How come Lennox Lewis never had any trilogies?

Only guys he could of had trilogies with were McCall, Rahman and Holyfield.

McCall had a mental break down in the rematch so nobody wanted a 3rd fight, he was never a top contender again despite racking up some wins.

Rahman's rematch loss to Lewis pretty much confirmed what many thought after the first fight, Lewis hadn't prepared properly for the first fight. Maybe he could of earned a rematch if he had kept on winning but he lost his very next match against Holyfield, then drew with Tua after that and lost to Ruiz after that.

Holyfield in reality lost both fights to Lewis a 3rd fight wasn't warranted. Some though Holyfield did enough in the 2nd fight but they were a minority and Holyfield then struggled with Ruiz in his next 3 fights, so there was no demand for a 3rd fight.

 

A third Holy fight could have been good.

He should of rematched Mercer at least once more to boot.

 

Lewis did actually sign to fight a rematch with Mercer but Mercer apparently pulled out according to Dino Duva, Lewis promoter at the time. Mercer was offered the rematch in 96 but was only offered 100K and after initially agreeing pulled out, Mercer probably thought he could get more later.

Then Lewis got his vacant title shot against McCall, then fought the WBC number 1 ranked contender in Akinwande and Mercer then contracted Hepatitis at a time when a Lewis rematch might have been on the cards. Fact is after this Mercer became an after thought, Mercer didn't fight anyone of note and barely fought at all.

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/s...s-mercer-tries-charity-for-lewis-rematch.html

 

Yes so it couldnt of happened for real, it was just wishful thinking on my part as their first match was great.

 

emphatic wins. rubber matches are for close previous results, or money spinning endeavours.

and to be fair, he wasnt that popular until late on in his career, even then.

 

the way McCall 2 ended had zilch to do with Lewis. he definitely should have tried to avenge that brutal defeat against a version who wasn't crying and not defending himself. in spite of that, Lewis couldn't even phase him. Lewis wouldn't have fought him a third time if his life depended on doing so...

 

he was never popular in the states. he was the beginning of the end of the popularity of boxing in the states.

 

Julian Jackson.

 

He was quite popular after he beat Ruddock, he was making more money that Bowe at the time for his defences, though he was fighting better opposition. But then after the loss to McCall everyone wrote him off as a china chinned Brit. All his critics came out of the wood work and that pretty much killed his following there until he beat Golota.

The Golota win really raised his profile back to the level when he had just beaten Ruddock. He was again making decent money fighting in the US.

But he was never as popular as Tyson ever was or even as popular as Bowe and Holyfield during the height of their careers. He was always seen as too aloof and didn't really connect with US fans. It was really after the draw with Holyfield that US fans started to take to him and even then never to the level of his peers.

Wilder would kill for Lewis level of popularity right now.

 

us fans never took to him. i live here, i know. i actually liked him far more than holyfield or ridiculous bowe. he was never liked in the states however. he was the beginning of the end of boxing as a popular sport here.

 

I was young at the time but I remember him being regarded as a boring and defensive minded fighter. Which makes it funny when you see him in the early 90s when he was pretty loose.

 

never said he wasn't popular. i said he was never popular in the united states, which he wasn't. most people here were rooting for vitali in his last fight. he started the demise of boxing in the states. the klitschkos continued it. why? mostly because they were foreigners. like it or not, thems the facts here in the states.

 

Lewis was offered huge money to fight a rematch with Vitali, in fact, Vitali said that the only way he would come out of retirement would be to fight Lewis.....................Lewis' nose was very badly broken in their first fight, if he had not been stopped, Lewis would have been knocked out.................Lewis knew better than to fight a rematch, he would not take a rematch no matter how much money he was offered and he was offered a huge amount..............esp. for that time...............McCall had a nervous breakdown because Don King took him right out of rehab for that fight.................he had withdrawal...............

 

Why do you always regurgitate nonsense?