Who's the best heavy weight since Larry Holmes?

[Kagami Taiga]

The fact Lewis beat Holyfield clearly the first time, past prime or not, obviously means something to his HW resume.

But you're using that as reasoning why Lewis should be ranked higher than Holyfield, which is kind of silly. And ontop of that, the 2nd fight was highly disputied and many people thought Holyfield won. I had Holyfield edging it, IMO.

once again, i never did that at all. i threw it in there as an aside, but i never said it was deciding factor.

[Joeyzagz]

But Lewis was also knocked out by two bums in McCall and Rahman.

Lewis's weakness was his boredom of the sport. He beat everyone he ever faced including the two bums you mentioned.

[Walt Liquor]

Tyson was past prime. Getting floored by berbick and page in sparring.

By prime Tyson im talking the one trained by Kevin Rooney.

if you're talking about that, then huis prime wasn't long enough to be considered great, nor would he have any great wins in his prime.

[Walt Liquor]

lewis avenged his losses to mccall and rachman by brutal ko.


tyson avenged his losses....by brutal ko loss to mcbride

[pacquia0]

if you're talking about that, then huis prime wasn't long enough to be considered great, nor would he have any great wins in his prime.

Yeah it was long enough. He became the youngest heavyweight champion in history and made defences. Great wins over Spinks and Holmes.

lewis avenged his losses to mccall and rachman by brutal ko.


tyson avenged his losses....by brutal ko loss to mcbride

You obviously havent watched the Mcall fight. Where was the brutal KO? You do realize that mcall was just out of rehab and not in a fit state to box.

[ChopperRead]

lewis avenged his losses to mccall and rachman by brutal ko.


tyson avenged his losses....by brutal ko loss to mcbride

You really count McCall's drug-induced nervous collapse as Lennox "avenging" his earlier loss?

H2H I'd be confident putting my money on prime Vitali against any of them.

[Joeyzagz]

You really count McCall's drug-induced nervous collapse as Lennox "avenging" his earlier loss?

Mccall was tested for drugs before and after and came out clean. Watch the 2nd round of that fight and you'll see Mccall was serious going in, but had a nervous breakdown once he realized lightning was not going to strike twice for him. Not the only fighter that quit in the ring against Lewi

H2H I'd be confident putting my money on prime Vitali against any of them.

H2H PRIME Vitali could not overcome old Lennox so that effectively eliminates him from this discussion. If you are 31 years old going up against a 37 yr old you have to win that fight. Enormous age advantage no excuses for losing.

[BTL]

Smh how is Tyson the better fighter and he couldn't beat Holyfield?... I'd say Lewis is the best out of all these cats.. The brothers are great too though.. Tyson is somewhat over rated when you compare him to the greats.

[Rick Grimes]

Lewis beat 2 of the fighters in the poll and would have beaten the last easily imo.

[Bushbaby]

Lewis followed by Vitali.