Usyk would destroy Prime Lennox Lewis

If Lewis era was so great you wouldn't have guys like Moorer and Rahman winning the championship let alone an aging Foreman

 

Or Moorer is better than you think. If Beterbiev and Bivol did what Spinks and Moorer did he'd be called one of the goats. I mean Moorer becoming champion can't be worse than James Toneys mid 2000s run

Rahman is better than the likes of Martin and Stiverne, Rahman KO'd Sanders. Povetkin in his prime couldn’t dominate an old Donald or KO Byrd but was still a top guy in his 40s along with Chisora and they were never as dominant as peak Foreman so the 90s couldn't have been worse, which is what you seem to be insinuating

 

If Usyk's era was so great, you wouldn't have guys like Charles Martin and Andy Ruiz winning championships and the "lineal" champ getting dropped by a cagefighter.

 

Didn't Usyk lose to Shawn Porter as an amateur?

 

Ruiz and Martin are from the Fury-Joshua era. Usyk was not even a heavy yet.

 

Once we start pulling up amateur records then there are few fighters in the world who avoid scrutiny. Let's not forget about Korobov either who dropped Usyk and stopped him in the amateurs. Usyk is great but he's not invincible, neither is Lewis. Usyk vs Lewis at HW would be the toughest fight either of them have, the OP saying Usyk would destroy a prime Lewis is an insane statement. Dubois, Joshua and Fury are not fit to lace Lewis's boots. Lennox never fought anyone as good as Usyk and Usyk has never fought anyone as good as Lewis.

 

Usyk fought Witherspoon in October 2019 didn't he, a few months after Ruiz knocked out Joshua? I think Fury beating Wlad is what kickstarted this era and once Usyk retires that'll be the end of it. I know people have different definitions though.

 

Beating Chazz Witherspoon does not annoint an era. Fair play to you that he started in the Fury-Joshua era, but it's still two pretty distinct eras for my money.

 

Moorer wasn't interested in fighting Lewis.

Sanders wasn't ranked when Lewis was champion.

The only viable southpaw would've been Byrd but Lewis was chasing big money fights at that time for example vs Tyson as he was coming towards the end of his career.

And I think most Heavyweights would rather Tyson on their resume rather than Byrd. Which I don't think had anything to do with Lewis avoiding southpaws.

Lewis also did fight a southpaw in his 6th professional fight vs Greg Gorrell and stopped him in 5.

Usyk didn't "destroy" Joshua 2, Chisora, Fury 1 & 2, so odds are he wouldn't destroy Lewis if they all went the distance in competitive fights.

 

How is Lewis overrated ? he has one of the best resumes ever for a Heavyweight.

Usyk being rated properly ? Well I guess that's down to who you ask. Because some rate him as the GOAT and that isn't rating him properly.