Is Lennox Lewis The Greatest HW Of All Time?

[Ironside]

I dont need to read anything.. the thread title was enough.. 1 star for thread.

I have read a lot of your posts, and you my friend, know nothing about boxing.

[j]

tills, i don't highly regard the current heavies. some of them aren't all that bad.

what i mean in the part that you bolded is that i can see where VK moves, and how he moves. i can see that in any fighter. in some martial arts, watching others and picking up where they are coming from quickly is an actual skill.

one, most people never even think to develope. beleive me, vitaly can rock a bunch a "great" heavies.

[lyrical]

answer to your question is no

[porlie]

Is Lennox Lewis The Greatest HW Of All Time? IMO No he isnt.

[blacksky]

Ali was never nearly knocked out by Cooper, he got up in 3 seconds,

and wobbled over to his corner where angelo cut his glove to buy him some more time.

the knockdown against Wepner was a slip, Frazier didn't brutalize Ali they brutalized each other, Spinks beat an old man, Holmes beat a brain damaged old man.

however you dress it up, he got a whooping.

Lewis has a good chance against Ali but try not to discredit boxers for the sake of your own argument. It's the same thing when people say Lewis was s*** just because he lost to Rahman and McCall while ignoring everything he achieved.

if you are comparing two boxers, then you have to bring up their weaknesses to support your argument.

[TheGreatA]

and wobbled over to his corner where angelo cut his glove to buy him some more time.

Myth

however you dress it up, he got a whooping.

Ali got a whooping after being inactive from boxing for years against a top 10 HW. He also gave as good as he got.

if you are comparing two boxers, then you have to bring up their weaknesses to support your argument.

Saying he got whooped by frazier got knocked out by cooper knocked down by wepner, that's not bringing up weaknesses, that's bringing up bias.

The same as if I said that Lewis got laid out by McCall & Rahman he ain't worth s***, a glass jaw (that's forgetting he was out of shape for those fights, only down two times even though he fought huge punchers and he avenged both losses).

[blacksky]

that clip showed him gingerly going over to his corner, half the time you couldn`t see what the seconds were doing because the view is obscured.

Ali got a whooping after being inactive from boxing for years against a top 10 HW. He also gave as good as he got.

true

Saying he got whooped by frazier got knocked down by cooper knocked down by wepner, that's not bringing up weaknesses, that's bringing up bias.

They are factual statements, although the word 'whooped' is my opinion, those things happened.

[TheGreatA]

They are factual statements but you should also take in account that the Wepner knockdown was a slip that was ruled a KD and that the KD by Cooper was when Ali was in his early 20's.

[RAESAAD]

A lot of people highly rate Lewis.
And when it comes to head to head fights, a lot think he would beat Ali, Foreman, Frazier, Bowe ,Holyfield AND Tyson.

Does that make him the best heavyweight of all time.
At 6'5 and 240 pds, formidable strength, power, boxer and thinker.
Whats your verdict?

I am a huge Lennox fan but can't go as far as to say he is the Greatest of all time but he is defintely top 10.

[-CANE-]

On achievments no but in the top 3 or 4. In regards to who would beat who then I'd go with one of the same top4 on achievments that being Ali,Louis,Lewis and Holmes. I think these 4 stand out above the rest and all 4 could have beaten everyone else on their day and all would come out top in head to heads as well I think.