Poll: Is Lennox Lewis Top Ten..?

[mickey malone]

I'd say he is... What do the rest of you think?

At what number would you rate him on your on your ATG HW lists?

Regards mm

[ßringer]

I know he makes my list on the top 10 HW's of all time.

[ßringer]

Oops, didn't see you asked what number.

My new list goes like this.....

1.) Louis
2.) Ali
3.) Holmes
4.) Holyfield
5.) Lewis
6.) Johnson
7.) Foreman
8.) Dempsey
9.) Frazier
10.) Marciano

I've recently come to this newer version of my list, previously I had a few guys at alternate spots but after careful consideration I changed it to this.

It's hard ranking these guys sometimes.

[Stickman]

If not, he's pretty close. His losses were avenged, he nearly always put on an exciting fight, record is impressive in and of itself, highly skilled, plenty of power....

About the only thing that would make me say top 15 instead of 10, was him not taking that Klitschko rematch, and taking a year (without fights) to decide to retire, all the while hoping Vitali would get KO'd and fade away so he could take another fight, maybe 2, before announcing retirement. That's the only thing that clouds his time as champ. If he'd retired immediately after beating Vitali, I'd lean more towards top 10 than I do now.

[JM1]

i grew up watching lennox and yes i think he deserve to be in the top10

[Chunk..]

He's the greatest Heavyweight Champion of all time IMO. He beat everyone in his era and i reckon he'd beat any champion of any era.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Lennix Lewis definitely is, when the guy was on, he was one of the greatest HW of all time. Smart fighter, great jab and very good power.

I would even say he is one of the few HW IMO that could actually beat Ali with his style. I have always said he is great but unfortunately throughout his career he fought to the level of his opposition and his work rate wasn't great.

Physically he was a monster to deal with though....

[JM1]

He's the greatest Heavyweight Champion of all time IMO. He beat everyone in his era and i reckon he'd beat any champion of any era.

i beg to disagree mate. ali would always be better in my opinion. just my opionion

[Benncollinsaad]

As much as I'd like to ignore it, LL is a top 10 ATG heavyweight, at least according to his accomplishments. Part of the credit, however, must go to Emanuel Steward for that. Lewis would never be as great a fighter without him, I stand firmly behind that.

10 greatest heavyweights ever IMO:
1. Joe Louis
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Rocky Marciano
4. Evander Holyfield
5. Mike Tyson
6. Joe Frazier
7. Wladimir Klitschko
8. Lennox Lewis
9. Sonny Liston
10. Max Schmelling

10 greatest European heavyweights:
1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Lennox Lewis
3. Vitali Klitschko
4. Max Schmelling
5. Andrzej Golota
6. Ingemar Johansson
7. Zeljko Mavrovic
8. Joe Bugner
9. Frank Bruno
10. Henry Cooper

[Sage84]

Yeah without a doubt for me, I agree with Bringers list, although i have Ali as #1