the rules. With Lewis being a boxer and Lesnar being a wrestler, how the rules are set up will go along way in who will actually win the bout.

 

The original date that was talked about was WWE No Way Out next February, but that date has been axed due to the Lennox Lewis/Vitali Klitschko Heavyweight Title fight being pushed back to February 1st. The date now being discussed is No Mercy of next year.

 

Traditionally, a match of this magnitude would happen at WrestleMania, but if it happens, it will be a shoot and Lewis would not want to fight Brock just 1-2 months after defending his Heavyweight Title against Klitschko.

 

The Lewis camp started talks with a $7.5 million dollar asking price, but obviously that price will likely come down.

 

Vince McMahon is said to be extremely excited over the potential Lewis/Brock shoot fight, but again, for now it seems unlikely that both sides will be able to work out a deal.

 

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com411wrestling.com

[Guest snowfan]

Fuck, I'd give Lennox his own show if he agreed to show up.

 

this is what would happen.

 

Brock charges. Brock eats the ~LEFT JAB OF DOOM~. Brock, to his credit, would not go down from one punch. However, everyone knows the jab is immediatly followed by the ~RIGHT HOOK OF DEATH~. Then Brock goes down.

Lennox would have to get him quick.

 

I think Lesnar would destroy him if he was actually shooting.

[Guest nikowwf]

BTW, if someone is going to be made a superstar by beating a boxer like Lewis, it should be the one person that we know would win a shoot.

 

KURT ANGLE

 

Lewis ain't avoiding getting taken down by an olympic gold metal wrestler. I don't know, Angle just strikes me as more trustworthy in a situation like this to not freeze up or lose.

 

NikO

[Guest snowfan]

BTW, if someone is going to be made a superstar by beating a boxer like Lewis, it should be the one person that we know would win a shoot.

 

KURT ANGLE

 

Lewis ain't avoiding getting taken down by an olympic gold metal wrestler. I don't know, Angle just strikes me as more trustworthy in a situation like this to not freeze up or lose.

 

NikO

Lesnar is hardly chopped liver dude.

 

NCAA's don't grow on trees either....

 

 

I'd mark like a newly cherryless schoolgirl watching Kurt destroy Lewis.

[Guest Brian]

I think the deal is Brock looks way more intimidating which is what's going to put Lennox in defense, and he's closer to his size than Angle is.

[Guest The Tino Standard]

While I think Lesnar would certainly hold his own vs. Lewis (mainly because Lewis is a boring jab-from-distance bitch), I don't really have any idea who would win a shoot fight between the two. If ANGLE fought Lewis, quite frankly, I think Angle would embarass the shit out of him.

 

I hate Lewis. An Angle-Lewis shoot fight would be SO fun to watch. As it is, I'd settle for Lesnar-Lewis, because I don't think Brock would be too bad either.

 

Hey, anybody that can punk out a bitch like Lewis can have a drink on me any time.

[Guest Brian]

It'll all end up like Inoki/Ali. Unles someone gets really agressive, in which case it goes in favor of the wrestlers. Angle has the speed and Brock has the size, and the size makes it am uch more intriguing match-up.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

For what it's worth...I'll always pick the wrestler (as long as it's...you know...an actual wrestler) over the boxer.

 

It's one good shot vs. one good takedown...

 

but it's easier to avoid a KO punch while you are lunging for the body than it is to fire one while trying to dodge a 300 pound monster.

[Guest the pinjockey]

If they were actually going to do a shoot fight they would have to put some extra money on the line for the winner, because that is the only way they would not be worried about losing and avoid the Ali/Inoki scenario.

[Guest Brian]

Generally, I will too because it's more likely that the wrestler will be a better striker than the boxer a takedown artist.

[Guest ShooterJay]

Yes,

 

If you match up a striker and a wrestler, unless there's a HUGE disparity in skill in favor of the striker, the wrestler ALWAYS wins.

 

The fact that people even consider the idea that Lewis would win flashes me back to high school, when everybody thought they could kick my ass (because, to be fair, I was really scrawny looking-still am) even though I was a captain on the wrestling team.