Did Lennox Lewis kill boxing as a majority interest?

[Mr. Violence]

I know there's a lot of interest in the lower weights, but the heavyweight situation is probably the direst it's been in its history at present.

With Lennox not only did he dominate almost exclusively, but he was also quite dull to watch and didn't attract much publicity.

I remember the mid 90s... the bouts between Chris Eubank/Nigel Benn would be shown on TV in bars, something that would never happen nowadays. We had Prince Naseem, and everyone was talking about Frank Bruno, no matter how useless he was. Everyone knew Frank wasn't a fraction of the boxer Lennox was, but he was loved in a way that Lennox never could be.

But it's not just with the UK scene... Tyson was electric at this time, and you had newer guys like Tony Tubbs to go along with Foreman and Holmes.

I just had a conversation with someone in my kitchen who was excitedly reeling off all these names and memories but had to be told who the current champs are.

I would say its Don King who is killing interest in boxing not Lewis

[bigdaddy]

I would have to agree i think its don king and his bs ways thats brought boxing down. But on the other hand Lewis was boring and its probably a good thing he doesn't come out of retirement.

[Tyson_Bit_Holyfields_Ear]

Lewis was certainly an incredibly boring champion, I'll give you that.

[joeboxer]

Lewis just lacked the personality for people to care if he won or not. Most huge matches turn into stories. Even Wvladmir has a more interesting story than Lewis.

[Dark Destroyer]

Even Wvladmir has a more interesting story than Lewis.

Don't talk ****. What a ****** thing to say

[Slipx]

um.

sorry to break it to you bro, but my theory to why boxing lost popularity, is the invention of eeg/ekg/mri technology.

[marvdave]

Lewis was certainly an incredibly boring champion, I'll give you that.

I don't agree. I thought Lewis fights were events, and I would never miss them. Maybe the outcomes were at times boring, but I thought he was a great Champ to have. Hell, look at all the talk he gets during retirement. He stirs up the emotion whether you like or dislike him. With everyone complaining about the Heavyweight division, I would think Lenny would be missed by everyone.

[aztec13]

No its not because of Lewis, its because of Don King, corruption,
fixed fights, boring fighters like Byrd and Ruiz, to many belts,
championship fights to seldom, lazy boxers who showes upp out off shape, whining and excuses and the heavy divison which is supposed to be the big donut not good.

Total agree. The only thing Lewis did was retire at the height of his career. When the average people where starting to notice him as the pro boxer.

[Dark Destroyer]

I don't agree. I thought Lewis fights were events, and I would never miss them. Maybe the outcomes were at times boring, but I thought he was a great Champ to have. Hell, look at all the talk he gets during retirement. He stirs up the emotion whether you like or dislike him. With everyone complaining about the Heavyweight division, I would think Lenny would be missed by everyone.

He was a great Champ, shame people don't appreciate what we had

[leff]

He was a good champ innded but, he wasnt entertainning enough.

Bully`s sell better.

And he retired before he``s jobb with VK was done.