Whyte has a better defense, his guard is tighter and he throws more counters than Mason did, Gary never beat anyone as good as Chisora.
Mason`s defense wasn`t that good, Lewis battered him and wsn`t even that good at that point, Lewis was still very green when he fought Mason, Biggs was beating Mason before he got caught.
Ruddock was very open and Lewis ws being trained by Steward whern he fought Grant, he had improved vastly since the Mason fight, he was still just learning the ropes.
Whyte gets paid a lot more than Mason did. But apart from that Mason is superior in every department.
Lennox Lewis was really good the night he fought Gary Mason anyway. That's probably Lewis's best performance "pre Steward" aaprt from (or along with) the Ruddock destruction, and also clearly better than a few of his performances with Steward too !
lol! Ruddock was all over the place, Whyte using a high guard and a catch and counter style, Ruddock didn`t throw enough right hands.
He was out worked by Chisora while laying on the ropes tucked up in a high guard waiting to counter, most of Chisora`s shots landed on Whyte`s arms and gloves and Don`t forget Chisora landed some good shots on Usyk who is far better defensively than Mason was.