is Lennox Lewis overrated on boxing forums

[sonnyboyx2]

No he was thought of as the more talented. Which he is. By the time Lewis fought Vitali, Wladimir had two embarrassing KO losses on his record to guys not even in the top 10. He followed that up with another KO loss to another non top 10 guy.

Haha, Sanders also said Lewis was a great inspiration to him as they had sparred. Maybe Sanders should have beaten a top 10 opponent to get a Lewis fight eh? That would be a good start. Instead, Lewis fought the guy that won over Sanders. And Sanders also got KTFO by journeymen himself, so it's not like anyone was asking for Lewis to fight Sanders. ever.



You know Wlad is lil bro right? I doubt Lewis thought Wlad would do anything to him after only months prior he was brutally knocked out by Lewis' sparring partner

But let's start to take every pre-fight quotes as gospel and ignore the fact that nobody thought Lewis would even ever fight again after Tyson. He had basically retired but only wanted to fight against Tyson again for a huge payday. Instead, Tyson bottled it so HBO pushed Lewis to fight his mandatory and when he was out the date was already out there.

You're talking as if Lewis was fighting fit and active. He had the longest break in his entire career.



I don't know many fighters with more than 40 fights, a lot on championship level and 30 years old that weren't in their prime.

Convenient excuse though.

Your post is full of contradictions. You claim Wlad got knocked out by Lewis sparring partner... Yet Lewis got knocked out by Mike Tysons sparring partner. The rest of your post is not factual but your own opinions. You doubt this and doubt that etc. When the bottom line is Lewis was stripped of every version of the Heavyweight Championship for refusing to fight the No1 contenders. WBA for refusing to fight John Ruiz, IBF for refusing to fight Chris Byrd and WBC for refusing to fight Vitali Klitschko... Those boxers had fought their way to be No1 contenders of their profession. Lewis had an obligation as champion to fight them. But he chose not to because they posed a huge risk. Lewis chose hand-picked tomato cans instead.

[LacedUp]

"Lewis was in major fights like Prime Akinwande"

"Roy Jones fought Hopkins at middleweight when he should have fought Champions like John David Jackson"

"Jones beat the Champions at 175 but who did they beat?"

"Take Jones wins against prime ATG's away and who did he beat?"

Some real zingers in that thread.

Take Ali's wins against Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Liston away. Who did he beat?

Take Ali from 65 after Liston up to '71. Who did he beat?

[LacedUp]

Excuse? Vlad wasn't prime against Sanders and everybody knows it. He peaked later, is possibly still prime in a sense.

Well, peak and prime are two different things.

Was it the best Wlad? No. But it's ridiculous to say he wasn't in his prime at 30 years old with more than 40 pro fights.

Extremely ridiculous.

He's not prime anymore, let's get real. He's just extremely good still and better than the rest.

[KnockoutNed]

You are obviously deluded. Wlad has beaten a long list of undefeated fighters all of who was the official No1 contenders. Your also forgetting the name "CHRIS BYRD"... yes Chris Byrd the fighter Lennox Lewis avoided like the plague, the fighter Lennox Lewis was stripped of his title for refusing to fight, when Byrd was the official No1 contender. I would fancy a few fighters on Wlad's resume to give Lewis a decent fight. Corrie Sanders the 6ft 5ins power-punching southpaw for one.

Lol Byrd. You mean that guy that got blown out by 19 fight novice Ike Ibeabuchi? Byrd was a small boring spoiler who had no power and was no threat whatsoever to Lewis. Don King had such little confidence in his own fighter that he gave Lewis with $1 million and a Range rover so he could vacate his title.

Who did Corrie Sanders ever beat besides Wlad?

Undefeated in this era doesn't mean much. Mariusz Wach and Francesco Pianeta were undefeated too.

[LacedUp]

Your post is full of contradictions. You claim Wlad got knocked out by Lewis sparring partner... Yet Lewis got knocked out by Mike Tysons sparring partner. The rest of your post is not factual but your own opinions. You doubt this and doubt that etc. When the bottom line is Lewis was stripped of every version of the Heavyweight Championship for refusing to fight the No1 contenders. WBA for refusing to fight John Ruiz, IBF for refusing to fight Chris Byrd and WBC for refusing to fight Vitali Klitschko... Those boxers had fought their way to be No1 contenders of their profession. Lewis had an obligation as champion to fight them. But he chose not to because they posed a huge risk. Lewis chose hand-picked tomato cans instead.

How does Mike Tyson come into the equation now? Jesus you are sailing.

It is factual. Wlad did get knocked out and nobody called for Lewis to fight Sanders. Those are facts.

You are rewriting history to a disgusting extent. but I know you're just butthurt about Tyson still.

It's ok. It's more than a decade ago. get over it.

[KnockoutNed]

How does Mike Tyson come into the equation now? Jesus you are sailing.

It is factual. Wlad did get knocked out and nobody called for Lewis to fight Sanders. Those are facts.

You are rewriting history to a disgusting extent. but I know you're just butthurt about Tyson still.

It's ok. It's more than a decade ago. get over it.

The guy is still furious about KTFO8 about just as much as Ktards are mad about TKO6.

[LacedUp]

The guy is still furious about KTFO8 about just as much as Ktards are mad about TKO6.

He's taken it to a new level.

He's done the same crap for about all of the years i've been on the scene. He had a break though, which was pleasant.

[KnockoutNed]

Just for your viewing pleasure Sonny

[sonnyboyx2]

Take Ali's wins against Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Liston away. Who did he beat?

Take Ali from 65 after Liston up to '71. Who did he beat?

You are showing here your complete lack of Boxing knowledge. You need to go and find another hobby, because you are a laughing stock here on this boxing history section.

Muhammad Ali was banned from the sport of boxing from 1967-1970 But his opponents whom he fought and beat in the period you mention, would almost certainly befar too good for any version of Lennox Lewis.

1965 Floyd Patterson
1966 George Chuvalo
1966 Henry Cooper
1966 Cleveland Williams
1966 Karl Mildenberger
1967 Ernie Terrell
1967 Zora Foley
1970 Jerry Quarry
1970 Oscar Bonavena

I would fancy everyone of the above fighters to beat Lennox Lewis. if Rahman & McCall can put Lewis lights out, Then these guys would smash his lamp into a million pieces. These are a different breed and class of fighter, than anything Lewis ever fought.

[Weltschmerz]

Well, peak and prime are two different things.

Was it the best Wlad? No. But it's ridiculous to say he wasn't in his prime at 30 years old with more than 40 pro fights.

Extremely ridiculous.

He's not prime anymore, let's get real. He's just extremely good still and better than the rest.

When you say prime, it means the best version of a fighter. Which he wasn't against Sanders.