The Underappreciated Legend: Lennox Lewis

I don't think he's bothered by it 1 bit cause Americans loved him and at the end of the day that's all that matters.if your popular in America your going to be known world wide and Lennox was known world wide

How can be under appreciated when many think he is the best of all time? It's just my thread title. Had one for Cotto with the same title

Underappreciated? He's overrated by a lot of people on here Yep, totally agree. Judging by this forum alone.

Underappreciated? He's overrated by a lot of people on here

I don't think anyone underappreciate him, at first the british public didn't warm to him because he won the olympic gold for canada, they had Bruno who was british to the core etc. In the end they did warm up to him and i think it took him losing to Mccall for that to happen. The americans obviously hated him for a while too, they fought his style a bit boring at some point and the fact that he was ducked by Bowe, beat up their fighters. In the end he fought some of the american boxers on their way down, which wasn't his fault since they avoided him. He fought their up and comers like Briggs and Grant, klit before calling it a day. I respect him for his achievements in the ring, no one can take that away from him. He gets talked about as a top 10/15 HW of all time, so no he is appreciated.

How can be under appreciated when many think he is the best of all time?

One of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Could jab and bore you to death with an impossible to beat style like prime Klitschko, but could also hustle and fight his heart out when it mattered. Something wladimir lacked during a large portion of his career