The Best Heavyweight Since Ali?

Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko. Vitiali made Lewis retire rather than fight him in a rematch for $40,000,000.............................Rahman knocked Lewis out cold, a knockout, not a TKO. McCall TKO'd Lewis right out of rehab.................Lewis also admitted that he refused to fight Corrie Sanders...................

 

I always forget that Vitali won that fight.

 

It was a stupid question because some klitschko lickers prefer the klitschkos without
objectivity.
Better question : 20 best wins by the klitschkos and others after Ali.
And we will see the klitschkos are far away from the greatness.

 

I think Lewis had the skills to find Wlads chin though, I don't think Wlad would have got to Lewis. Only an opinion though, before I get a load of mongs screaming that Rahman got there so why wouldn't Wlad, blah, blah, blah.

 

Oliver Mcall and Hasim Rahman were better than Ross Purrity who had 12 losses at the time he fought Wladmir.

Whats Wladmirs excuse for that? he was 23 and in his prime and got battered.

 

Tua>>> Sam Peter.

I didn't see Lewis flopping around on all fours and going life and death against Tua.

 

The biggest beat down prime Tua ever received.

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Notice Byrd fights Tua in the pocket the entire fight rather than run away on the back foot for twelve rounds while flicking out the odd jab.

 

Lewis has always been way overrated. People forget how boring he was.

 

Wlad would not have a hard time finding Lewis' chin. A prime Wlad from 2006-2010 would be by far the best fighter Lewis ever faced in his career. They both had the same trainer so their styles are similar. Wlad is more athletic, superior techincal boxer, superior hand speed, better left jab/left hook, better right cross, throws straighter punches than Lewis has a superior defence and a better ring IQ.

Lewis was susceptible to right hands and I can think of a big 6'6 HW that comes in with red trunks and red/gold robe to red hot chilipepers "can't stop" that has a blazing rocket of a right hand.
He can KO Lewis with one punch.
It's a 50/50 fight where Lewis has to press forward and use his dirtier tactics to try and unsettle Wlad. He can't stay on the outside and box with Wlad because he'll get picked apart.

 

It's quite pathetic that you have to draw an example from neary 2 decades ago. First off I have to correct you, Purrity did not knock Wlad out, his former trainer came in stopped the fight when he was on his feet because he was completely gassed out. One thing is for sure Purrity has a much better chin than Rahman(who he destroyed) and right up there with McCall. Wlad was beating the brakes off him for 99% of that fight, if Wlad had paced himself better it would have been a very easy victory but he got too hungry for the KO and didn't pace himself. A rookie mistake.

It's quite obvious that Lewis was not in his prime when he got 1 punch KO'd by McCall, big men take longer to develop.
Now Mike Tyson was in his physical and techinical prime when he got outboxed and demolished by Buster Douglas. What's his excuse?

 

This is whatcan never get out of my head when it comes to Wlad/Lennox. The only Wlad that Lennox could feasibly face is the version without Manny, as theres no way that Manny would train against Lennox, and that version of Wlad gets mangled real bad.

 

Holyfield.

 

LL is not just the best since anyone, he is the best ever h2h

 

There is an 11 year age gap between the two. A fight taking place in both of their respective primes could not happen. Pre Steward Wlad wouldn't have as good of a chance but was faster and could knock Lewis out with 1 punch. I would favor Lewis to have the experierence and guile to win.

 

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