Why doesn't Lennox Lewis get much respect?

[El Jesus]

Lennox was a *****, he stayed in the amateur ranks out of fear of tyson in the late 80's even though he was older than tyson. he waited till tyson was 35 years old and way past it to fight him. he waited until Holyfield was friggin 37 to fight him. he wouldn't fight bowe in 93 unless he got purse parity, even though bowe was the UNDISPUTED champ, which is rediculous!! he was a ***** who fought bums until all the great fighters of his era got old and then he stepped in and made a false legacy for himself. you wouldn't even mention his name in todays times if he had fought a prime tyson bowe and holyfield, he would have lost to all of them

This reason right here is why i dont like Lennox, he waited..and waited..and waited...

[El Jesus]

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

Jesus Christ, lets be ****ing logical, Mike Tyson, at 19 years old, with Cus as his trainer would have ended up making lewis look like Frazier/Smith/Green etc. Lennox would be ****ing scared the moment he got in the ring, and not to mention, there would be no feeling out rounds, or getting warmed up, with Tysons elite head movement, hand speed, and combinations, wtf would lennox do? Cover up? Come on, with Tysons father in the corner, there is just no way he would make it out of 3 rounds.

Lewis had trouble with 35 year old Mike in rounds 1/2 and i think 3 before gaining control of the fight, and not to mention, he easily had one of the best in his corner to help guide him, while Mike had ****ing Panama Lewis (ugh).

A young Tyson was 12 rounds of punishment, constant head movement, numbered combinations and the drive and confidence to destroy his opposition. Hardly any heavyweight in boxing history had a chance against Tyson in his prime, let alone ****ing Lennox Lewis

[streetdreams]

I just had to add somthing here, another reason lewis gets no respect from me is the whole retirement after his embarassing fight with klitchko. he shoulda been knocked out, just one more fight wheres he's unprepared and takes the easy way out. it took him so long to get up to professional calibre and when he did the only reason he got noticed was because the division was in shambles.
I agree mike tyson has a hard time with tall guys who know how to box and they could have replayed that fight a 1000 times and mike prolly woulda lost everyone because he didnt have cus and that fury
that was a mike tyson trademark in the early days BUT seeing
theres only 1 year between them, I would have to say ANY match up pre 87 would have been a deffinite KO in under 3 for tyson. 4 SURE!
and that dosent say much for lewis. lastly this comment had me spoke on
"A young Tyson was 12 rounds of punishment"

actually tyson was so much punishment that it took 32 fights before ANYONE went 12 rounds with him. 1 more reason the legend of tyson will far outlive the man

[GasPed]

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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Uh, what are you talking about? LL trained under Arnie Boehm at Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy, not at Grand River. Arnie was the one who took him under his wing and was basically like a surrogate father to him – and Lennox repaid him many times over when he made it big, visited him many times right up until his death and attended the funeral too.

I’ll be the first to say LL could be a pompous moron at times, but he never forgot his roots. Sorry you never saw him at your club, but then, what do you ever do for him? (besides post made-up crap about him... )

[Moon]

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

That's exactly what these guys said ...

Tyson
Moorer
Grant
Tua
Holyfield
Rahman
Klitchko
Mercer
Golota
Akinwade
Morrison
Ruddock
Bruno
Tucker
Biggs
Weaver

[TheManchine]

Lewis has always been overrated as ****

Guys a bum. to think some idiots place in the top 5 heavyweights of all time
Some even in the top 3

Lewis is overrated

*Awaits angry response and red k from a Canadian or Brit*

go

[TheManchine]

Bowe would have knocked his ass silly
So would prime Tyson

Bum ran into retirement rather than face Vitali Klitschko

Lennox Lewis is overrated

[Dan...]

I think Lennox gets respect. He beat everyone he fought and is definately a top 10 all time HW IMO.

[S A M U R A I]

Wow. Some major dunces in here. What now? Did they move onto dissing Calzaghe instead of Lewis?



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[S A M U R A I]

maybe smart, but that's not what a true champion does, he fights the best out there, he was a coward, when he beat Jones he acted like he beat a prime Jones

JC had about as much personality as a turtle

Joe Calzaghe is the absolute most overrated piece of work ever, he beats a 10 year over the hill Hopkins and shot Jones and he is 10 times better then them? some peopel even have the nerve to put him top 10 some top 5 and even some number 1!!!!. disgrace

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