Lennox Lewis= Top 3 in History

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  • NORMNEALON
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    #11
    Originally posted by Madison boxing
    He doesn't get the due credit because hes British. Lennox lewis would have beaten any man in history in a boxing match.
    The Lennox in Rahman 2 prolly could have . That man was a machine . That version of Lennox vs rid**** from holyfield 1 would have been a next level mythical matchup .

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      #12
      Originally posted by famicommander
      Rahman was a 2X world heavyweight champ. He backed it up by winning the WBC title again after Lewis took the belts back from him. You can't compare him to McCall.
      OK, point taken.

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        #13
        Lennox could beat ali. But it's hard to be better than Ali as your resume won't be as good

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          #14
          Originally posted by famicommander
          Jersey Joe Walcott twice, Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles twice, Roland La Starza twice, and Joe Louis.

          You can only fight who they put in front of you and Marciano beat them all. Yes, Joe Louis was old. But Rock still had to beat him, and he did.


          ****ell was unbeaten at HW and has a damn fine resume after Marciano

          Harry Matthews was on a 55+ win streak, unbeaten at HW, with only a couple of losses against guys who were celebrated veterans at smaller weights.

          Rex Layne was Ring magazine's choice for the next HW champion after Walcott whose only loss was avenged.


          Marciano absolutely demolished his era. There are no peers in Marciano's era to brag about like Lennox's because Marciano demolished every hope before they made it to the title picture, unlike Lennox who waited until Tyson and Holyfield worked things out amongst themselves, Marciano destroyed everyone's chances of becoming champion.

          Marciano is so dominant of his era he's one of the few guys who can be the within a year of another man in age and have half the career and experience as that man in the ring and still be seen as having as unfair advantage over that man.

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          • Bum squad
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            #15
            Agreed. The Manny Steward version after the McCall KO was a machine.

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            • FinitoxDinamita
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              #16
              H2H, Lewis could be #1 of all time. Lewis in his best form can beat anybody but the same can’t be said about other greats.

              I put Wlad Klitskcho somewhere within top 3 of all time, H2H..

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                #17
                Lennox Lewis done all that was asked of him as a champion, he is still the best British fighter 'Joe Calzaghe comes in at number 2'.

                Lewis fought pretty much 99.9% of all the biggest punchers of the 90's, and was the last man standing of that era.

                Talk about determination, he went to the Olympics TWICE 'Won a Bronze Medal and then in 1988 captured the Olympic title smashing Rid**** Bowe'.

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                • ShaneMosleySr
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                  #18
                  Oliver McCall is underrated. He’s beaten some high quality guys and he’s still boxing today.

                  Originally posted by famicommander
                  Rahman was a 2X world heavyweight champ. He backed it up by winning the WBC title again after Lewis took the belts back from him. You can't compare him to McCall.

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                  • ShaneMosleySr
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                    #19
                    Joe Louis is number one. Everything else is up for debate. If you think Lewis is number three, I won’t complain. I just think we underrate the guys from long ago.

                    I have a hard time rating him over Gene Tunney even, personally.

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                      #20
                      Foreman wanted absolutely nothing to do with Lewis.

                      That should show you just how great Lewis was.

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