That's very harsh to Derek Williams tbh. Just not on Lewis' level. Still won a Commonwealth Heavyweight title and European Boxing Union Heavyweight title. 19 wins, 4 losses (none of them KO's) at the time he fought Lewis. Was a good boxer. Disagree about him physically. Derek looks fleshy and is definitely carrying some extra pounds around the midriff. Looks half a stone too heavy. If he was on better shape, he'd have probably lasted longer. Was never going to win though.
Lewis looked like that he regressed during this fight -compared to previous ones- and/or simply had a big-time 'off' night: He was very inactive for the most part, threw very few combinations, and was very stationary. He looked extraordinarily beatable -compared to previous fights. If he fought this way, this night, against the top heavyweights of the day, he would've easily lost...
This was true for Lewis quite often until he hired Emmanuel steward. Arguably lost against Merciless Ray Mercer, very likely should have been a draw. Looked very beatable. Manny made him take like a year off - outside the ring - and rebuilt his entire style. Post 1998 Lennox Lewis - the time when he finally looked like an all time great - owes a lot to manny’s influence.
Possibly stopped too early BUT Williams didn’t help himself: held his hands low with little effective defence, didn’t through enough punches especially the jab , and little authority on what he did. Underachiever basic. Bet he blames everyone else .
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The Late Gary Mason. Gave his last 10,000 pounds to Michael Watson.
He was a gentleman.
Thanks for all the great uploads mate
You fight Lewis with 100% concentration and you have a chance, you drop to 99% and he'll fuck you up.
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Angelo Dundee must have been fooled like everybody else by the physique of Williams, he really looked the part but had little aptitude for boxing.
That's very harsh to Derek Williams tbh. Just not on Lewis' level. Still won a Commonwealth Heavyweight title and European Boxing Union Heavyweight title. 19 wins, 4 losses (none of them KO's) at the time he fought Lewis.
Was a good boxer. Disagree about him physically. Derek looks fleshy and is definitely carrying some extra pounds around the midriff. Looks half a stone too heavy. If he was on better shape, he'd have probably lasted longer. Was never going to win though.
Gary Norman used to be a proppa Lewis fanboy back in the day
2:55 awesome, a pink floyd promo
Agreed -should be used more ! 😊
Lewis looked like that he regressed during this fight -compared to previous ones- and/or simply had a big-time 'off' night: He was very inactive for the most part, threw very few combinations, and was very stationary. He looked extraordinarily beatable -compared to previous fights. If he fought this way, this night, against the top heavyweights of the day, he would've easily lost...
This was true for Lewis quite often until he hired Emmanuel steward. Arguably lost against Merciless Ray Mercer, very likely should have been a draw. Looked very beatable. Manny made him take like a year off - outside the ring - and rebuilt his entire style. Post 1998 Lennox Lewis - the time when he finally looked like an all time great - owes a lot to manny’s influence.
i always thought lennox would booss the division snd so it was, Brittish Media hated him
Fought more nobodies than any other champion for sure.
Spoiler alert. If you want to see what you came here for, and not to waste your time as I have had to do, wind it up to 8:20
A prime lewis nearly killed Michael grant when people didn't went to fight grant a prime lewis was absolute beast
That stoppage was definitely premature but if the fight would have continued I doubt Williams would have survived much longer.
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Derek was fighting in bad faith using the tactics of a coward. Glad he got stopped.
Frank Maloney. 😨
Way too much tying up by both fighters in this fight. Quite unstellar, unremarkable, and bloody boring..
25:33 rabbit punch smh
It is a pity bowe and lenox never got it on! I belive bowe would have done lenox in 5 personally.
Really nobody could touch him in is prime
@elcunto7623 You are delusional 😂
@@philgarrett5498 I did mean lenox
Mason looks like Bruno.
He looks fuck all like bruno?
Possibly stopped too early BUT Williams didn’t help himself: held his hands low with little effective defence, didn’t through enough punches especially the jab , and little authority on what he did. Underachiever basic. Bet he blames everyone else .
Click bait Derick Williams