Lennox Lewis or Joe Louis

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Who ranks higher

  1. Lewis

  2. Louis

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  1. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Who has the better resume ?

    Who faced better opposition?

    Who was the better boxer?
     
  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Louis was better in all 3 categories. Lewis is better H2H, though.
     
  3. TipNom

    TipNom Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I rank Lewis higher, but I think it's very close.
     
  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Louis, Lewis, Louis.
     
  5. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    Very close but Louis has more title defences. Louis!
     
  6. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually lewis has a case for beating better hws than Louis did, a peak vitali klitschko and evander would beat any rival of Louis .H2H i pick Louis to win by ko however
     
  7. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I agree with this
     
  8. ILikeBoxingForRealz

    ILikeBoxingForRealz Active Member Full Member

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    Louis
    Lewis
    TIE
    both were gifted boxers, could do it all. Hard to decipher for me so I say tie on the better boxer.
     
  9. BoxingFacts

    BoxingFacts Member Full Member

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    Louis by far
     
  10. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Joe Louis, of course. Lewis is vastly overrated, borderline top ten at best.
     
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  11. ILikeBoxingForRealz

    ILikeBoxingForRealz Active Member Full Member

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    Borderline top 10 is vastly overrated? Damn
     
  12. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    There are delusional fanboys who place him the top five and even some who say he was better than Ali and Louis!!! He shouldn't be rated higher than Holyfield, let alone those guys.
     
  13. ILikeBoxingForRealz

    ILikeBoxingForRealz Active Member Full Member

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    Gotcha
     
  14. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Louis
    Lewis
    Louis
     
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  15. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    Lewis. Wins over Tyson, Holyfield, V Klitschko, Mercer, Morrison, Briggs, Ruddock, Tua, McCall, Bruno, Golota and Rahman beat the likes of Walcott, Charles, Baer, Schmeling et al. Maybe not in a historical sense, but in a H2H sense, given that a ton of Louis's opponents wouldn't even be heavyweights today.

    See above.

    Lewis. Better H2H, better jab, better power shots, better defense and footwork. Louis had faster hands, and was crisper as a puncher, but his feet were stuck in mud a lot of the time, and he was very hittable and hurtable. His jab was also very overrated, more of a push than a pure snapping shot a lot of the time. Lennox could bust you up from the inside or the outside, he could box your ears off or brawl with you. Louis was far more limited.