Best cherry pickers of all time.

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  1. ushvinder

    ushvinder Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah its easy to say that after grant loses. He still beat tua and klitschko, he whoops golota right after golota destroyed bowe twice, who are better than anyone larry holmes or tyson beat. If lewis is a cherry picking heavyweight, who isnt one, answer that troll.

    You want to downplay his wins over tua and vitali, or all the guys he beat in the 90s like akinwande, bruno, etc. Then tell me, who are you accusing him of dodging, the great john ruiz, chris byrd? Yeah you would give him so much credit for beating those guys, lol epic troll.
     
  2. Hands of Iron

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    LENNOX LEWIS VS. TOP 10 CONTENDERS

    1992: Razor Ruddock - No. 3
    1993: Tony Tucker - No. 5
    1993: Frank Bruno - No. 8
    1994: Phil Jackson - No. 9
    1994: Oliver McCall - No. 4 - LOSS
    1995: Lionel Butler - No. 10
    1995: Tommy Morrison - No. 10
    1997: Henry Akinwande - No. 6
    1997: Andrew Golota - No. 4
    1998: Shannon Briggs - No. 7
    1999: Evander Holyfield - No. 1 - Robbery
    1999: Evander Holyfield - No. 2
    2000: Michael Grant - No. 3
    2000: David Tua - No. 2
    2001: Hasim Rahman - No. 8 - LOSS
    2001: Hasim Rahman - CHAMPION
    2002: Mike Tyson - No. 2
    2003: Vitali Klitschko - No. 10

    Overall record vs. Top 10 Contenders/Champions: 16-2
     
  3. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    This is just my opinions, but they are amongst the greatest on ESB

    Hopkins, picked and called out smaller fighters time and again

    Ward, didnt test himself against a top undefeated fighter and seems to like to have it all his own way ie home fighter, weight to suit

    Jones, Didnt face the top man of the divisions he fought in until late in his career

    Hatton, never fought Witter, Judah, Corley only fought Floyd after he looked beatable against De La Hoya and went after Pac as he looked the smaller and weaker man coming up from LW and then fought Oscar at WW
     
  4. tezel8764

    tezel8764 Boxing Junkie banned

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    ^ JoeCalzagheIsACoward :rofl
     
  5. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    MIKE TYSON VS. TOP 10 CONTENDERS

    1986: Trevor Berbick - No. 1 (Michael Spinks Champion)
    1987: James Smith - No. 2 (Tyson No. 1)
    1987: Pinklon Thomas - No. 2 (Tyson No. 1)
    1987: Tony Tucker - No. 3 (Tyson No. 1)
    1987: Tyrell Biggs - No. 6 (Tyson No. 1)
    1988: Michael Spinks - CHAMPION
    1989: Carl Williams - No. 2
    1990: James Douglas - No. 7 - LOSS
    1990: Alex Stewart - No. 10
    1991: Razor Ruddock - No. 2 (Tyson No. 1)
    1991: Razor Ruddock - No. 2 (Tyson No. 1)
    1996: Frank Bruno - No. 7
    1996: Bruce Seldon - No. 8
    1996: Evander Holyfield - No. 5 - LOSS
    1997: Evander Holyfield - No. 1 - LOSS
    2000: Andrew Golota - No. 9
    2002: Lennox Lewis - CHAMPION - LOSS

    Overall record vs. Top 10 Contenders/Champions: 13-4
     
  7. Hands of Iron

    Hands of Iron #MSE Full Member

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    Most wins vs Top 10 Heavyweights:

    1) Muhammad Ali, 32 (-5)
    2) Joe Louis, 30 (-3)
    3) Larry Holmes, 20 (-5)
    4) Lennox Lewis, 16 (-2)
    5) Mike Tyson 13 (-4)
     
  8. JeanPaulValley

    JeanPaulValley Boxing Addict banned

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    I'm a troll because I have an opinion? No thanks.

    Lewis beat Tua yes. That's his best win! But what is David Tua? An underachiever who couldnt control his weight!
    Lewis beat Vitali on a cut,was behind on points and retired after promising a rematch. And this is Vitali Klitschko,the same arm puncher who was beaten by Byrd. Lewis looked terrible beating Bruno and Bruno was a glass chinned rabid punching Brit who was Ko'd twice by Tyson.

    Golota? HAha as if he was anything more than a mental patient who lost his biggest fights! Golota didnt destroy Bowe,he fouled himself out of 2 wins.

    Tyson's win over Spinks,Holmes are better than Lewis whole career.
    Tyson beat Prime Tucker (not the fat drug addict version Lewis fought)
    Tyson beat Prime Ruddock twice,Berbick as well.

    Holmes beat Shavers,Norton,Cooney and Holmes was old when he beat the same Ray Mercer that Lewis looked like **** against and nearly lost to.

    Lummox Lewis retires after a mere 44 fights right as Vitali come along to challenge him! Compared to Dempsey,Foreman,Holmes,44 fights is barely a career.
     
  9. JeanPaulValley

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    Slappy Joe is certainly a coward from wales.

    And Lummox sponge cake chin Lewis is a cherry picking con man.

    Even David Haye would have a good chance against Lummox.
     
  10. ushvinder

    ushvinder Active Member Full Member

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    Your discrediting his wins over tua, golota, klitscko, but your giving tyson all the credit for beating ruddock, a light heavyweight and an ancient holmes.

    Your giving holmes credit for beating a mediocre shavers, old norton and a hyped prospect like cooney. Nice to see how objective you really are.

    Lewis gets no credit for beatig holyfield when he was the freakin champ, but you give tyson and holmes credit for beating old hasbeens,:lol:
     
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  12. McGrain

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    But you pedal this like it is incontrovertible fact :lol: Vitali Klitschko and Old Holyfield would be my personal definite picks to beat the Tua that Lewis beat, and Lennox panned both of them. Others could certainly be in close fights with him. This idea you have that Tua is clearly the best fighter that Lewis beat is as far from left field as every other ****ing thing you write about him :lol:



    Yeah, he was a bit more than that. You ****ing trolls. The **** you make me type.

    Golota crumbled to Lewis for a reason.

    To be clear, you are picking Old Holmes to beat everyone Lewis faced? Spinks too?

    Yeah, which is why it's so incredible that he managed to inarguably cram so many top ten contenders into that career.

    And you, you somehow have got it into your head that "he only beat two prime contenders" :lol: Your hatred or stupidity (hard to be sure which) know no bounds.
     
  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Very hard to reply to your post because it is so badly quoted, but i will have a pop.



    Yeah, you quoted this already. What I asked you for was some back up to your claim that "many ringsiders thought that Holyfield won the rematch. Won the rematch, not "didn't enjoy the fight" (like I give a ****).

    There is at least one out there, see if you can add to it in support of your rather spurious claim.

    Why? It doesn't address a single point that I raised. In fact you've literally side-stepped literally everything I asked you about. Why?


    :lol: And this is your version of "a struggle"?? Kicking solid **** out of him for 8 rounds with a broken hand? What's wrong with you?



    I don't have any fighters in my family. Whenever I see total trolls on this forum cherry-picking "facts" to run one of these people, not members of my family, I step in to correct them. Because it's ****ing embarrassing for ESB.
     
  14. Hands of Iron

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    '88 Holmes could beat Tua. :yep

    Lenny's got the two wins Tyson badly needed against Holyfield. I can't see them being considered as anything other than great, relative to HW history. Evander didn't look too hot against Bean, but he had throttled Moorer, held two of the three straps that qualified for undisputed status and was the #1 HW in the world. You can't just brush that off. Vitali is a great win due to a combination of Lewis being past it and out of shape plus it was against his immediate successor.
     
  15. KidDynamite

    KidDynamite Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    An even older Holmes beat Mercer too, who gave Lewis hell.