Lewis vs Bowe 93 i found this article

[sonnyboyx2]

In the original didn't he also have Herbie Hide listed?

Yes Herbie Hide i listed .... why?

[billeau2]

Yes Herbie Hide i listed .... why?

You used Herbie Hide as an example of a fighter that Lennox ducked. Your contention being that Lewis, in fighting the likes of Briggs, Morrison Tua, etc had ducked the truly elite guys like Sanders, Hide, and Ruiz :blow:

Remember now?

Lets keep going so I can make some more of your innanities transparent.
Exposure and transparency. let me repeat that:

You used Hide as an example of fighters Lewis ducked who you claimed were exceptional when compared to fighters like Ruddock, Holyfield, Golata... Wasn't that neat how I used even more fighters that Lewis fought? You thought that Sanders, Byrd and Ruiz along with Hide were of a distinctly higher calibre than some of these opponents Lewis fought....remember?

[sonnyboyx2]

You used Herbie Hide as an example of a fighter that Lennox ducked. Your contention being that Lewis, in fighting the likes of Briggs, Morrison Tua, etc had ducked the truly elite guys like Sanders, Hide, and Ruiz :blow:

Remember now?

Lets keep going so I can make some more of your innanities transparent.
Exposure and transparency. let me repeat that:

You used Hide as an example of fighters Lewis ducked who you claimed were exceptional when compared to fighters like Ruddock, Holyfield, Golata... Wasn't that neat how I used even more fighters that Lewis fought? You thought that Sanders, Byrd and Ruiz along with Hide were of a distinctly higher calibre than some of these opponents Lewis fought....remember?

i like how you sneaked Holyfield in there to strengthen your desire to Troll.. you will have to show where i stated Hide to be better than Holyfield?.. yes i listed Sanders, Hide, Moorer,Foreman, Holmes, Wlad, Bowe, Tyson & Holyfield as fighters who held versions of the world title between 92-03 who Lewis should have fought. instead of him fighting Class C opponents like Butler, Jackson, Fortune, Akinwande, Ruddock, Grant, Tua, Botha, Briggs.. i also said Lewis should have fought the No1 contenders Ruiz & Byrd instead of Botha & Briggs... You come across as someone who knows very little about the 1990s, maybe you were still too young to be following a sport like boxing? send me a pm if your stuck on any subject and i will help you best i can

[IronDanHamza]

I really did miss Sonny.

He's breathing life back in this section.

Now we need Jab back and we can get world war 3!!

Except this time Jab won't be the Mod so it's an even playing field

2010 all over again!!

[LacedUp]

its a fact that Bowe offered Lewis $10 million to fight in 95, its a fact Lewis turned down $10 million in 96 to fight Tyson, Lewis himself on SKySports just recently claimed he "avoided southpaw Michael Moorer".. its a fact that Sanders fought on the undercard of Lewis vs McCall at Wembley Arena (i was there) in 1994 and was next in line for Lewis. Sanders was looking for a fight with Lewis throughout the 1990s. Lewis boasted, "One brother for breakfast, the other brother for Tea".. yet after Vitali wanted no part of Wlad, Larry Holmes offered to fight Lewis in 1993/94 you can read the details in Holmes Autobiography, "Against the Odds".

No, that's not true. The fight with Bowe was agreed for 1995 as far as I remember, but then Lewis lost to McCall and Bowe fought Holyfield instead. But nice way of spinning it.

After Moorer had beaten Holyfield, he himself chose to fight Foreman over Lewis because he'd get more money.

Yeah, Sanders may have been looking for it. How about beating a ranked opponent first? He was Lewis' sparring partner too. A mismatch of proportions and it was never going to be allowed on HBO. In your fantasy world, maybe, but not in reality.

Larry Holmes might also have 'offered' the fight to Lewis. So what? he wasn't relevant. He'd already lost to Holyfield and Lewis was looking for a title shot with Bowe and then subsequently lost to McCall.

Lol at the last part with Vitali. Let's forget that Lewis was talking retirement when he'd beaten Rahman in the second fight. He said all he had left was beating Tyson. He could have easily retired after that fight as a great heavyweight, yet offered a fight to Vitali twice after a second Tyson fight fell through.

International TV rights couldn't be agreed therefore Vitali didn't accept the fight until it was offered on two weeks notice. Wlad would have gotten that fight had he not been brutally destroyed by Lewis' sparring partner in two rounds - but I'm sure Vitali's effort in a defeat scared Lewis so much he didn't even want to fight what was considered the weaker brother by that point. More talented maybe, but weaker.

Anyways..

[LacedUp]

I really did miss Sonny.

He's breathing life back in this section.

Now we need Jab back and we can get world war 3!!

Except this time Jab won't be the Mod so it's an even playing field

2010 all over again!!

We should start a campaign, trying to get Jab back. He was awesome.

[sonnyboyx2]

We should start a campaign, trying to get Jab back. He was awesome.

JAB was a complete "bell end" his knowledge of boxing was very very limited and the forum went from a "Busy highway too a quiet country road" under his moderatorship.. His two cronies, Joseph & Scott sat on his rod and ganged up on members who had beaten them with boxing knowledge. Between them they turned Boxing Scene History Forum into a Lennox Lewis fanclub. rubbishing the careers of Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield & Rid**** Bowe. while at the same time glorifying every opponent Lewis beat. They rubbished the careers and achievements of All Time Greats Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney. Marcel Cerdan, Willie Pep, Sandy Sadler and many many more on an almost daily basis. All three of them was instrumental in destroying the best boxing forum on the web. i have hundreds of e.mails from old posters verifying this to be the case.

[IronDanHamza]

We should start a campaign, trying to get Jab back. He was awesome.

Haha as you can see, Sonny and Jab had one hell of a rivalry.

I like both guys, I'm friends with both.

Would be good to see him back just so these two could go at it again haha

[sonnyboyx2]

No, that's not true. The fight with Bowe was agreed for 1995 as far as I remember, but then Lewis lost to McCall and Bowe fought Holyfield instead. But nice way of spinning it.

After Moorer had beaten Holyfield, he himself chose to fight Foreman over Lewis because he'd get more money.

Yeah, Sanders may have been looking for it. How about beating a ranked opponent first? He was Lewis' sparring partner too. A mismatch of proportions and it was never going to be allowed on HBO. In your fantasy world, maybe, but not in reality.

Larry Holmes might also have 'offered' the fight to Lewis. So what? he wasn't relevant. He'd already lost to Holyfield and Lewis was looking for a title shot with Bowe and then subsequently lost to McCall.

Lol at the last part with Vitali. Let's forget that Lewis was talking retirement when he'd beaten Rahman in the second fight. He said all he had left was beating Tyson. He could have easily retired after that fight as a great heavyweight, yet offered a fight to Vitali twice after a second Tyson fight fell through.

International TV rights couldn't be agreed therefore Vitali didn't accept the fight until it was offered on two weeks notice. Wlad would have gotten that fight had he not been brutally destroyed by Lewis' sparring partner in two rounds - but I'm sure Vitali's effort in a defeat scared Lewis so much he didn't even want to fight what was considered the weaker brother by that point. More talented maybe, but weaker.

Anyways..

~Oh ok then ha ha ha.....

Talk about spinning it.. You are obviously one of those Lewis fans who constantly come's out with,

"Lennox never trained correctly
"Lennox got hit with a lucky punch"
"The referee counted to quickly"
"The referee stopped it to quickly"
"That punch woulda KOd any Heavyweight in history"
"Lennox was no motivated"
"Lennox beat ever man he ever faced"
"Lennox can swim the Channel in 3 minutes"
"Lennox can catch a bullet with his bare hands"
"Lennox is cute and i fancy him"
blah blah blah ffs....

[LacedUp]

~Oh ok then ha ha ha.....

Talk about spinning it.. You are obviously one of those Lewis fans who constantly come's out with,

"Lennox never trained correctly
"Lennox got hit with a lucky punch"
"The referee counted to quickly"
"The referee stopped it to quickly"
"That punch woulda KOd any Heavyweight in history"
"Lennox was no motivated"
"Lennox beat ever man he ever faced"
"Lennox can swim the Channel in 3 minutes"
"Lennox can catch a bullet with his bare hands"
"Lennox is cute and i fancy him"
blah blah blah ffs....

No i'm not.

Now you can come back with a legitimate answer instead of trolling like usual.

I'm not a hardcore Lewis fan at all, but I did like him.