Lewis is the greatest of all time

Muhammad Ali thought he himself was the greatest, and said marciano was second

George foreman said that the greatest of all time was joe louis, then marciano and jack johnson

 

Well, if Big George said it, then it must be true! Thanks! I am off to change my rankings

 

Next to Ali, I think he presents the most stylistic problems to the other champions.

 

Tyson is a year younger than Lewis.

 

Definitely ONE of the greatest of all time.


Shame that he never got the chance to beat Riddick Bowe.

 

While I think the point in time at which Lewis fought Holyfield and Tyson should be taken into consideration when rating Lewis, I'm not sure what significance your breakdown does for that consideration.

I mean, I should imagine Holmes and Foreman were not Holyfield's (or Tyson's, re Holmes) contemporaries - what is the impact on Holyfield's rating? Perhaps more relevantly, is Bowe not the "exact" contemporary of Holyfield then?

If this type of analysis carries some additional meaning then I guess we'd also need to apply it to and reevaluate the impact it has on Ali (debut 1960); Frazier (debut: 1965); Norton (1967) and Foreman (debut: 1969). Clearly not "exact" contemporaries, by your definition. Nonetheless, they are riveted together in heavyweight boxing history and support each other's legacies, in one way or another.

How then does this line of thinking impact one's perspective on the '70s era'?

I'm sure we could find other examples, from various eras, with similar disparate timeframes, between the individual pro careers of competing boxers, previously considered the peers of one and other. I'm just not sure what this, in itself, actually counts for.

 

which means pretty much nothing in this case.

 

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Lol if Ali and Marciano are both unbeatable who on earth would win between them? This just got a lot harder!

 

God would strike down the arena as soon as the bell rang

Either that or they tie, but i like the former more

 

I know a certain sparring story about Lewis that makes me hesitant to say he is H2H best.

 

I know of a certain 2 losses to average fighters, best wins coming from shot fighters, tying with a past prime fighter, and dodging other fighters in their prime that would make me hesitant to put Lewis in my top 5 h2h

 

I'll give him top ten at the most. But, his two dec wins over a well past prime Holyfield ( Same Holyfield that was stopped by a blown up natural middle Toney, a few yrs after their fight) the 1st fight Holyfield won in some minds, his stoppage losses in his prime to two fighters that were good, but nothing special in Rahman and McCall . Most of his biggest wins were against fighters clearly pass prime, Like Tua, Mercer, Bruno, and Tyson . He was the best of his era. And physically would be a threat to any heavy because of his size. But his career like Mayweather jr has a lot of question marks... But to his credit, he did attempt to fight the best available, unlike Mayweather jr at lightweight through welter.

 

LOL. Maybe Foreman said it on TV some time ago, but on Twitter he ranks few guys ahead of Lennox.