Just Watched Lewis-Mercer Again..

[Mr. Ryan]

And let me tell you, from what I saw there, Lennox Lewis is a much better fighter than Wladimir Klitschko.

I couldn't imagine Wladimir handling that sort of pressure the way he did while still remaining aggressive. That was a very small ring: I saw Lewis' back touch the ropes more times in that fight I've ever seen in any other fights.

Mercer kept the left jab in his face and forced Lewis to trade shots. He worked Mercer's body effectively, threw incredible combinations upstairs and downstairs, and landed some heavy, heavy right hands.

Wladimir is an amazing boxer, no doubt about it, but he hasn't yet shown that desire to go out and be great. Granted, he probably didn't have the fighters around to do it against, but nonetheless I have yet to see that definitive performance that will assert him as a meaningful heavyweight champion.

[paul750]

Yeah, I was just saying that in the Shannon Briggs thread. Lewis showed he could endure in that fight too, and compose himself. The two knockouts aside, Lennox Lewis could operate under pressure. The losses were because of one punch and due to the fact Lewis overlooked those opponents. But Lewis could handle pressure and recover, no question.

[IMDAZED]

The Mercer & Briggs fights are two examples of how Lewis is light years ahead of any HW today. Can you imagine ANY of the current guys handling the kind of heat Mercer brought? What a great fight that was.

[starjammer]

Yeah good thread. Remember Michael Grant too? The way he came out throwing to bomb Lewis away? Lewis handled that really well, great response from him.

[King Koopa]

Mercer was a bad ass dude back in the day...too bad Wlad had to catch him at the end of his career

Lennox>>>>>>>>Vitali>>>Wlad

[THE REED]

red k will be upon you shortly

[IMDAZED]

Lewis was so ****ing good, man. Let me tell you something, David Haye has a better chance to beat the Klitschko's than 99.9% of the other HW's because he's in ****ing SHAPE. Can you imagine if Lennox fought an out of shape chump in all his title defenses? Whatever happened to the gym??

[Tmann400]

And let me tell you, from what I saw there, Lennox Lewis is a much better fighter than Wladimir Klitschko.

I couldn't imagine Wladimir handling that sort of pressure the way he did while still remaining aggressive. That was a very small ring: I saw Lewis' back touch the ropes more times in that fight I've ever seen in any other fights.

Mercer kept the left jab in his face and forced Lewis to trade shots. He worked Mercer's body effectively, threw incredible combinations upstairs and downstairs, and landed some heavy, heavy right hands.

Wladimir is an amazing boxer, no doubt about it, but he hasn't yet shown that desire to go out and be great. Granted, he probably didn't have the fighters around to do it against, but nonetheless I have yet to see that definitive performance that will assert him as a meaningful heavyweight champion.

your very right..and i like wladimir and david haye..but i have to tell you i DO NOT believe wlad will be able to handle haye's speed agility and power at the same time..i see the fight getting stopped from a barrage of punches from haye and wlad going down 2 or 3 times and the ref stopping it. that is exactly what i believe will happen..and once again i will say i do like wlad but i dont see him winning

[RAESAAD]

Lennox is a top 10-15 all time HW IMO and neither of the Kilts are close to that yet.....He's a league above both of them prime for prime.

[Adolf]

A great fighter like Wlad will always get discredited.

If he was black it wouldn't be so bad.