Lewis, overated or a true Heavyweight great?

[dbacksdude1z]

The Mans Beaten Everyone Hes Fought

[Sir_Jose]

Underrated fighter in a b-c class level of fighters, But you cant say that or even use that an arguement...Lewis cannot help when he was born and had no choice on when to fight, Marciano fought in one of the ****tiest times in HW history and he beat EVERYBODY! As did lewis and fought all the big names as well and beat them convincingly.


Lewis deserves to be in the top 10

Louis
Holmes
Ali
Holyfield
Foreman
Lewis
Frazier
Marciano
Floyd Patterson
Ken Norton
Michael Spinks-Deny it all you want but this guy was damn good
Mike Tyson-Short lived but loved every ounce of it to carry over for 15 years in peoples minds


Liston,walcott,schmelling,dempsey and a few others rank up their this is no particular order but just some of the top heavyweights of all time.

Spinks dont belong top ten at heavy no way. Most felt he was lucky in the Holmes fights and he got destroyed by Tsyon. However Spinks is a legand at Light Heavy and is top 3 all time with Charles and Moore

[MetalVomit]

He beat holyfield!, why wouldn't you rank him higher?

so is Antonio Tarver better than Roy Jones because he KO'd him? Like I said, dont take my opinion to heart, i am biased. Dont like Lewis. However, I think Evander was greater than him.

[SonnyG8R]

Michael Spinks-Deny it all you want but this guy was damn good

He wasn't in the top 50 Heavyweights.

He is unquestionably top 5 Light Heavies.

[oldgringo]

Ali
Louis
Holmes
Marciano
Foreman
Johnson
Dempsey
Frazier
Holyfield
Tyson/Lewis
Liston/Norton

Lewis will certainly be appreciated more in time. What I most liked about him is that he somewhat avenged his losses like any great fighter should try and do (even though McCall was just a complete wackjob).

[SonnyG8R]

Spinks dont belong top ten at heavy no way. Most felt he was lucky in the Holmes fights and he got destroyed by Tsyon. However Spinks is a legand at Light Heavy and is top 3 all time with Charles and Moore

****er, you beat me to it.

[marvdave]

I've got lennox right around top ten. He was a damn good fighter and deserves respect. He fought everyone and ducked nobody. His lack of committment to training cost him dearly and I think turns people off. He was out of shape and lazy quite abit, but when he was on, he was great. The theory of his weak chin is exaggerated as well. He took big shots from from good punchers throughout his career. He avenged both loses and kept rolling.
Another thing I like about Lewis is that he retired on top.

[Sir_Jose]

McCall breaking down was not his fault so I dont see how that can be held against him, it was completely out of his controll

[oldgringo]

McCall breaking down was not his fault so I dont see how that can be held against him, it was completely out of his controll

Of course it was out of his control...but it always seemed to me that McCall may have had Lennys number. Even though theres not enough evidence of that...

[spinksjinx]

As the holmes statement was made, EVERYONE trashed him as champ and now he is regarded as champ, Holmes said **** the public, you will respect me when im gone....They did remember the division after holmes? Lewis dominated for so long and said the same thing as holmes and now look at the division. We are in a transitional period and lost one of the greatest fighters in the heavyweight division in the past 25-30 years....