Lennox Lewis is the greatest heavyweight of all time

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  1. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    And even Taylor had a very hard time landing more than just one punch at a time.
    Man, what a fight that was!
     
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  2. RightLeftCombo

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    LL was a great heavyweight, but he's not the greatest of all time, imo. Lennox got the Holyfield and Tyson fights at the right time for Lennox. I'd probably put him in the top 5.
     
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    He was considered a giant in the 90s.

    I'd like to see him fighting in this era where being 6'5 is the norm and not the exception.
     
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    With all respect to LL, he is lucky he didn't fight in this era...His legacy would have been a YouTube HL Reel, followed by Wilder doing his crazy dance & rude screaming over his fallen body...too much Savagery for the British Gentleman, he is lucky he retired with the ATG cred he got
     
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    Are you nor aware of the result of that fight sir
     
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    Gotta be ali in my opininon took on everyone and was never stopped til his last fight
     
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    Hee,hee,hee. Welcome back, Lad
     
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  8. Mirko

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    I have Lewis at #3, behind Ali and Louis.
     
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    Wilder doesn't make it out the first round with the Jamaican Canadian, Grant part deux !
     
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    Not in the top 3 because he could have destroyed all the HWs he faced and of the past but he was content to beat his opponents. He was a complete fighter with a very huge right hand even if he hadnt a formidable footwork. Besides he underrated McCall and Rahman. However in the top 5 imo.
     
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    True, it would be Lewis Grant replay
     
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    Generational talent and Notorious Cherrypicker.
     
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    There's a case for him as the h2h GOAT, sure. The problem is, even if he would take a majority of bouts in a series with any other HW great, there would be at least one instance versus most of them where he is KTFO in dizzying fashion.
     
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  14. rinsj

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    Lennox Lewis No. 3, 5 seriously!?

    The LL who got stopped in two rounds by Oliver McCall who barely decisioned 45-year-old Larry Holmes. The LL who barely beat a fat, 35-year-old Ray Mercer. Whereas LH easily outpointed, the younger, undefeated version at 42.

    Lewis was a very good heavyweight. That's it.
     
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    If the Lewis that Vitali fought got in with the Wlad that fought Mercer or McCline... Lewis takes a longer nap than he did against Rahman. Wlad’s lightning fast lead left hook would be his demise.
     
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