Comments Thread For: The Top 10 heavyweights of the 21st century so far

[Oregonian]

Ok, we've all heard these arguments/criticisms before. Lennox Lewis was not perfect. He was not unbeatable, as his record shows, BUT he was far and away the best HW of his era AND he did EMPHATICALLY avenge his losses.

Also, much is made about nearly 38-yr old Lewis getting beat up by a prime Vitali Klitschko, but the fact is that nearly 38 yr old old Lennox Lewis TKO'd prime Vitali Klitschko. He had a tough fight with Vitali, but he busted Vitali up so bad that the ref stopped the fight. Given the severity of the cut, it was not a particularly controversial stoppage. Vitali was doing well, overall, and he was slightly up on the cards, but there was PLENTY of fight time left if it had continued, so it was no forgone conclusion that Vitali was going to win that fight. Watch it back and take note how the 6th round went. Both fighters were giving as good as they got, and I would argue that Lennox was landing heavier. IMO, the Vitali win is a feather in Lewis' cap, not any sort of black eye on his career.

Anyway, I'm not sure that this is the thread topic. I agree that Lennox's era (90's-early 00's) was substantially deeper than anything after.

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We are all guilty of either explicit or implicit bias. This platform is full of evidence of the constant attack and/or denigration of boxers we don’t like.

I admit that I have mine towards Lewis. I don’t deny that he was probably the best of his era, however, using the proverbial eyeball test we have and the two losses Lewis has, I’d pick Usyk to beat him in a hypothetical matchup.
Lewis beats everyone else.

[1Eriugenus]

'Make room on this list for BIG DOOBIE ....A Hard Rain Gonna Fall ....A Storm is Coming. Big Doobie is coming to claim his place at the TOP OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. Hear me now , believe me later. When Big Doobie knocks Usyks head into the rafters at Kingdom Arena. I don't want to hear anybody crying about , " But PNUT , why didn't you warn us ? " You've been warned. I'm telling you now.'

Well AJ,Wilder, probably Fury are retiring. I'm not sure what Usyk will hold on for if they go. That leaves a pretty open H/w space for DDD if he stays away from Bakole. IMO if DDD fights Bakole that is it. Bakole is one bad MoFo & he will spark DDD inside 6 rounds. Not even competitive.

[Oldskoolg]

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Rahman was brutally KO’d by Oleg Maskaev. In the rematch he was KO’d out of the ring.
Before that? He got beat by David Tua.

Both losses before his KO of Lewis.

That makes him a journeyman? Losing to other contenders?

[Oregonian]

That makes him a journeyman? Losing to other contenders?

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Dude’s biggest win was the Lewis KO. He lost to almost all the other big names.