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Exactly , most of everyone out there but :
(1) Why did he waited so much time before he fought Tyson and Holyfield ?
(2) Why did not he give enough time to McCall to rehab / recuperate from his
drug addiction ? or rematched him earlier ?
(3) Why did not he fight Byrd , Moorer and Ruiz but chose to fight Botha ,
Mavrovic , Justin Fortune and Phil Jackson instead ? some may also ask
about Lionel Butler. Note that I was aware not to credit the padding in
his early fights , because this is the usual case (except from Oleg
Maskaev).
But after and despite all of these , I still rank him in my top 10 , and feel secure about this ranking. Who does have a better quality of opposition among the HW "greats" ?
No one else in HW history , except of Hassim Rahman and Ross Puritty comes close to Lewis in terms of quality of opposition , but Rahman lost and drew more than Lewis did , didn't he ?
Puritty lost lots of decisions in short fights , he did not even get the opportunity to stop his opponents late like he did against Wladimir Klitschko because of it.
But they are not considered "greats" .
Lewis' opposition > Ali's opposition.
And I do know how Ali "beat" George Foreman , what a feeling it is 2b d1 who knows the truth everyone else treats like a ghost's revelation.Comment
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i stick by London v Tua.. Tua just climbed off the floor to get a draw with old monte Barrett...London wouda slaughtered him, the problem with London is that the vast majority have never seen any footage of him...so they go to boxrec and make their assumptions up.
The same goes for this argument.. GJC have you seen much footage of David Bey? Bonecrusher Smith or Carl Williams?.. obviously notComment
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This just shows your lack of honesty and boxing knowledge.
That advantage would of been in terms of stamina, on the flip side Lewis would of had more experience and technical ability. Which is why older fighters can beat younger fighters off the top of my head:
McCallum-Collins, McCallum-Harding, Toney-Jirov,Hopkins-Pavlik, Holmes-Mercer etc etc
Irrelevant, he still wanted to keep fighting and chose not to because he would of had to face Vitali again
He deserved to get sentence to 6 years in prison because he slept with a groupie?
Which is why he went to Tryon detention centre as a kid i.e he served his time for those crimes already
It has nothing to do with age, rather the amount of wear and tear Ali had endured during his fighting career
Why dont you make a thread with a poll and see how many people online agree with this?
When Jones was at the top of his game, this is what Calzaghe said:
"I could probably give Jones a tough fight, probably the best fight he's ever had," said Calzaghe. "But I know my capabilities and unless I got paid the crown ***els I wouldn't want to risk it."
When Jones was clearly on the slide this is what calzaghe said:
I preferred the Pavlik fight as Jones although a former P4P number one, he is way past his best, a fact widely accepted in boxing. I also think he is tarnished after failing a drugs test earlier in his career. In the 2008 latest edition of his autobiography, Joe states that Jones is "washed up" and in an interview in Boxing Monthly said he said he had "no interest" in fighting Jones, who he describes as "not a great fighter anymore" observing that "Roy's resistance is gone''Last edited by Toney616; 08-09-2010, 07:41 AM.Comment
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Vitali was at his absolute best when he was 31 years old and had 33 fights. He was much more experienced than the guy who quit against Byrd, and he was a lot faster/stronger than the person who struggled with #20 Sosnoski a few months ago.
He had every advantage imaginable and still lost; fighting an even older and slower Lennox would prove nothing.
I don't mind spelling errors and bad grammar, but saying "would of" instead of "would've" is just wrong. Stop using prepositions after verbs.Comment
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