Prime good fighters who Lennox Lewis beat

Vitali - stopped on an unfortunate cut. Yeah a W, but only 6-7 rounds in
Tua - fat and out of shape. Even here huge towering Lennox had to make sure he danced like a little girl around him.
Holyfield- was 36-37 and still competitive.
McCall - Lennox got knocked out first time and the second fight McCall had a mental breakdown. Wouldn't exactly call that redemption.
Mercer - Mercer arguably won
Ruddock - decent win
Bruno - competitive until Bruno put his chin on plate for Lennox throwing pitty pat cakes at him.
Tucker - shop worn. Certainly not the same Tucker Tyson fought.
Morrison - AIDS
Rahman - got starched first time, good W second time round
Briggs - Lol
Golota - decent win
Botha - Lol
Aknwande - Lol

Highly cherrypicked and opportunistic career

 

I mean, it was basically Ruddocks prime, if not then when? Briggs not great no however in your title it states "good", so is it good or great? I think you want to think this through before changing the criteria.

 

Who do you believe he missed out? Who could he have fought but didnt?

 

He fought in the 90s a very strong era of HWs and not just because the top was great (Holyfield, Tyson, Lewis, Bowe).. It was strong because you knew who the next level was because they all fought each other. The Mercers, Briggs, Botha, Moorers, Ruddock etc..

Imagine if we knew how good the level below Fury, Usyk, AJ and Wilder was. Ruiz vs Whyte, Ortiz vs Parker, Povetkin vs Helenius, Pulev vs anyone of those guys etc..

 

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See what you're doing here is avoiding the fact Lennox timed when to fight opponents and that his career is based mostly around opportunism and not legacy. Its not about what fighter he missed out on. I'm sorry but you're not going to sit here and tell me Lennox's resume is good when his best wins are the competitive win against 37 yo Holyfield, win against fat out of shape limited Tua, basic Grant etc. He got knocked out by two C level fighters

 

When trolling is your life's work there is little time for anything else, especially something as trivial as punctuation.

 

Holyfield? He was very far from his peak. I mean VERY far. Like 6-7 years. The same goes for Tucker

 

Tyson's prime ended in 1990,
Couldn't get Bowe in the ring at Riddick's absolute peak.
Foreman acknowledged Lewis wasn't a fight he wanted on numerous occasions.
Holyfield great warrior but didn't chose Lewis until he was pretty much out of marketable fights. Lewis Boxed him silly in their 1st fight to the tune of 9-3 at least. Funny how Lennox's detractors gloss over that dominating performance. So Evander made some adjustments and made the rematch close. Lewis still won. Lennox Lewis wasn't exactly a spring chicken by the late 90s himself.
He disposed of Golota a good heavyweight with issues. The way he beat Golota though had nothing to do with Andrew's problems. Lewis went and KO'd in inside 1 round.
Michael Grant was hyped up by HBO and was certainly in his prime. How did he do vs the Big Dog?
Lewis beat the best version of Ray Mercer anyone would see in a boxing ring at MSG. Good good slugfest.
Lewis whips Razor Ruddock when Ruddock was supposed to be a threat for the title. Razor couldn't have beaten Lennox Lewis at any point in their respective careers.
Even Biggs, Lewis faced him shortly after Riddick Bowe went life and death with Tyrell. Dispatched him like lint.
Biggest sin by Lewis was getting stopped by journeymen McCall. It gave all those ducking him ammunition. Gave the American media ammunition because they were not with him regardless of how good he was. None the less he did avenge this loss probably in a way more satisfying than a knockout. He made the man cry in front of the world. Recall though Oliver didn't start to cry until he had tried to get Lewis for 4 or 5 rounds. He knew he was gonna lose then the crazy act started.
David Tua was in his absolute prime. Tasted one average right hand from the Big Dog and quit in ring center. Said "no mas" in front of the world. Then wasted everyone's time pretending to follow Lewis around. I had other things to do with my Saturday night.
Vitali couldn't get out of the mid round with Big Dog. That was his night. Vitali was keyed up, prime, his moment to seize control of the division. Lennox Lewis, old and faded, not in top condition, trained for a different opponent, short notice still stops him.

Lennox Lewis=Big Dog #3 or 4 Heavyweight that ever lived. Love him or hate him. Get your mind right.

That's the Truth Ruth!

 

He was coming off 2 wins over Tyson, a win over Moore and a win over Bean and held 2 belts.

 

You could argue Bruno was prime. Mavrovic, Grant, Briggs, and Vitali were in their primes.

Grant and Mavrovick were ranked in the top 5 and undefeated. Briggs was a hard hitting guy who was technically the lineal champion. Bruno had a decent string of wins and a good resume.

I think Vitali was the only one you could call a "great" fighter, but those were all "good" fighters in their primes.

 

Holyfield looked really bad against Vaughn Bean who had extremely thin resume. Moorer fight was 1.5 years before the first fight with Lewis and 2 years before the rematch. It's a long term in boxing, especially for an older fighter

 

Highly cherrypicked career ? You dont know sh*t about boxing.

Lewis carved a masterpiece on Vitali's face

Holyfield was coming off of destroying Mike Tyson and dominating Moorer in the rematch though he still was past it I will admit that

Tua still destroyed Moorer and KO'd top 4 IBF contender Nicholson after loosing to Lewis while he was "overweight"

Lewis beat Mercer

Lewis kncoked out Bruno

And Morrison beat Ruddock just before the Lewis fight. He was a bit past it


Your agenda is fairly sad.

 

He looked bad against Bobby Czyz yet still demolished Mike Tyson afterwards. That Bobby Czyz fight was part of the reason why he was such a big underdog against Tyson infact