Overall I'd say Lewis fought better quality opponents. However, Holyfield was a shot 37, Mercer was robbed, and Vitali stopped on a cut was gaining momentum and may have won that fight had it went the distance. Lewis was also the bigger man in most of his fights, while Usyk was usually the smaller man.
That's not entirely true, be objective. There are a whole lot of fighters Lewis hasn't fought during his career, and the best ones he did fight were well past their prime. He didn't fight Douglas, Bowe, Holmes, Foreman, Seldon, Hide, Byrd, Whitearspoon, Sanders, Moorer, Wlad, McCline, or Ruiz, if you're going to blame Usyk for Hrgovic or Sanchez. Before Usyk entered the fray, Fury and AJ were clearly the clear leaders in the division, and Usyk beat them twice. Having said that, I still think Lewis has more victories in the heavyweight division, and Usyk has never looked as impressive in any fight as Lewis did against Rahman or Ruddock. Of course, this is also due to style; Lennox was a knockout king, something Usyk lacks.
Hide had a non recognized fake belt Sanders and Peter are his best wins Tells you everything you need to know haha He doesnt have any greatness in his career. Hes like Alexander Povetkin in that he lost vs the 2 best people he fought and just beat up on B and C level fighters for the most part..
No Hide was not a belt holder Its like saying that someone is a belt holder with an IBO belt Parker and Zhang are better than everyone Vitali beat besides maybe Sam Peter haha what a pathetic resume from someone people consider an ATG The Wlad that Fury beat was better than the Lennox that Vitali got STOPPED by Fury did well in both fights vs Usyk Better than anyone else did at heavyweight and that is vs an ATG
WBO was pretty meaningless in those days.. Vitali quit vs fill in opponent Byrd and got stopped by old shot unmotivated Lewis... Fury lost to a ATG in peak condition for an undisputed fight Does Povetkin rank over Fury because of longevity too ?
Reminds me of Vitali popping dirty in the olympics and ya Fury went off the rails after the w but Vitali also had a 3 year break so its basically the same
Listen Fury has his fair share of things to criticize no doubt I would just rate Furys career higher than Vitali A lot more greatness
He doesnt have 3x the title defenses.. I only count real title defenses.. not secondary ones A lot of those win are vs fringe contenders in a weak era