I sparred with McCrory for 2 weeks up at Catterick army garrison we stayed in the barracks the army boy looked after us very well food and training plus tuck us shooting with hand guns and machine guns swimming in pool I had a real good time and the sparring was easy I give McCrory a black eye but the papers said it was one of the army boys but just publicity for them it was with the Green Howard's 19th regiment good days
I'm currently in the process of watching Lennox Lewis's career from his beginnings till the end of his career. This is some of the first EARLY fight footage of him that I've ever seen. He has good power if not very good power already in this stage of his career, a good jab, and can throw and land fairly fast punches from all angles: Lots of uppercuts and hooks even when fighting in close range. At his size, this can make him very lethal and adept. One of the few things that I dislike about his fighting technique is that he just doesn't 'let his fists fly' as much as some other heavyweights esp. someone like Evander Holyfield did. I like to see fighters that are always 'busy' -- that don't spend much time tying their opponent up but spend the majority of their time constantly throwing punches -be it jabs or other punches. So many modern day boxers, especially modern day heavyweights just don't let their fists fly like most heavyweights and pretty much boxers from all other weight classes used to...
Imagine being 6`4" and almost 16 stone fully trained, and Lennox can STILL throw you around like a ( In McCrory`s words) Rag doll. Lennox must have been frighteningly strong.
@@vincentvangogh8092he's a beast but absolutely no way. Strict military press with 400 lbs is super rarified air. Why would Lennox risk his precious shoulders with such a stupid lift?
Manny Steward is rumored to have said Lewis was the strongest heavyweight he ever trained. Lewis definitely has supreme gifts. Shame we never saw him vs. Bowe. Two of the strongest guys at the time.
@@philgarrett5498 Early in Lewis' career, he was pretty aggressive and bombed guys out. Then he became more of a chess player. I'm wondering if he got his bell rung in sparring or in a fight, then realized he shouldn't brawl.
Lennox is good man. I can sense that he realised very early that McCrory was completely outmatched. From then on Lennox was fighting at only 30 - 35% power. Just enough to get the job done. Lennox didn`t want to humiliate Glen. There was no call to.
@@fernandopessoa7077 McCrory later said that Lennox was throwing him around like a; "Rag doll". When McCrory met Evander Holyfield some years later they talked about fighting Lennox. He said all Evander could talk about was Lewis` amazing physical strength. So, yes;....you can be sure that Lennox never needed to use more than 30 - 35 % of his power to get the job done here. Also, David Tua.....himself a very powerful man, said after his fight against Lennox;........" I`m just glad I got out of there without getting seriously hurt." That is the fear Lennox could instil in his opponents.
@@jimred5700 McCall cried, Sheldon refused to throw punches to avoid the counter, Tyson who paid Lewis off at first wanted to quit on his stool, Bowe threw his belt away. Tua and Morrison just didn't want to get inside for fear of the uppercut, the unbeaten Akinwande held on for dear life. To HW's Lewis was the scariest of all time.
The saying 'be careful what you wish for' comes to mind here. Glenn McCrory pretty much trash talked his way into this fight because, as he later admitted in an interview, he needed the money to pay off a tax bill. Bloody painful way to pay off a tax bill!
I think the record will show Lewis was the greatest heavyweight of the 90s, of his era, a bit more difficult to say cos he never fought Bowe and Tyson was well past his best when they fought
@12:50 tell me where Lewis lands. Play it back in extra slow if you need to. Glen quit. He wanted no more. Phantom punches are always the best finishers
He felt Lewis power and gave up, he knew it was futile. There are levels to this sport and Mcrory was European level at best. Glen was a cruiser and really had no business in there with a bonafide HW, he was no Evander Holyfield, David haye or usyk
Jim Watt was totally wrong commentating that’s British boxing is as safe as it could be... nope! The investigation into the Watson fight found the doctor at ring side had NO Medical equipment with him. Watson sued the BBBC and won damages, incidentally they had no insurance and had to sell their London headquarters to make a part payment towards the damages, Michael went short...... So no Mr Watt it wasn’t as safe as it could have been.
Check out young Lennox getting nasty in the first round! He should have never lost this. Except he didn't have the chin to be a brawler. McCrory needed to fire back or at least use the jab to keep Lewis off. Bad performance.
This is what you get when the bigger guy is significantly better than the smaller guy lol. Normally the smaller guy is quicker and has some advantages over the smaller guy, not here lol
Good win for Lewis but to be honest Glenn should have never have been in the same ring as Lewis .he couldn't cut it ever as a heavyweight and Lewis taking this fight was like a backward step .after to great wins over good heavyweight fighters in Gary mason and Mike weaver
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Lewis never had any plans to fight Glen McRory, but was goaded into it by him when they sat next to each other at charity dinner. Glen needed to pay off some debts I beleive.
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RIP Gary Mason in the studio
Indeed. So sad , a good man. 😔
Great seeing Lennox (Junior - as I knew him in highschool years). Such a stand-up gentleman and an extraordinary kind soul.
I sparred with McCrory for 2 weeks up at Catterick army garrison we stayed in the barracks the army boy looked after us very well food and training plus tuck us shooting with hand guns and machine guns swimming in pool I had a real good time and the sparring was easy I give McCrory a black eye but the papers said it was one of the army boys but just publicity for them it was with the Green Howard's 19th regiment good days
Thanks for the uploads.
10:13 and The So Solid Crew was born
I'm currently in the process of watching Lennox Lewis's career from his beginnings till the end of his career. This is some of the first EARLY fight footage of him that I've ever seen. He has good power if not very good power already in this stage of his career, a good jab, and can throw and land fairly fast punches from all angles: Lots of uppercuts and hooks even when fighting in close range. At his size, this can make him very lethal and adept. One of the few things that I dislike about his fighting technique is that he just doesn't 'let his fists fly' as much as some other heavyweights esp. someone like Evander Holyfield did. I like to see fighters that are always 'busy' -- that don't spend much time tying their opponent up but spend the majority of their time constantly throwing punches -be it jabs or other punches. So many modern day boxers, especially modern day heavyweights just don't let their fists fly like most heavyweights and pretty much boxers from all other weight classes used to...
I been doing the same!
That’s because he is playing chess in his mind
Still one of the greatest heavyweights in history
Imagine being 6`4" and almost 16 stone fully trained, and Lennox can STILL throw you around like a ( In McCrory`s words) Rag doll.
Lennox must have been frighteningly strong.
he could military press 400 pounds did it in superteams on british tv
@@vincentvangogh8092he's a beast but absolutely no way. Strict military press with 400 lbs is super rarified air. Why would Lennox risk his precious shoulders with such a stupid lift?
Manny Steward is rumored to have said Lewis was the strongest heavyweight he ever trained. Lewis definitely has supreme gifts. Shame we never saw him vs. Bowe. Two of the strongest guys at the time.
@@presence5426Manny did say that. Also said that LL could make a fight very physical if need be, as what happened with Vitali K.
@@philgarrett5498 Early in Lewis' career, he was pretty aggressive and bombed guys out. Then he became more of a chess player. I'm wondering if he got his bell rung in sparring or in a fight, then realized he shouldn't brawl.
17:11 Violet Lewis trying to get Frank's attention by going through the Matchroom team. Funny.
Massive mismatch here , McCrory was never going to be strong enough for Lewis who just destroyed him !
i warned him not to take this fight but maybe have some warm ups, he told me he wouldn't be motivated in a lesser fight
It was a painful payday for Glen I recon.
21 seconds and your in trouble,you better move on the double!!21 seconds ttt
So solid...yes indeed! 😆
Frank bruno and Gary Mason were terrific in the interviews
Gary mason rip
Great seeing a young Lewis....
Lennox is good man. I can sense that he realised very early that McCrory was completely
outmatched. From then on Lennox was fighting at only 30 - 35% power. Just enough to
get the job done. Lennox didn`t want to humiliate Glen. There was no call to.
30 - 35% power? Are you fucking mental?
@@fernandopessoa7077 McCrory later said that Lennox was throwing him around like a; "Rag doll". When McCrory
met Evander Holyfield some years later they talked about fighting Lennox. He said all Evander could talk about
was Lewis` amazing physical strength. So, yes;....you can be sure that Lennox never needed to use more than
30 - 35 % of his power to get the job done here. Also, David Tua.....himself a very powerful man, said after his
fight against Lennox;........" I`m just glad I got out of there without getting seriously hurt." That is the fear Lennox
could instil in his opponents.
@@jimred5700 McCall cried, Sheldon refused to throw punches to avoid the counter, Tyson who paid Lewis off at first wanted to quit on his stool, Bowe threw his belt away. Tua and Morrison just didn't want to get inside for fear of the uppercut, the unbeaten Akinwande held on for dear life. To HW's Lewis was the scariest of all time.
In England they didnt want Lennox as they had Bruno but they loved him in the end
No, they didn't.
@@ppuh6tfrz646 ITS TRUE BRUNO WAS THERE WHITE GUY, AND LENNOX WAS A BLACK CANADIAN
until he started winning of course 😆😅😂🤣
@@jamesbomd3503 I don't think Lewis is loved in England even now.
He's admired but not loved.
@@jamesbomd3503Eh?
Lennox only had that fight to become popular in the UK 🇬🇧
Jim Watt taking all the fun out of the sport. How did we have to put up with him all those years. Awfil
Jim down every thing
Frank Bruno digging out Gary Newbon lol!
Never noticed it at the time but that final right hand looks like it misses
Great heavy-duty boxers
RIP the great Gary Mason
Lewis looks huge compared to Mccrory.
Good ol' frank stole the show
The saying 'be careful what you wish for' comes to mind here. Glenn McCrory pretty much trash talked his way into this fight because, as he later admitted in an interview, he needed the money to pay off a tax bill. Bloody painful way to pay off a tax bill!
I think the record will show Lewis was the greatest heavyweight of the 90s, of his era, a bit more difficult to say cos he never fought Bowe and Tyson was well past his best when they fought
Mad to think tyson is the same age as Lewis....Mike would have ko'd lewis then
@12:50 tell me where Lewis lands. Play it back in extra slow if you need to. Glen quit. He wanted no more. Phantom punches are always the best finishers
He felt Lewis power and gave up, he knew it was futile. There are levels to this sport and Mcrory was European level at best. Glen was a cruiser and really had no business in there with a bonafide HW, he was no Evander Holyfield, David haye or usyk
@@lastonewon For sure
McCrory should never have moved up to Heavyweight, he never did well there
Although he did spar a prime Mike Tyson Agree with you though!
Gary Mason said Lewis lacks power. 😮😮
Then he met that power
McCrory scored Klitschko vs Fury 116-114 for Fury 😂 while commentating
I scored it 1 nil to Fury it was such a poor performance by both.
Unwatchable
I guess Glenn is about to fight Roy Jones Jr.
What the hell is that at the bottom of Lewis neck
McCrory took a dive.
No he didn’t, fool 🙄
Jim Watt was totally wrong commentating that’s British boxing is as safe as it could be... nope! The investigation into the Watson fight found the doctor at ring side had NO Medical equipment with him. Watson sued the BBBC and won damages, incidentally they had no insurance and had to sell their London headquarters to make a part payment towards the damages, Michael went short...... So no Mr Watt it wasn’t as safe as it could have been.
Not big enough for the heavy weights mccrory.....Should have stayed @ cruiser weight....
And then went on to become the best heavyweight the world has ever seen 🥊🥊
Joe Lois Dempsey peak foreman peak Holmes peak Tyson bowe peak Holyfield and obviously at any stage wud of destroyed Lennox
Glen totally unprepared.
Lennox used to fight trash oponents.
If he faced a Ron Lyle or Earnie Shavers, Lennox would have lost on 3 round KO
Frank Bruno clearly doesn't like Gary Newbon.
Check out young Lennox getting nasty in the first round! He should have never lost this. Except he didn't have the chin to be a brawler. McCrory needed to fire back or at least use the jab to keep Lewis off. Bad performance.
This is what you get when the bigger guy is significantly better than the smaller guy lol. Normally the smaller guy is quicker and has some advantages over the smaller guy, not here lol
Fastest counts ive seen in boxing
Haven't watched much boxing then have you lol
Good win for Lewis but to be honest Glenn should have never have been in the same ring as Lewis .he couldn't cut it ever as a heavyweight and Lewis taking this fight was like a backward step .after to great wins over good heavyweight fighters in Gary mason and Mike weaver
Glen needled him at a charity dinner until Lewis wanted to beat him up. He needed the payday.
Laughable match up with Glenn 'I sparred with Mike Tyson' Mcrory. Scrubout chancer
Strong melanin in action
Fat Andy Ruiz out of action.
Grow up you idiot
White creamy skin
Might as well say 'strong sweat glans in action' 🤨 🤷♂️
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Lewis never had any plans to fight Glen McRory, but was goaded into it by him when they sat next to each other at charity dinner. Glen needed to pay off some debts I beleive.
McCrory was hit with an air punch, what a weasel. Total dive. He fought like a scared 3rd grade girl.
Man and a boy.