Lewis's 7 best heavyweight wins vs Usyk's 7 best

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  1. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fake title fights with secondary belts..

    He fought 2 champions and didnt make the distance either time
     
  2. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Actually held the real heavyweight title and beat the champion

    Beat Wilder by KO twice.. shouldve have won 1st fight on the road.. these 3 wins are better than anything that Vitali Klitshko did

    As far as skill set goes that is more subjective but to me its Fury pretty comfortably.. Better defense and upper body movement can fight on the inside and higher ring IQ

    That stuff is more subjective but I think objectively Fury had the better career accomplishments and victories ..
     
  3. Joeywill

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    Holyfield was way past it at that point.. Joshua wasnt

    Id still give the edge to Holyfield the 2nd time win over Joshua
     
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  4. Joeywill

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    Vitali doesnt have 15 title wins

    Those fake title wins dont do it for me

    Vitali has zero big wins.. Had 1 big fight and got stopped by an old Lewis..

    Furys best 4 wins (including 1st Wilder win) > every Vitali win

    Even the Dillian Whyte win would stack up nicely in Vitalis resume

    Having 2 competitive fights with Usyk is also a plus to me
     
  5. Joeywill

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    Im aware of his resume.. He also looked bad vs Vaughn Bean the fight before and looked absolutely horrible vs Lewis in the first fight and it was not because Lewis did so well but rather cause Holyfield looked shot on his own... Anyone in the top 10 wouldve beaten Holyfield that night
     
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  6. Joeywill

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    Gonna have to disagree since Holyfield was horrible in the first fight
     
  7. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Usyk would never lose to fighters like Rahman, McCall and struggle with Mercer, as long as Usyk is undefeated Lewis can't even shine his shoes...
     
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  8. Joeywill

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    If you have Vitali at 15 title wins than Wilder has 11... cant have it both ways
     
  9. Cojimar 1946

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    Only 3 ranked opponents beaten at heavyweight. That's pretty thin. It would absolutely help him to count his cruiserweight wins legacy wise
     
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  10. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You people make me sick. Fury was almost a decade past his prime coming off a horrible performance against an old Ngannou and his resume is thin in comparison but he's a better win than old Holyfield ? Old Holyfield would still beat joshua

    Dubois gets his skull caved in by Tua and boxed up by TNT Tucker, both of whom were top contenders when Lewis beat them. Dubois might lose to Ruddock, and theres a good chance he would quit against Mercer
     
  11. Joeywill

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    I agree but you don't want to add context to Vitali then no context for Wilder

    Or you can add context for both
     
  12. Joeywill

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    A lot of Vitali wins were against heavyweights ranked at the end of the top 10

    Very unimpressive 2nd career after his injury imo
     
  13. The Long Count

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    I would pick Lewis’s defenses but the gap isn’t as wide as I thought. Usyk just lacks variety of contenders another 1-2 defenses and I could see his as better. However facing Rico Verhoeven doesn’t cut it at all. What a waste of fight and for a fighter with very little time left at nearly 40.
     
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  14. dmt

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    I think the variety thing gives Lewis the edge. Fighting a 6”7 durable boxer like Vitali and then fighting a 5’9 stocky ko artist in Tua, and dealing with a tank of a fighter in Mercer etc.
     
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  15. Joeywill

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    Vitali quantity of lower tier fighters doesn't move me

    If you value wins over fringe contenders like Adames, Charr, Solis etc enough to outweigh Furys significantly better peak then good for you

    I just don't see it at all