is Lennox Lewis overrated on boxing forums

[joeandthebums]

i have already told you were to go look...

You didn't specify - but I got the impression you meant a July issue of Boxing News.

There were five issues in July;

1st July, Eubank's Message
8th July, Sofa So Good
15th July, Tour de Farce
22nd July, I want Robbo again
29nd July, A man for all seasons

Unfortunately I do not have any of these issues at present but if you could inform me which issue the article is in, I will be able to source it and be in the position to substantiate your claim.

[LacedUp]

Hey, don't go bad mouthing "Prime Akinwande"!!

Everyone knows "prime" Akinwande was 2000 version. Lewis ducked the rematch and was lucky Akinwande was sick in his prime. Otherwise he would have been beaten.

Coward!

#LewisIsTheOnlyChampionToBeStrippedLetsForgetMikeT ysonIn1996

[sonnyboyx2]

Everyone knows "prime" Akinwande was 2000 version. Lewis ducked the rematch and was lucky Akinwande was sick in his prime. Otherwise he would have been beaten.

Coward!

#LewisIsTheOnlyChampionToBeStrippedLetsForgetMikeT ysonIn1996

The thread question: is Lennox Lewis overrated on these forums. - Yes he is vastly overrated. All this garbage you keep spewing about H2H and 3 fight this and that, is to try to cover his limitations. The bottom line is. Lewis never beat a single World Class opponent who was "at the top of his game" - i have repeatedly asked you to name for me who he beat of worth. You just keep coming up with Michael Grant & Andrew Golota

[young_robbed]

The thread question: is Lennox Lewis overrated on these forums. - Yes he is vastly overrated. All this garbage you keep spewing about H2H and 3 fight this and that, is to try to cover his limitations. The bottom line is. Lewis never beat a single World Class opponent who was "at the top of his game" - i have repeatedly asked you to name for me who he beat of worth. You just keep coming up with Michael Grant & Andrew Golota

so Vitali doesn't count?

[sonnyboyx2]

so Vitali doesn't count?

Yes Vitali most certainly counts. But lets be 100% honest about the Vitali bout, Vitali was well ahead on all judges score cards and was starting to dominate Lewis. Vitali's body language and actions when the fight was called off, told a story of who was going to win the fight. it was clear when Lewis slumped onto his stool at the end, that he was a very tired man who did not have more than one more round in him. It was also clear that he was a very fortunate winner. Lewis promised the entire boxing world he would face Vitali in a rematch, yet baulked on his promise... Lewis in his younger days may very well have beaten Vitali Klitschko, but hypertheticals are meaningless... Does Lewis victory over Vitali entitle him to be rated in the Top 3 of all time?????

[sonnyboyx2]

You didn't specify - but I got the impression you meant a July issue of Boxing News.

There were five issues in July;

1st July, Eubank's Message
8th July, Sofa So Good
15th July, Tour de Farce
22nd July, I want Robbo again
29nd July, A man for all seasons

Unfortunately I do not have any of these issues at present but if you could inform me which issue the article is in, I will be able to source it and be in the position to substantiate your claim.

unfortunately i do not have any issues either. but i am sure Google Archives will carry information of it. Google Archives will also have articles on Lamon Brewster knocking Lewis out in sparring.

[billeau2]

I really don't know how anyone can overrated Lennox Lewis. He was ducked by virtually everybody on the way up, in particular, Rid**** Bowe and Mike Tyson, as there is evidence of this: Bowe trashing the WBC belt when Lennox was the mandatory and Tyson facing Bruce Seldon for the WBA belt rather than face Lewis to make his mandatory defense.

Lewis beat every viable contender available with the exception of Ruiz and Byrd, of which neither would have been a draw and, quite likely, both would have been defeated rather handily.

He fought and defeated the best in arguably the second best era in heavyweight history.

If anything, he is usually characteristically vastly underrated in spite of all of his accomplishments.

You are the one eyed man in the land of the blind....Now stop making sense before somoene gets hurt around here.

[billeau2]

Most certainly.. Ruiz & Byrd was vastly superior fighters than Grant & Golota. both of whom had been exposed. Golota had not fought a single fighter who was ranked in the Top 30, his fouling against Rid**** Bowe should have seen him banned from the sport. Bowe was a shell of his former self and looked in terrible shape. his speech was slurred and it was shocking how much he had declined. Grant was unworthy of any Top 10 ranking.

http://articles.philly.com/2000-03-1...ht-lewis-first

http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/13/sports/sp-19075

http://www.iol.co.za/sport/lennox-le...6#.VRLUq47P61s

http://articles.philly.com/2000-03-0...d-wba-rankings

There is any amout of evidence to back up that Lewis avoided John Ruiz.. Well Done to Don King is what i say.

The source materials you cite are about Lewis being stripped of one alphablet soup belt...how does this indicate that Ruiz and Byrd were superior to Grant and Golata? Once again you shoot yourself in the foot BTW because the articles also mention that Lewis was the unanimous champ...in effect making the alphabet soup detractor look very silly...

SonnyBoy I don't know what your problems are but you don't think logiclly. Yu present source material that is here nor there regarding your claim...and you always have a caveat for why a win is not a win. I guess in your mind Ruiz fought a prime Hollyfield right? and....Vitali Klitschko was defeated with no caveats by Byrd right? not to say that I agree with his quit. But Golata beat a mere shell of Bowe and because he hit the deck Grant was totally exposed which Lewis happened to notice right?

You are ridiculous

[billeau2]

Yes Vitali most certainly counts?

Thank you Sonny! with a little fixing you finally got something right. he also beat Hollyfield and Tyson technically but whos countin!!

[sonnyboyx2]

I really don't know how anyone can overrated Lennox Lewis. He was ducked by virtually everybody on the way up, in particular, Rid**** Bowe and Mike Tyson, as there is evidence of this: Bowe trashing the WBC belt when Lennox was the mandatory and Tyson facing Bruce Seldon for the WBA belt rather than face Lewis to make his mandatory defense.

Lewis beat every viable contender available with the exception of Ruiz and Byrd, of which neither would have been a draw and, quite likely, both would have been defeated rather handily.

He fought and defeated the best in arguably the second best era in heavyweight history.

If anything, he is usually characteristically vastly underrated in spite of all of his accomplishments.

Who did Lennox Lewis beat that Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Sonny Liston would not beat?