however, Lewis did duck Ruiz, Bird and Klitschko and retired when he was about to be stripped of the last belt.
Lennox was stopped twice in his career by pretty average fighters. Ali was never stopped in his prime. He went down but got up to win. Foreman was stopped only once ever but it was against Ali not some average fighter. And Foreman went down from top 10 contender Lyly but got up to KO Lyle. You see? Lennox chin wasn't bad it was shaky. And once it was smashed,he never got up to win a fight. He often did what we call in boxing "falling asleep at the wheel." He got overconfident and underestimated the guy in front of him. Lennox had a better chin then Patterson but Patterson got up every time and came back to win sometimes as did Foreman,Ali,Holyfield etc That is one of the reasons why Lennox is not as good in my opinion. Tyson was KO'd once in his prime by an average fighter,Douglas and Tyson also never came back to win. This is why Tyson is not top 5 either.
Age has nothing to do with prime. Everyone agrees that Tyson had a very short prime. Tyson was prime in 1986-1990. Lewis fights him in 2002! That's disgraceful. Lewis just wanted that name on the resume. Wlad is what 36 now? He's in his prime because he has come into his own right? People reach prime at different times. Tyson peaked and was done early. Lewis peaked and was still riding high. According to Lewis himself he was still prime when he fought Vitali. And according to Manny Steward before the Lewis-Tyson fight "...Tyson is at least 10 years past his prime...people are holding on to that image of Tyson from 10 years ago..."
True. Like Ray Mercer. Mercer was beaten rather handily by Old Holmes yet gave trouble to Lennox. Mercer wanted a rematch and wanted to give fight proceeds to charity but Lewis refused.
Moorer has a better resume than Wlad! Bert Cooper,Bonecrusher Smith,Holyfield (Holyfield's heart trouble came in the fight with Toney) And yes Moorer beat a younger prime Schulz that Wlad fought years later. Stop. 4 time world champ. LHW champ Lineal HW champ,IBF,WBA HW titles IBF HW title WBO HW title.
Tyson was prime 86-88, not 90. The signs were there in 89 when he put in a lacklustre display against the lumbering Bruno. And Wlad would have fed what was left of Moorer to his ancestors in Africa.
Have to agree with this .. if you look at who Tyson fought 2 years earlier.. a one Julius Francis (a bum of the highest order) I think people are either just too young to remember that period or they just look at names on the resume
You think wlad would have trouble with botha? Axel, Cooper are bums pure and simple. Holyfield heart problem was in the moorer fight u moron.
That's true. On paper Lewis resume is better than it actually is. The names look good but when you dig deeper and look at the circumstances things aren't so great anymore.
Wlad nuthuggers really seem to have problems in the head. Wlad has some of the weirdest fans I've ever seen.