No undisputed HW champion since Mike Tyson

[Sun_Tzu]

I read an article that Showtime is peddling this shit. Anyone here that doesnt think Lennox Lewis/Rid**** Bowe/Evander Holyfield/Buster Douglas werent Undisputed HW champs?

[yammy25]

Nope and Lennox called them out over twitter too about it.

They said they respect him but disagree with him because their "historian and analyst" who also works as a commentator for ****ing WWE.. thinks the WBO belt actually meant diddly **** in 1999

[N/A]

HBO was trying to have it both ways. Bringing Naseem Hamed to the US in '97 and recognizing his WBO belt as a "world championship," but then suddenly two years later trying to crown an "undisputed champion" without the WBO belt.

It was a very hypocritical time when it came to the WBO belt. I personally don't recognize the WBO, so I definitely considered Lewis the undisputed champion when he unified the WBC, WBA and IBF, but Showtime does have an interesting point about these so called undisputed champions that didn't hold the WBO even though the same network was recognizing the WBO title as a world championship.

[D4thincarnation]

I read an article that Showtime is peddling this shit. Anyone here that doesnt think Lennox Lewis/Rid**** Bowe/Evander Holyfield/Buster Douglas werent Undisputed HW champs?

Well none of them held all 4 belts. Though Tyson held 3 when they were only 3 for two years.

Undisputed champ could be defined as holding the main 3 IBF, WBA and WBC which makes all 4 of them undisputed champ.

[boliodogs]

No. They were undisputed just as you say. Showtime should know better.

[Brother Mouzone]

Nope and Lennox called them out over twitter too about it.

They said they respect him but disagree with him because their "historian and analyst" who also works as a commentator for ****ing WWE.. thinks the WBO belt actually meant diddly **** in 1999

Yeah he went HAM on Showtime.

So apparently @ShowtimeBoxing thinks they can rewrite history, by writing champions like myself, Bowe, Douglas and Holyfield out of it, by saying there hasn’t been an undisputed champion since @MikeTyson in 1999. I personally recall facing @holyfield for that honour TWICE. pic.twitter.com/zYbvwPlqeQ

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

As a fighter, being the undisputed champion was my ONLY goal. Fight the best to be the best. That was the legacy I fought my whole career for. So don’t think I’ll take it lightly when @ShowtimeBoxing tries to take that away from me or anyone else who deserves that honour!

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

And for @ShowtimeBoxing to try to defend their error instead of admitting ur mistake, only goes to show the lack of knowledge and willingness to do their homework. It’s almost as if there is some other agenda going on here. 🤔🤔

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

. @ShowtimeBoxing the WBO belt was not a major or coveted belt in my days. I could have lifted it from John Ruiz had i ever believed that my status as an undisputed champion would ever be called into question. If ppl covet that belt in 2018, so be it... but not in my day!

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

.@ShowtimeBoxing The politricks of my era and the amount of Mickey Mouse belts made it difficult to impossible to own every single fringe belt there was at the time, so I only focused on fighting the best of the best and collecting the major belts of the time.

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

You can’t say with “great respect” to me and then tell me, of all ppl, the WBO belt meant something in my era. Especially for a belt that dropped its champions for taking on the best fighters. I wasn’t checking for Herbie Hide.. i was looking for fights @holyfield & @MikeTyson https://t.co/sCwH30lR2H

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

So if @ShowtimeBoxing’s “research team” wants a new talking point to hype an upcoming fight, they need just say so, but don’t try to rewrite history on a technicality that no one recognizes but them. In an era of fake news, this stuff matters!

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

My point of contention in this whole thing is that not only did @ShowtimeBoxing get it wrong, but then they doubled down on it. I fought 4 glory & legacy first.. @ShowtimeBoxing has started the process of eroding that legacy thru a revisionist lens. I can’t be silent about that!

— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) March 20, 2018

HBO was trying to have it both ways. Bringing Naseem Hamed to the US in '97 and recognizing his WBO belt as a "world championship," but then suddenly two years later trying to crown an "undisputed champion" without the WBO belt.

It was a very hypocritical time when it came to the WBO belt. I personally don't recognize the WBO, so I definitely considered Lewis the undisputed champion when he unified the WBC, WBA and IBF, but Showtime does have an interesting point about these so called undisputed champions that didn't hold the WBO even though the same network was recognizing the WBO title as a world championship.

Prince Naseem was the man back in the day.This Kelly fight was insane , but this interview Hamed had swag back then.The interview is great "I'm gonna knock him spark out !!!!! " " I'm gonna knock you spark out" "relax, relax baby you gonna get knocked out" Lmfao

[Russian Crushin]

Literally using the Trump media method

[drunken fist]

I think Showtime meant that Mike Tyson-Tony Tucker was the last HW unification bout where both fighters were undefeated. Lewis already had a loss when he unified against Hollyfield.

[low blows]

I read an article that Showtime is peddling this shit. Anyone here that doesnt think Lennox Lewis/Rid**** Bowe/Evander Holyfield/Buster Douglas werent Undisputed HW champs?

Huh? Herbie Hide in the revisionist vein that Showtime is using is now a 2 time heavyweight champion.

Then how long will it be until the "Dancing Disaster err Destroyer" has his plaque in Canastota?

[Rubber Ducky]

Showtime went full ****** by doubling down on their clear error. So if fringe belts matter then I guess we won't have an undisputed champion until Joshua or Wilder pick up the IBA, IBU and WBF belts.

WBO was a mickey mouse belt back in the Lewis' era, hell I still regard it as a 2nd tier belt at heavyweight.