Who in history can match Lennox's resum'e?

[Joeyzagz]

I'm convinced Lennox Lewis has the most impressive resum'e in boxing history. The names in bold, below, were all former or future Heavyweight champions that Lennox beat. If you know a boxer who can go tit for tat with Lennox's resum'e please show me. But I doubt anyone has beaten 11 champions before...

1. Mike Tyson
2. Evander Holyfield
3. Vitali Klitschko
4. Rid**** Bowe (watch the olympic match, LL dominated)
5. Tony Tucker
6. Tommy Morrison
7. Hassim Rahman
8. Shannon Briggs
9. Ray Mercer
10. Oliver Mcall
11. Frank Bruno

Honerable mention, Non-title holder wins:

Donavan Ruddock
David Tua
Michael Grant

[GEOFFHAYES]

I reckon Charles and probably Greb have the best win resumes of all time, Robinson's ain't too shabby either. Archie Moore's is up there too. Moore's overrall opposition is arguably the best of all time; I rate him #1 in that aspect, the second place going to Langford.

[GEOFFHAYES]

1. Mike Tyson
2. Evander Holyfield
3. Vitali Klitschko
4. Rid**** Bowe (watch the olympic match, LL dominated)
5. Tony Tucker
6. Tommy Morrison
7. Hassim Rahman
8. Shannon Briggs
9. Ray Mercer
10. Oliver Mcall
11. Frank Bruno

Angott
Servo
Zivic
LaMotta
Armstrong
Bell
Gavilan
Olsen
Turpin
Graziano
Fullmer
Basilio

Forget about champions, there's a lot of HOF fighters there. That's Walker Smith Jr's, just off the top of my head.

[Frazier's 15th round]

Please, Tyson and Holyfield were shot when Lennox beat them. The rest of them are second (and even third) tier fighters.

[Kid Achilles]

Most of those guys just owned a portion of the title. Tyson and Holyfield were past their primes, and Lewis didn't even beat Holy convincingly. Lewis's resume is okay for a contemporary fighter but that's it. Even among heavyweights that is not an awe inspiring resume. It's a good one, a solid one, but not even close to the best ever.

[BKM-]

De La Hoya has a great resume.

[K-DOGG]

I'm convinced Lennox Lewis has the most impressive resum'e in boxing history. The names in bold, below, were all former or future Heavyweight champions that Lennox beat. If you know a boxer who can go tit for tat with Lennox's resum'e please show me. But I doubt anyone has beaten 11 champions before...

1. Mike Tyson
2. Evander Holyfield
3. Vitali Klitschko
4. Rid**** Bowe (watch the olympic match, LL dominated)
5. Tony Tucker
6. Tommy Morrison
7. Hassim Rahman
8. Shannon Briggs
9. Ray Mercer
10. Oliver Mcall
11. Frank Bruno

Honerable mention, Non-title holder wins:

Donavan Ruddock
David Tua
Michael Grant

Lewis has a good resume; but it's not the best by any stretch of the imagination. Tyson and Holyfield were not anywhere near their primes for one; and as Kid Achilles stated, Lewis didn't even beat Evander that convincingly in the rematch. Also, McCall was an upper tier journeyman and lost via mental breakdoan/possible crack high in the rematch, Briggs had no credit coming into the Lewis fight and actually the only reason he has any respect today as a heavyweight was due to his gutsy performance against Lewis. Bowe was an amateur win and should not be included in his professional resume....unless you want to mention that he had lost to Tyrell Biggs four years previously. Rahman, like Briggs, built his entire career off of one punch over a fat Lewis in South Africa, a fight Lewis should have never lost in the first place; Rahman has won no other impressive fight in his career....oh, except Sanders. Tucker was past his best; but a lower tier contender at least. Mercer, Morrison, Tua, Ruddock, and Klitschko I will give you, though Lewis did not look impressive against Vitali, it was impressive that an ill-prepared Lennox could begin to rally (slightly) before the fight was stopped on that nasty gash.

Now, as to whose record or resume could compare to Lewis's....here's just one example:


1. Sonny Liston..........twice
2. Floyd Patterson......twice
3. Cleveland Williams
4. Zora Folley

-------------------All past their primes; but still dangerous.

5. Jerry Quarry..........twice
6. Oscar Bonavena
7. Jimmy Ellis
8. Buster Mathis
9. Mac Foster
10. Joe Bugner...........twice
11. Ken Norton...........thrice
12. Joe Frazier...........thrice
13. George Foreman
14. Ron Lyle
15. Earnie Shavers


Now, I admittedly put some names on this resume I normally wouldn't; but since you included Oliver McCall, Hasim Rahman, and a really shot Mike Tyson....I felt obliged to list their comparative equals.


..oh, and I suppose it's obvious whoes resume I used.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Ali has the best Heavyweight resume in history in my oppinion and maybe the best ever. Lewis's best two opponents were Tyson and Holyfield and they were long past their best when he beat them. Other than that Lewis's oppenents were pretty average and he was twice knocked out cold by c list fighters.

[Yogi]

Ali has the best Heavyweight resume in history in my oppinion and maybe the best ever.

Ali possibly has the best heavyweight resume of all-time, but there's no way on earth that he'd have the p4p best of all-time, and here's only one example of a much better p4p resume than that of Ali's...

Jimmy McLarnin fought;

Barney Ross x3, Tony Canzoneri, Lou Ambers, Benny Leonard, Fidel LaBarba x3, Bud Taylor x2, Pancho Villa, Young Corbett II, Billy Petrolle x3, Sammy Mandell x2, Lou Brouillard, and Kid Kaplan are all a part of the HOF...That total of HOF'ers fought nearly doubles that of Ali's total.

Other top notch fighters (champions and/or contenders) McLarnin beat/fought includes Memphis Pal Moore, Sgt. Sammy Baker, Al Singer, Young Jack Thompson, Sammy Fuller, Ruby Goldstein, Sid Terris, Joe Glick, Ray Miller, etc., etc.

i.e. McLarnin's resume blows Ali's out of the water!

[Southpaw Stinger]

Ali possibly has the best heavyweight resume of all-time, but there's no way on earth that he'd have the p4p best of all-time, and here's only one example of a much better p4p resume than that of Ali's...

Jimmy McLarnin fought;

Barney Ross x3, Tony Canzoneri, Lou Ambers, Benny Leonard, Fidel LaBarba x3, Bud Taylor x2, Pancho Villa, Young Corbett II, Billy Petrolle x3, Sammy Mandell x2, Lou Brouillard, and Kid Kaplan are all a part of the HOF...That total of HOF'ers fought nearly doubles that of Ali's total.

Other top notch fighters (champions and/or contenders) McLarnin beat/fought includes Memphis Pal Moore, Sgt. Sammy Baker, Al Singer, Young Jack Thompson, Sammy Fuller, Ruby Goldstein, Sid Terris, Joe Glick, Ray Miller, etc., etc.

i.e. McLarnin's resume blows Ali's out of the water!

Which is why I said Heavyweight resume. If I just said resume I knew you would pounce on me with a mighty list of lower weight fighters with outstanding resume's. But since you decided to pounce anyway I would probably have been better off not posting at all.
I only said best ever to try to put a bit of personal taste in. Oppinions can be wrong my friend. try not to hate me for it.