Was Lennox Lewis Overrated?

[tonytucker]

Surrender

somebody tell the little *** tucker that he has been gagged, owned, and can say nothing to rebut me.

id tell him myself, but id rather salvage my remaining dignity.

The best thing you can do is to surrender!!! FIGHTING TNT IS A WAR YOU WILL NEVER WIN!!! This discusion is now over!!!
Later brother brologs.

[TheEvilSaint]

can somebody tell me what the little girl is saying? i know hes trying feebly to insult me, and i KNOW hes about as effective at insulting me as a deaf/mute with no hands.

[hollister]

hollister this is a very good post...
but u say that last few years of his career.

but look, against holyfeld, old bum, annd then a past his prime like crazy tyson.
vitali would've won IMO if it went on more round. my prediction initlialy was vitali TKO7, n i think it could've happen, anyway

IMO..... YES HE WAS OVERRATED
doesn't matter to me if hes british
actually im canadian, n he represented canada in the olympics, i think hes ovverrated cuz hes a ***, and never really took on anyone big, until the guy was finsihed.....

I agree with you, most all the big names he fought were done.

He's a ***, he's arrogant, and he's not nearly as good a fighter as he will tell you he is.

I just said that he wasn't overrated because alot of people still think he's **** lol

[hollister]

Lennox Lewis was 38 years old, out of shape and STILL beat Vitali. Yes he did beat Vitali DEAL WITH IT.

And how old was Holmes when he fought Mercer?

The one that later gave Lewis the fight of his life lol

[Dirt E Gomez]

It's too general of a question. Was he overrated by what standard? Everybody is overrated by somebody. Do I think Lennox Lewis was the best heavyweight ever? No. BUt I'm sure somebody else does. Do I think Lennox Lewis is the worst Heavyweight ever? No, but I'm sure some people do.

Everything is relative. Lennox was a damn good heavyweight. He used his size extremely well and dominated most of his competition. He beat Holyfield once and drew him another time, and even beat Vitali. He took a dump on Rahman in their rematch, pooped on Briggs, and beat up Tyson (although he was clearly washed up). He would beat many of the great heavyweights due to his size, and he deserves his due for owning the Heavyweight division in his time. Do I think he's overrated? No, but I don't think he's the greatest, and as I said, everything is relative.

[hollister]

What the hell are you talking about!!! Lewis does not have a weak chin!!!MERCER HIT HIM WITH SOME OF HIS BEST SHOTS AND COULD NOT KO LEWIS!!! Later brother brologs.P.S This is fact, not fiction But what the hell do I know about anything.

The key word is chin, he can take some seriously big shots anywhere else except the chin.

[TheEvilSaint]

The key word is chin, he can take some seriously big shots anywhere else except the chin.

tell tucker hes a lying moron who doesnt know anything about boxing.

[hollister]

Ok ok you got me, he's only really quit once, STILL ONE MORE TIME THAN LENNOX.

No one is debating anything. Listen Jr you can shout till your blue in the face, but fact is your trying to kncok a fighter for not having a rematch for a fight hewon.

Look at what an idiot this guy is, every time someone talks about Lewis, he has to bring up Vitali.

Where does it say anything about VK in the thread title?

Who the **** said anything about VK, besides

"Lewis never gave VK his rematch" before you started posting?

[Sir_Jose]

yeah, ask tyson what a gold medal can do for his career, ask holyfield what a gold medal can do for your career, ask jermain taylor or b-hop what a gold medal can do for your career. oh wait, they never had gold medal and yet theyre considered some of the best of their times.

the USA today has shown their ignorance by incorrectly scoring the fight 4-2 in favor of lewis when CLEARLY VK was winning that fight. ask the judges, the commentators, the forum posters, or any boxing expert or ringside observer who they had winning on points.

i think its funny where you actually believe what the USA today is telling you.

bozo was very convincing at the time... you just had to be there to get it.

It work both ways kid. Go ask Ali, Ray Leonard, Joe Frazier, Pernell Whitaker what a Gold Medal does for your career there some of the greatest ever and they won Gold.

The only reason Holyfield didn't win Gold was ebcause he wa victim of oneof the biggest screw jobs in the history of the Olympics. Of course more are not gonna win gold than win gold because there is onlyone winner per weight class.

I dont beleive what the USA today is telling me. Unlike you I have formed my own opnion on the fight. I said several sources had the fightclose at thetime it ended and you asked who so I came back with the AP and USA Today two very large sources.

Personally I scored the fight 4-2 for Vitali at the time of the stoppage wth Lewis winning 2 of the last 3 rounds.

My point was the fight was nowhere near as one sided as your trying to make it out to be.

[RAESAAD]

No he was very good,He lost twice and came back to avenge each defeat in stunning fashion.suspect chin a little but took some good shots over the years too.He is my favorite HW of all-time followed closely by Prime Holyfield.