Lennox Lewis: What's your take on his career?

[paul750]

I don't think anybody is ****** enough to rate Lennox as an all-time top 5 HW, or even the best British fighter of the last 10 years (Hamed, Hatton and Calzaghe are much better). But he was a very good fighter and I do rate him as the third best since Tyson which is a huge compliment..

Lewis held the biggest prize in boxing, he was the undisputed linear champion, Hamed, Hatton and Calzaghe are not fit to carry his jock strap. [borrowing that from Larry Holmes]

[BlueBlazer]

Lewis has his number? Based on what exactly? The Olympic final?? Bowe had fought two more fights than Lewis that tournament (against tougher opposition than Lewis had too) yet still got inside a few times and rocked Lewis before being stopped prematurely.

And, ofcourse, Bowe improved greatly over the next three years whereas Lewis was actually seen as abit of a fraud in his early career because he wasn't exactly setting the world alight. It wasn't until he beat Gary Mason that people stood up and took notice, and then the over-rated win against the over-rated Ruddock.

[BlueBlazer]

Lewis held the biggest prize in boxing, he was the undisputed linear champion, Hamed, Hatton and Calzaghe are not fit to carry his jock strap. [borrowing that from Larry Holmes]

Frank Bruno out-jabbed and out-classed Lewis for six rounds, Ray Mercer clearly beat Lewis, Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman KTFO Lewis. Come on dude, get real!

The lads agree with me that Calzaghe was our best fighter after Hamed: http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/s...996634,00.html

[paul750]

Calzaghe hasn't even had a career defining fight yet, just a wasted career, it's took him over 10 years to get one. Lewis did it all. no comparison.

[BlueBlazer]

Calzaghe hasn't even had a career defining fight yet, just a wasted career, it's took him over 10 years to get one. Lewis did it all. no comparison.

Rubbish, Calzaghe is plain and simple the better fighter. Lewis was lucky to have the fights he had and get the recognition he got (against such over-hyped fighters like Michael Grant and David Tua), and what has Holyfield done since? Roy Jones Jr avoided Calzaghe far more than Bowe avoided Lewis.

[TheEvilSaint]

Calzaghe hasn't even had a career defining fight yet, just a wasted career, it's took him over 10 years to get one. Lewis did it all. no comparison.

very true, cal***gy hasnt done a goddamn thing.

heres some good K.

[gattifan24]

I don't know why people think Holyfield was better than Lewis. The Evander that fought Lennox was not at his peak but was not shot either. I think the problems Evander had in those fights would have existed at any point. Lewis crushed Evander and I would put Lewis above both Bowe, Holyfield, and Tyson as far as the best HW since Larry Holmes. His chin wasn't bad as evidenced by bombs he took by big hitters like Vitali but it wasn't granite. His conditioning in the fights against Vitali and Rock sort of tarnish his greatness a tad but he was a great fighter

[DaddysBoy]

Lewis was great. He was smart, big and strong, and could move well too. At 37 he kicked 36 year old Tysons ****in ass. I remember laughing an cheering him on. Ahh, the memories.

[BlueBlazer]

I don't know why people think Holyfield was better than Lewis. The Evander that fought Lennox was not at his peak but was not shot either. I think the problems Evander had in those fights would have existed at any point. Lewis crushed Evander and I would put Lewis above both Bowe, Holyfield, and Tyson as far as the best HW since Larry Holmes. His chin wasn't bad as evidenced by bombs he took by big hitters like Vitali but it wasn't granite. His conditioning in the fights against Vitali and Rock sort of tarnish his greatness a tad but he was a great fighter

Holyfield was considered 'shot' when he fought Tyson, and he WAS shot when he fought Tyson! It's just that Tyson was even worse

[BlueBlazer]

Lewis was great. He was smart, big and strong, and could move well too. At 37 he kicked 36 year old Tysons ****in ass. I remember laughing an cheering him on. Ahh, the memories.

You sad human being. For any credibility at all, he should of beaten Tyson in two or three rounds. Did you see the picture of Tyson six weeks before the fight, with a 50-inch waist on a beach in Hawaii and a bong in his hand. They say that he had to start off doing 30-second rounds when training for Lewis, ridiculous.