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Funny that, not a single boxer I know personally or anybody in anything much actually, considers themselves a spent force at 37 years of age.
But here we are here on a boxing forum, a sport which demonstratably is only half reliant on athleticism anyway at HW, and you guys are trying to sell the idea that a near prime Lewis was closer to past it?
No. It's unbelievable! Utterly unbelievable!
Lewis had only a year off, yet he was already camped up for Johnson before switching to Vitali. Ring rust plays a far lessened role in the modern era because of camps and hard, structured sparring (as opposed to the old days with minimal sparring but with regular bum fights to hone the skills in place). So much for ring-rust theory.
Lewis had just come off 2 of his best performances and best wins in Rahman and Tyson, he destroyed 2 of his best and most dangerous opponents, but IMMEDIATELY the next fight, who happened to be his strongest and best opponent that he ever faced by FAR, he was "past prime".
And lastly, Lewis hardly sustained any damage during his career, he was the 3rd most dominant champ in history behind only the Klitschko's receiving only 2 KO losses and only those 2 KD's I an remember in total, and only a few fights in which he received any kind of significant damage at all! So much for the "shot" theory.
This prime excuse is the worst spin used in all of boxing.
It has been used in defence of AND to trash, every boxer throughout the history of the sport.
BOXER X was never beaten in his prime, usually translates to As soon as boxer X faced a stronger opponent, he lost!
None of your guys opinions have much basis in reality on the issue.
Lewis struggled badly with, was getting pasted by Vitali Klitshko and it was the SAME Lennox Lewis as previously! That is a fact!
But here we are here on a boxing forum, a sport which demonstratably is only half reliant on athleticism anyway at HW, and you guys are trying to sell the idea that a near prime Lewis was closer to past it?
No. It's unbelievable! Utterly unbelievable!
Lewis had only a year off, yet he was already camped up for Johnson before switching to Vitali. Ring rust plays a far lessened role in the modern era because of camps and hard, structured sparring (as opposed to the old days with minimal sparring but with regular bum fights to hone the skills in place). So much for ring-rust theory.
Lewis had just come off 2 of his best performances and best wins in Rahman and Tyson, he destroyed 2 of his best and most dangerous opponents, but IMMEDIATELY the next fight, who happened to be his strongest and best opponent that he ever faced by FAR, he was "past prime".
And lastly, Lewis hardly sustained any damage during his career, he was the 3rd most dominant champ in history behind only the Klitschko's receiving only 2 KO losses and only those 2 KD's I an remember in total, and only a few fights in which he received any kind of significant damage at all! So much for the "shot" theory.
This prime excuse is the worst spin used in all of boxing.
It has been used in defence of AND to trash, every boxer throughout the history of the sport.
BOXER X was never beaten in his prime, usually translates to As soon as boxer X faced a stronger opponent, he lost!
None of your guys opinions have much basis in reality on the issue.
Lewis struggled badly with, was getting pasted by Vitali Klitshko and it was the SAME Lennox Lewis as previously! That is a fact!
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