Lennox Lewis , best ever ?

How about you match him in a rematch against Vitali, which he so desperately avoided. Put Lewis against a prime Tyson and a prime Foreman and I do not know how long he would last. A case can be made for him entering the top 10 ATG heavyweights, but certainly not the greatest. Lewis beat Vitali the first time round, and he was in shit shape.

Lennox Lewis is the greatest Heavyweight of all time IMO. Match Lennox up against any great Heavyweight and Lennox holds all the cards. He'd beat anyone in any era IMO. I don't care if i get slated for this post, am just being honest. He was that good! He'd kick your ass in a game of chess too. Carry on. How about you match him in a rematch against Vitali, which he so desperately avoided. Put Lewis against a prime Tyson and a prime Foreman and I do not know how long he would last. A case can be made for him entering the top 10 ATG heavyweights, but certainly not the greatest.

Co-sign those who call Lennox top 10 but not the best ever.

Anyone who does'nt have Lewis in there top 10 Heavyweights OAT are just haters. For me he is behind only Ali or Louis. He unified his division Made 15 consecutive title defences Held the belt 3 seperate times Has an excellent resume ( Compared to past HW's ) And In a head to head i would favour an IN Shape, Focused Lennox over any Hw in history He sadly won't ever get the credit he deserves though as he wasn't American and wasn't as exciting as other Heavyweights.

Ability wise, there is a very good case. His chin is actually somewhat underrated. The two dudes who iced him were power heavies... they didn't have many other angles to their game, and he got caught flush. Neither one really KO'd him either. He got waved off, but he was at least making an effort to get up... he didn't seem completely done is what I'm saying. His size/jab would be a great asset to him. Wladimir Klitschko would be a good fight for him, because it would be like fighting yourself for both. Whoever gets the first flush right hand probably wins that fight. Larry Holmes is another good name to have against Lewis. Lewis's jab would probably be inferior in this fight, so he would have to depend on other parts of his game to make up for it. George Foreman is another good name to have up against Lewis. Ali is obviously up there. Everyone else is probably too small in order to have a really great case of why they would beat Lewis.

Best ever, no, not by a long way. I'm not even sure about top ten across all eras... although its really impossible to compare the likes of Lewis, Ali or Foreman with fighters such as Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson. Of the 'modern' era fighters (Ali onwards) I'd actually put Larry Holmes at the top of the list. He just should have quit after losing to Tyson.

Lennox Lewis is the greatest Heavyweight of all time IMO. Match Lennox up against any great Heavyweight and Lennox holds all the cards. He'd beat anyone in any era IMO. I don't care if i get slated for this post, am just being honest. He was that good! He'd kick your ass in a game of chess too. Carry on.

Not a top 10 fighter for me Lewis would cum up short against ali or holmes imo. The man lost to rahman for god sake. Lewis was a very good, technically gifted fighter but not a top 10 in my opinion. His jab would have severly tested the likes of prime tyson and frazier due to the reach advantage but i think holmes and ali would have the intangibles to neutralise his jab and come up wit sumtin to trump it. I wont include marciano, johnson,dempsey and louis etc due to lack of footage available to truly rate them personally. Foreman was to strong for ali until tiring in the jungle but i cant imagine lewis being able to 'pull of the rope a dope' and take that amount of punishment.

Is this thread serious? I've never heard someone assert or even ponder whether if Lennox Lewis was the best ever. Come on. Everyone and their momma knows that ALI is the best ever. Remember to be the best you have to fight the best too. Lewis did not by any stretch of the imagination face the competition Ali faced. Remember, Ali only lost 5 times. Two of those losses occurred at or after the age of 37 and were not revenged; Berbick and Holmes. The rest of the losses he revenged, including prime Frazier, Ken Norton, and Spinks (cannot believe he came back and won that fight given his condition). There are so many HWs that rank above LL it is crazy, in any event you should never put Lewis in front of Ali or Joe Louis; it just should not be done.

top 10 - i think you can make a very goo argument for him being a top 5. if they were to fight i can see ali having a real problem with lewis. its hard to compare fighters from different era's, they were a completely different size and fought in different times. ali took on the best and never could be accused of ducking someone, his resume reads like a whos who of the heavyweights - foreman, liston, frazier etc. boht guys are great champs though, lewis overcame the odds as well in securing his legacy as a great heavy, he fought the best from his era and defeated most of them. the mark of an underrated sportsman is that you appreciate them more when they're gone. the one quip i have with lewis is he didn't take on the best version of tyson but thats me being over critical. hers how i rank the heavy's, remember the rankings here are based on what they achieved at the time, rather than how they would do in hypothetical match-ups: 1 - ali 2 - joe louis 3 - marciano 4 - foreman 5 - lewis

Holmes did have the size and the jab to make a case!!

IMO he is the best HW ever.

Best ever? Nah, he's a top 10 heavyweight ATG though. 100% free webcam site! | Awesome chicks and it is absolutely free! | Watch free live sex cam - easy as 1-2-3

Foreman may be the best bet IMO, Holmes and Ali also seem to be the two that strike me as being able to but I wouldn't bet on it. I'd proberbly take Foreman as the most likely.