Which fighters did Lewis fight who was at the Top of their Game

[Obama]

You do realize fighters are allowed to lose fights in their prime right? It doesn't just end because they get beat by someone. And they don't need a winning streak to be prime either.

[sonnyboyx2]

You do realize fighters are allowed to lose fights in their prime right? It doesn't just end because they get beat by someone. And they don't need a winning streak to be prime either.

i agree... but Lewis had multiple chances to fight the top fighters who was "At the Top of their Game" and he turned them all down and chose to fight exposed lower level fighters who he was massively favored to beat, i just cannot give Lewis credit for beating those fighters as i feel Bowe, Tyson, Holyfield would have no problem beating those fighters Lewis fought... its the fights Lewis chose NOT to accept which place the black mark against his career

[Vadrigar.]

Vitali comes to mind.

[kenso]

Gary Mason - Class C British Champion
Tyrell Biggs - coming of KO loses to Tyson, Daminani, Mason & Bowe.
Levi Billups - journeyman who got KOd by everyone except Lewis.
Ruddock - Damaged goods after 2 brutal hammerings by Tyson.
Butler - more losses than wins when fought Lewis
Mercer - Had been humiliated by old Larry Holmes
McCall - Journeyman who poleaxed Lewis in less than 2rds
Akinwande - Journeyman Class C fighter
Golota - sedated in dressing room after panic attack.
Briggs - Had been exposed getting KOd in 3rds by journeyman.
Mavrovic - european class c fighter Lewis struggled with
Grant- Exposed by Golota as weak chinned overhyped bum
Botha - Steroid Freak who had been butchered by Moorer & Tyson
Tua - 250lbs Fattest man to ever fight for the title
Rahman - Journeyman who poleaxed Lewis
Vitali - took fight on 2 weeks notice "Robbed"

Lennox chose to fight the above fighters instead of fighting all the top contenders during 1991-2002 for career highest paydays: Holyfield 93-96, Holmes 91-94, Moorer, 94-97, Hide, 94-95, Bowe, 93-95, Tyson 96, Witherspoon 94-96, Sanders 94-97, Ruiz 97-02, Byrd 98-02, Jones Jr 00-02, Wlad 07-03, Vitali 03-05 Lewis was stripped of titles rather than fight the No1 contenders who was "At the Top of their Game".

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i don't think there is a single active fighter that you can't break down their record like this to try to make them look bad. pick any recent fighter and i bet someone can break down their record and say something bad about each opponent. even pacquiao and mayweather.

[StarshipTrooper]

i don't think there is a single active fighter that you can't break down their record like this to try to make them look bad. pick any recent fighter and i bet someone can break down their record and say something bad about each opponent. even pacquiao and mayweather.

I can do it to any fighter anyone cares to name, even Ali who has about the best resume I've ever seen.

Poet

[Canelo Phresh]

klitschko....

[sonnyboyx2]

i don't think there is a single active fighter that you can't break down their record like this to try to make them look bad. pick any recent fighter and i bet someone can break down their record and say something bad about each opponent. even pacquiao and mayweather.

i disagree... lets take Pacquiao as you suggest for an example, he fought Marquez (twice), Barrera (twice) Morales (thrice) Delahoya, Cotto & Hatton all who was world champions and rated highly in the P4P ratings on fight night.. can you say the same for any opponent Lennox Lewis fought?

[StarshipTrooper]

i disagree... lets take Pacquiao as you suggest for an example, he fought Marquez (twice), Barrera (twice) Morales (thrice) Delahoya, Cotto & Hatton all who was world champions and rated highly in the P4P ratings on fight night.. can you say the same for any opponent Lennox Lewis fought?

De La Hoya - Washed up.
Barrera - Past prime for the first fight, washed up for the second.
Marquez - Many feel Pacquiao lost both fights.
Morales - 1 and 1 with him in-prime, washed up for the third fight.
Cotto - Damaged goods courtesy of Margarito and not that good in the first place.
Hatton - An over-hyped Brit club-fighter with marginal talent who lost to every fighter with a pulse he faced.

See? It's easy.

Poet

[sonnyboyx2]

De La Hoya - Washed up.
Barrera - Past prime for the first fight, washed up for the second.
Marquez - Many feel Pacquiao lost both fights.
Morales - 1 and 1 with him in-prime, washed up for the third fight.
Cotto - Damaged goods courtesy of Margarito and not that good in the first place.
Hatton - An over-hyped Brit club-fighter with marginal talent who lost to every fighter with a pulse he faced.

See? It's easy.

Poet

No-way was Barrera past it in their first fight and Hatton had never been defeated at 140lbs.. Morales was still a great fighter in his 2nd fight with Pacquiao... The point i am making is that Morales, Hatton, Barrera, Cotto was all world champions and highly rated in the P4P ratings unlike the guys Lewis fought in Grant, Butler, Botha, Mavrovic, Tucker, Rahman, Jackson, Golota, Morrison, Tua, Vitali, Ruddock none was or had been a dominant World Champion or was highly rated in the P4P ratings, they was all exposed fighters who had suffered defeats and was on the downslide in their careers.. Lewis had multiple oppotunity to fight the best fighters in the division yet turned those down every time.

[SonnyboyReturns]

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