A question about Lennox Lewis....

Gives me an excuse to post this, surely nobody can say with any credibility Lennox had a weak chin after seeing this vid.


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIRShCBKwng[/ame]

 

top 5 atg heavyweight. also a down to earth gentleman. great role model for any young heavyweight to follow.

america tret him like **** even though he constantly fought abroad on their territory. they doubted him to the very end, till nobody was left standing, till they could no longer deny that he was the man.

 

Tyson did not duck Lewis. In their primes, Tyson would knock him spark out.

 

I used to think so but not anymore

 

Top 10 no doubt.

 

When they fought neither of them were fighting at 100%. Lewis was toying with him. As history has shown, prime for prime Tyson would fail to rise to the occasion and get sparked by Lewis

 

of course tyson ducked him. lewis was tyson's mandatory, and tyson dropped his belt to fight holyfield, so lewis sued him and won a settlement. if that isn't ****ing ducking, then i don't know what is.

 

Prime Tyson vs Prime Lewis is 50/50 imo.

 

don't worry, he was just brain-washed by HBO into thinking that tyson didn't duck lewis.

 

I have him at no.7, great heavyweight. If I put more focus in head to head (which I dont) he would probably be top five.

 

edit

 

pretty much all that needs to be said has been. top 10 easy, argument for top 5

 

Maybe top 30.

Good Champion, not great.

Was sparked out in his prime by 2 B level fighters, Holyfield was past prime when he met Lewis, an the win over Prime Vitali was on a technical decision in a fight Lewis was losing at the time of stoppage, Also refused a rematch. Theres not another win on his resume that defines his greatness for me. Bined his WBA strap instead of facing mandatories. If Tyson did that he would never have faced Douglas, so it is important. Fights aren't won on paper.

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Joe Louis
3. Sam Langford
4. George Foreman
5. Larry Holmes
6. Rocky Marciano
7. Sonny Liston
8. Joe Frazier
9. Jack Johnson
10. Jack Dempsey
11. Ezzard Charles
12. Ken Norton
13. Jersey Joe Walcott
14. James J. Jeffries
15. Gene Tunney
16. Harry Wills
17. Floyd Patterson
18. John L. Sullivan
19. Max Schmeling
20. Max Baer

There is 20 i rate higher, an i've more than likey missed someone out...