Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua: Lennox Lewis is a Clown, I Don't Respect Him!

[deuce_drop]

Typical entitlement mentality

He doesn’t like Lennox because Lewis doesn’t mince words when he’s being critical of Joshua. Bottom line he knows he’s not on Lewis’ level and his sentiment about Lennox shows it.

[OCPancho]

Are you actually sure about that? Lewis beat every man he ever fought in a very strong era and demolished some excellent fighters. He is very salty regards AJ probably as Joshua is far more popular than he ever was in the UK. However true that is it doesn't change the fact that prime Lewis would beat Joshua handily.

Maybe these noob AJ bandwagon fans never saw LL KO Morrison, Ruddock, Grant, Golota and Bruno.

[BoZz]

Joshua has always been a robotic fraud..nearly lost to a 41 yr old klitschko then loses to fat boy..come on man the only people supporting that bum are the drunk pommies who have no idea if its a soccer or boxing match..but btw joshua is a damn fool for ducking wilder all those years..i actually think he would beat him..wilder has nothing except that swinging right hand..he got toyed by fury for 12 rounds..fat boy is a good boxer i must admit and he beats both wilder and joshua in the same day..the only one who can't be beat is the king tyson fury

[v.cassiusali@ya]

Lennox has already leave a legacy in boxing while Joshua still has to prove he can trade punches with the best HWs. Well, if only he can avenge that loss against Ruiz...

[Shadoww702]

Ruddock was decent but he wasn't all that. The guy's Canadian for fu..ck sake.

I agree 100%. But he’s better than Takam or Chisora. He would knock both out. Dude had mad punching power. His left hook was insane

[Lomasexual]

Lewis is proven as an ATG heavyweight.

AJ is nowhere near proving anything like that. He isn't likely too, either. That's not a slight on him, it is just the odds. Fewer champs go on to have ATG status than don't. So odds are AJ doesn't.

The problem with AJ's attitude is that he seems to be assuming he is somehow on the same level as Lewis. That they are peers. But they aren't. AJ could come out of this looking better than Lewis, but he won't.

It also seems that a lot of the sentiment about AJ is divided on the lines of UK/rest of the world. The UK are much more tolerant of, forgiving, and optimistic about AJ than the rest of the world.
The interest thing is that the same isn't as true about Fury. There isn't the same sharp divide amongst the UK/rest of the world.

[Jax teller]

Lewis is proven as an ATG heavyweight.

AJ is nowhere near proving anything like that. He isn't likely too, either. That's not a slight on him, it is just the odds. Fewer champs go on to have ATG status than don't. So odds are AJ doesn't.

The problem with AJ's attitude is that he seems to be assuming he is somehow on the same level as Lewis. That they are peers. But they aren't. AJ could come out of this looking better than Lewis, but he won't.

It also seems that a lot of the sentiment about AJ is divided on the lines of UK/rest of the world. The UK are much more tolerant of, forgiving, and optimistic about AJ than the rest of the world.
The interest thing is that the same isn't as true about Fury. There isn't the same sharp divide amongst the UK/rest of the world.

Nah I think it's more that Lennox is consistently critical of AJ only and saying stuff like this: (after Finkel repeatedly refused meetings and negotiations)

"He doesn’t want any of those guys. When he’s seen that fight he was like ‘wow, these guys can box’. He’s at a place in his career in boxing – obviously he can make the decisions.

“His decision is not to fight any of them at this moment.”

“I don’t think he will come over here [to the USA] quite now,” said Lewis. "I think he’s too happy in England being protected and boxing in front of the British crowds.”


but is silent when Wilder is turning down offers and stadiums are being booked.

Also I think the media regularly asking AJ's opinion on the criticism will make him feel more targeted, possibly doing it deliberately to get a reaction.


Legacy not comparible yet and has already gone off track for AJ so I don't think it's much to do with that.

[REDEEMER]

Nah I think it's more that Lennox is consistently critical of AJ only and saying stuff like this: (after Finkel repeatedly refused meetings and negotiations)

"He doesn’t want any of those guys. When he’s seen that fight he was like ‘wow, these guys can box’. He’s at a place in his career in boxing – obviously he can make the decisions.

“His decision is not to fight any of them at this moment.”

“I don’t think he will come over here [to the USA] quite now,” said Lewis. "I think he’s too happy in England being protected and boxing in front of the British crowds.”


but is silent when Wilder is turning down offers and stadiums are being booked.

Also I think the media regularly asking AJ's opinion on the criticism will make him feel more targeted, possibly doing it deliberately to get a reaction.


Legacy not comparible yet and has already gone off track for AJ so I don't think it's much to do with that.

Lewis said also AJ lined himself up against an older Klitschko instead of fighting him sooner . He doesn't point out he was scheduled to fight Klitschko in 2016 and any sooner would be around AJ's 17th fight . Lewis is a A plus troll . Ha

[Jax teller]

Lewis said also AJ lined himself up against an older Klitschko instead of fighting him sooner . He doesn't point out he was scheduled to fight Klitschko in 2016 and any sooner would be around AJ's 17th fight . Lewis is a A plus troll . Ha

Yeah I don't get how people are acting like he's trying to be some twitter mentor for AJ.

If someone consistently critiques you and pretty much only you, it's clear they've got some agenda to belittle you even if the criticism is fair and true.

[apollocreed]

Yes there were some good names, I'm not arguing that at all. I think we can all agree that his best win is Holyfield followed by Vitali.

After those two, Holyfield of course way past his prime by that time, and Vitali in his prime rightfully speaking, the list becomes quite 'meh'.

I mean you're mentioning Ruddock, Tucker and Briggs for instance. In no way shape or form are those guys anything but contenders (i know briggs won a version of the belts but he was never considered the man). Mercer was a pretty good and tough fighter, so was Tua. Golota... I mean, I'll let that one sit.

Lewis beat a lot of good contenders. Sort of like AJs list of Parker, Povetkin, Whyte and these type of guys. But no one really cares about that.

Resumes are won and lost at the top, and Lewis just didn't fight guys at the top - He didn't fight Tyson, he didn't fight Holyfield (at the top), and he didn't fight Bowe.

Not saying he didn't try but facts are facts.

Like I already pointed out elsewhere - I'm a Holyfield fan too, and Evander has said on record that he hit his peak around the age of 34 at heavyweight, when he beat Tyson. Lewis wanted to fight him straight after that, and it was only 2 and a half years later that they did fight, so it's not like he fought a shot Holyfield, just maybe slightly past peak.
Bowe, we all know who's fault that was the fight didn't happen.
Lewis didn't avoid anyone, he beat everyone in front of him when they agreed to face him, apart from his two defeats, which he avenged.
Like I said, if you try to pick too many wholes in his career, you're on shaky ground and just start to look like you have a biased agenda very quickly.