Re-examining The Record of Lennox Claudius Lewis - Is The Lion Being Overrated?

Tko 6

 

Agreed.

Lewis is a top 3-5 HW of all time.

I personally have him at No.1

A quick starting, motivated Lewis is a NIGHTMARE for ANY HW EVER.

 

Yeah - I wasn't being facetious about the title, more just the fact that Lewis as a boxer puncher is not the sort of guy that you expect to see outjabbed and outboxed for any length of time. Also, no diss to Bruno either...I think he is under-rated personally...he certainly had a sting in that jab. Ramrod is definitely the word!

 

Lewis tko6 vitali!!!!

 

True, which is why I don't rate Lewis' jab as being up there with the very best jabs like Ali's and Holmes. Lewis had a damn good jab that he relied on, but Bruno, Mercer and Vitali showed that with an opponent that could jab with him or even out jab him he tended to struggle.

But luckily for Lewis he had more than just a good jab he showed on all 3 occasions he was out jabbed he could take it to his opponent when needed. He got to Bruno, he went toe to toe with Mercer and walked down Vitali. So while he could be out jabbed that alone wasn't enough to beat him.

 

Frank Bruno was someone to deal with for 5 or6 rounds Franks stamina was his problem. A very underrated fighter

 

A focused in shape prime Lennox Lewis beats everyone since Ali in his prime

 

Absolutely.

Franks jab could knock a lot of guys over, it just wasn't as fast as the great jabbers. I think though part of the reason LL improved so much after going to Steward was he got him working with the jab again.

A good fight to watch with Lennox jabbing well is the Gary Mason fight. Strange then how he forgot all about it in less than 3 years cos Frank definitely won the battle of the jabs that night.

 

your facts are so wrong it's had to know where to big. But let's start with the stoppage. You are completely wrong about the rules of boxing. The rules do not state that when a fight is stopped due to medical reasons it goes to the cards.

The rules state if there is a stoppage due to a legal punch and the opponent can not continue than that opponent looses.

And if you still think you're right that must mean the ref was wrong, the commentators don't know **** for not bring it up and the rest of the boxing community is wrong because no one said a peek about this huge injustice.

 

The Heavyweight division was much more competitive back then, with much more talent. All of Lewis's opponents faced tougher competition than Wlads, so of course on paper their records may not look as good.

Lewis chased Tyson and Bowe his entire career, and was ducked constantly. Rid**** Bowe actually threw his Championship Belt in the garbage on national television to avoid Lewis.

He beat every fighter he ever faced, fought in a good division and era of heavyweight boxing, and retired as champ.

He's Top 3 All-Time. Behind Ali and Louis. :deal

 

Stopped reading after this:

he (Lewis) was scared to rematch him (Vitali)

 

lol Who is in denial? Lewis won didn't he? Sounds like you are the one in denial.