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Originally posted by wrecksracer View Post
I like Lennox Lewis, but the fact that he got knocked out cold twice by average competition can't be overlooked. Yes, he avenged them, but it doesn't erase them.Originally posted by M111 View Post
Lewis on the other hand beat every single person he ever faced and bar the Klitschko fight where let’s face it he was purely after a payday before retirement, beat them all convincingly, most by knockout and the only dodgy decision was against Holyfield which everyone knows he won.
Both of these posts are very true. Unassailable, I'd say.
So there are some complexities in assigning greatness.
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Originally posted by HousLewis was a very good HW Champion, but it might be a reach to call him a great. He retired because he didn't want to fight the Vitali again .
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Originally posted by HousLewis was a very good HW Champion, but it might be a reach to call him a great. He retired because he didn't want to fight the Vitali again .
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Originally posted by M111 View PostLewis and his generation were light years ahead of the current crop bar Usyk in terms of skills.
I don’t think Fury would see the 4th against Lewis. Fury’s best wins were against an unproven Wilder who had beaten literally nobody aside from and aging Ortiz. Let’s see how well Wilder does against Zhang - my guess is he’ll lose via a heavier, earlier one than Fury delivered.
Fury was put on this pedestal after beating wilder that I was never even remotely convinced by as I never rated Wilder in the first place.
Lewis on the other hand beat every single person he ever faced and bar the Klitschko fight where let’s face it he was purely after a payday before retirement, beat them all convincingly, most by knockout and the only dodgy decision was against Holyfield which everyone knows he won.
Another way to look at it is, Fury would NEVER lose to bums like Hasim and McCall.
As for Lewis “beating evening single fighter he has ever faced”, didn’t two of those guys KO him?
That statement is just a way to try to hide or downplay how Lewis got KTFO.
Calzaghe and Floyd beat every single fighter they faced. That is a true statement.
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Originally posted by shakedaddy View Post
Rahman wasn't knocked out cold either, he was getting up but falling back down. But yes, Lewis' chin is underrated, the KO shots he took would've KO' anyone and were a result of defensive lapses vs. a bad chin. The time you mentioned when Briggs smashed Lewis with a combo, and The Pugilist Specialist gives him that wry grin, and bashes him to the canvas was the moment I became a Lennox fan, b/c I did not like him prior, b/c of his style, and b/c I'm a rabid Real Deal Fan. I think that aside from those big KO shots from McCall and Rahman, the reason people think Lennox had a bad chin is b/c he was an enormous man who people couldn't fathom not having a proportionate chin quality, as he did seem to get on shaky legs a few times vs. smaller fighters like Holyfield, and b/c he played it safe vs. guys like Tua where he used his height/reach to perfection.shakedaddy likes this.
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