lennox lewis the greatest heavyweight of all time.

[Joeyzagz]

There are two extremist groups on this site:

*The K-sister fans who only recognize 230+ guys as being good Heavyweights

*The old-school fans who stopped paying attention after 2000.

The funny thing is that Lennox is the only guy who is considered a decent fighter in both circles.

Lennox fought the big guys

Lennox fought the HOF name opponents

And for the boxrec nerds, he also has a win over everyone he ever faced.

No matter what your criteria for greatness is, you have to recognize the the force that is Lennox Lewis.

[joe strong]

According to george foreman.I can't post the video of foreman saying this because I don't have enough posts yet.I will when I do tho.



Cant argue with the dude here,lewis beat everyone he ever faced.

i agree he is the greatest...i have an interview where foreman says he ducked him in his comeback & would have ducked him in his prime....lennox got hit twice....his only weakness was complacency &arrogance....

[TheMagicMan]

Holyfield was past prime
Tyson was past prime/post prison
Bowe did duck him

Compare that era to the guys Ali fought:
Liston
Frazier
Norton
Foreman
Shavers
Patterson

Lets just look at the guys Ali fought

Liston-first match was at a MD when Liston hurt his shoulder. I see you give Byrd credit for beating Vitali though so that just shows you a boxrec warrior.
Liston-second match was a fix. Either it was a fix, or Liston had the weakest chin of alltime, and Jersey Joe is the worst ref of all time.

Frazier-beat Ali, then he was done. After the first Ali he was like the Tyson that Lewis beat, fat and happy, believed his own hype, never was the same, won only 5 of his last 10 fights.

Norton-beat Ali 3x, good job Ali

Foreman- Uhh, I just rewatched this fight, did you know there were judges who had Foreman winning 0 rounds? 0? Also why is Foreman standing 8 seconds into the count, but he was counted out? He is standing and completely ready to fight. Foreman knew he had to KO Ali to win, the judges and refs never would have let him.

Shavers-seriously? He wasnt good. He was the Tua of that time.

Patterson-way to beat up LHW Ali.

[TheMagicMan]

Oh and I like Lewis, but Vitali currently is the greatest HW of all time and Wlad will one day dethrone him with his various accomplishments. Vitali ended Lewis's career in the ring years ago.

[TheMagicMan]

A top 15 hw? No doubt, but hardly the goat as the TS claims he is

He has the only legitimate win over the GOAT HW Vitali Klitschko...I think that puts him much higher than top 15. Lewis won the match, Vitali won by ending Lewis's career.

[Megamasterking]

What ?

There are two extremist groups on this site:

*The K-sister fans who only recognize 230+ guys as being good Heavyweights

*The old-school fans who stopped paying attention after 2000.

The funny thing is that Lennox is the only guy who is considered a decent fighter in both circles.

Lennox fought the big guys

Lennox fought the HOF name opponents

And for the boxrec nerds, he also has a win over everyone he ever faced.

No matter what your criteria for greatness is, you have to recognize the the force that is Lennox Lewis.

So by logic, if your not in one of those two extremist groups, you are the expert of the site, the chosen one ! Give your opinion but don't put me in any of your "extremist groups"

[joe strong]

There are two extremist groups on this site:

*The K-sister fans who only recognize 230+ guys as being good Heavyweights

*The old-school fans who stopped paying attention after 2000.

The funny thing is that Lennox is the only guy who is considered a decent fighter in both circles.

Lennox fought the big guys

Lennox fought the HOF name opponents

And for the boxrec nerds, he also has a win over everyone he ever faced.

No matter what your criteria for greatness is, you have to recognize the the force that is Lennox Lewis.

amen brother...you are a true boxing fan & understand the different eras not like todays fanboy,flavor of the month fans who have tunnelvision...

[StarshipTrooper]

Bait thread.

Poet

[turdleburgle]

Holyfield was past prime
Tyson was past prime/post prison
Bowe did duck him

Compare that era to the guys Ali fought:
Liston
Frazier
Norton
Foreman
Shavers
Patterson

We are going to have to agree to disagree

Lol

Tucker, Green, Tillis,Holmes, Ruddock I, Ruddock II and Bruno I proves you wrong on that point

That decison was highly debatable which is why the crowd was booing so loudly. Mercer deserved another shot, but Lewis wasnt interested

Vitali had to take the wbc to court to force them to uphold their own rules. Which was that the wbc champion has to defend his belt once a year against his wbc mandatory which was Vitali. After the fight the WBC told Lewis that he had to face Vitali again, after dragging his feet for 9 months he chose to retire instead

Not true
After he beat Tua, he wanted to fight the big names in his divison like Lewis and Holyfield, both of them were not interested. It would be around 2 years after he beat Tua that he went to prison as well, plenty of time to make a fight

How was Byrd a paper champion? He was 1-1 against the Klitschko brothers and deserved a shot, he was Lewis's mandatory, whether he was popular or not has nothing to do with it.

holy was still a top hw after beatin tysons and moorers ass.not like lewis avoided him the way tyson did either.



byrd got lucky against vitali and everyone who saw it knows it.he was dominated and lady luck came his way that night.


lewis beat mercer,doesn't matter if the crowd cheered or the underdog he still lost.no point in rematching a guy just because he was competitive.


lewis was old and shot when he knocked out a prime vitali.a rematch would have been nice but he was already on his way out at that time so I understand.

[joe strong]

Oh and I like Lewis, but Vitali currently is the greatest HW of all time and Wlad will one day dethrone him with his various accomplishments. Vitali ended Lewis's career in the ring years ago.

who won & who looked like zombie after 6 rounds? fights are 12 rounds not 6 & vitali looked to be the guy who wouldnt be seeing the punches coming not lennox....lennox 1-0 vs vitali....vitali only fought 3 guys in his career who could even punch....lennox,peter,sanders & the 2 best guys vitali fought he was 0-2....20 years from now noone sees anything but 0-2 vs byrd & lewis