Why doesn't Lennox Lewis get much respect?

[tracylee]

yeah but he faced the best in the division and he beat them. You cant take that away from him.

Lol, some of them will damn sure try!
It's halariious that nobody considered Tyson "shot" or 'over the hill' til LL beat him..and very few gave LL a chance against that shot fighter in the first place, now that I think back on it.

[ottoevans]

hahahahhhaahah

[ottoevans]

Lol, some of them will damn sure try!
It's halariious that nobody considered Tyson "shot" or 'over the hill' til LL beat him..and very few gave LL a chance against that shot fighter in the first place, now that I think back on it.

true but i think Lewis would have KOed Tyson in his prime as well.

[tracylee]

true but i think Lewis would have KOed Tyson in his prime as well.

Oh so do I and I think his fights with Lewis were his undoing

[AintGottaClue]

no way lewis would be out in 3 against a prime tyson

[marvdave]

heres a reason to hate the guy, not too many people know about
lewis started boxing when he moved to canada, he was trained at the same gym as me GRAND RIVER BOXING CLUB until he decided to go pro, than he went overseas because there isnt much chances for a pro in canada. whatever happened happened but that guy never gave a dime to that lil boys club that got him started, the coach died a few years ago and he never saw him since the day he left. y'know we had fight posters wallpapered around that place from the chuvalo, norton days until now and after he never came back, we never put another one on the wall again. kinda sad to think about. the owner of that gym was a retired janitor he started off takin kids out the school yard fightin into the gymnasium. When it got full he rented out the top of a warehouse in a dirty industrial part of town, the bags were duck taped, the equipment was old and bought used and the fee was 20 bucks a month IF you had it. this guy spent his life doin what he loved, tryin to get kids to go somewhere in life, to think the one kid he got the farthest couldnt even come back to say thanks. I have no respect for the man as a person



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whats with the phone #?

you trying to sell something?

[tracylee]

no way lewis would be out in 3 against a prime tyson

I think that LL's size and jab would have cause Tyson some serious problems. Out in 3?? Maybe, IF tyson could land anythign on him.

[marvdave]

Mike Tyson would not have blown out Lewis ever. Tyson, even in prime had trouble with tall guys who could box. How would Tyson have gotten inside Lewis' long jab. Lewis is a huge guy with tremendous skill. He is also a very smart fighter. He wouldn't just stand there and let Tyson pound him.

A Tyson-Lewis fight would have been a very good fight. Tyson fanatics can't seem to grasp the fact that Tyson was always beatable. They want to live in the "baddest man on the planet" dream world. Tyson in prime was incredible..i'm not saying he wasn't...but to say he would just blow out Lewis is not true imo. I'm in Cali, so I don't care which country he abandoned or what Boys club he blew off. I'm talking in the ring.

[ricecrispi]

I actually think Lennox sounded Canadian.

I respect him but I think he's very over-rated by American's.

That was an unexpected answer but I agree 100%

Unimpressive in his wins, disappointing losses, and cheats by holding his opponents whenever they get close enough to throw a punch. No worse then Ruiz in the holding department. He has a jab and is taller so he doesn't have to grab his opponent as much. You shouldn't be a champ if all you do is jab and move away from the opponent and throw 1 or 2 right hands a round. Especially when you are supposedly the power hitter and the bigger man.
Watch a Tua and Holyfield fight and you won't even finish it. you'll fall asleep or throw it away.

Talk about ducking people, Lewis did it obviously but Steward knew Lewis had no chance against Byrd or Ruiz. With Byrd, Lennox has to chase him and has nothing to grab or hold and look incompetent. Against Ruiz, Ruiz teaches Lennox how to hold your opponent. He's the hold master and trendsetter. Steward knows his stuff and protects his fighters.

[-Nova-]

Lennox Lewis doesn't get any respect because he's a ***** ass *****