Did Lennox Lewis kill boxing as a majority interest?

[cmason]

yeah, you have a point, ha ha! but the fact remains he vacated rather than face them, i think at that stage in his career, chris byrd could have beat him, or at least made him look bad.

[Dark Destroyer]

How can people say Lennox was dull and boring? He was one of the most skillful heavyweight fighters of the 90's, his talent for a big fighter was unbelievable. He was very intelligent and used to think before he acted.

[foremanfan]

yeah, you have a point, ha ha! but the fact remains he vacated rather than face them, i think at that stage in his career, chris byrd could have beat him, or at least made him look bad.

I thought Byrd had already proven that he had problems against big tall guys at that point. I think Lewis would win almost every round probably ko'ing though dependidng on how inspired he felt and lets face it after having beat Holyfield and Tyson Byrd wasn't likely to inspire. Lewis boresnore points victory.

[realtim]

Of course hoyfield didnt knock out as may ppl thats because he was a natural cruiserweight. Which only makes his achievments in the the HW division more remarkable.
Holyfield is the man for me.

[Dark Destroyer]

Of course hoyfield didnt knock out as may ppl thats because he was a natural cruiserweight. Which only makes his achievments in the the HW division more remarkable.
Holyfield is the man for me.

Holyfield was a remarkable fighter, he was amazing. You deserve good karma

[foremanfan]

Of course hoyfield didnt knock out as may ppl thats because he was a natural cruiserweight. Which only makes his achievments in the the HW division more remarkable.
Holyfield is the man for me.

I like Holyfield more than Lewis but I was just saying that Lewis does get a hard time. Just because Holyfield came up from Cruiser doesn't mean he's entitled to a free pass. In my opinion he had a lot of great fights but so did Lewis. Both guys were also involved in a few bores though. True?

[Derranged_]

In america, sports fans put too much of their energy into Football Basketball and Baseball, and if there was an American Champion fighing on Network TV for free, it would get the fans interested.

Great point. If big name champs like, Hopkins,RJJ,De La Hoya, Pacquiao, Byrd fought on national tv( not pay per view) there would be more of an interest in the sport. I'm also a huge hoops and football fan and I can see all the big games for free. Keyword here is free! Lennox Lewis has nothing to do with Americans being less interested in the sport.

[trephination]

Since Lewis has retired I have come to respect what he was more. having to sit thru ruiz or kirk johnson fights you kinda wish he would come outta retirement for a while

[Guest]

if there was an American Champion fighing on Network TV for free, it would get the fans interested.

Is the "American" bit significant?

[LuKahnLi]

Anorak. If he fights like an American ie Holyfield Tyson.....it don't matter where he comes from.