The champ has soo many victories and has crushed so many opponents, it's hard for me to put my finger on one particular win to pick as my favorite. So I picked 5 out of the many. Which one was your favorite? I left out Mike Tyson and Holyfeld on purpose for sentimental reasons. I can't bear to ish on two legendary ATGs like that.
Like you say it's hard to pick. I'll go for these because i can't pick one. INPO: Ruddock - Because he announced himself on the world stage, and what a win and performance it was. Mercer - Not his greatest but an important one because he proved a lot of things to people and also to himself. Golota - Because of how good Golota looked against Bowe, and the fact it was an even money fight and a lot of people had Golota as favourite to win. Lennox then wiped him out. Frightening. Rahman - Because of everything that preceded it, the punch perfect performance and the superb KO. And the fact it moved him onto the illustrious list of 3 time champions. One of my favourites though is the Shannon Briggs fight. Because an under prepared Lewis treat Briggs with total disdain during that fight, even though Shannon was a real danger throughout it. The 4th round is a classic. The Mason fight was an excellent win for him too after only 14 fights, and the Vitali fight for pulling out the win like a true champion does, even at the end of a long career.
I always liked the rematch 1-2 KO of Hasim Rahman. Obviously surviving the Vitali fight with a TKO win at the end of his career ranks up there too. Real champions win no matter what and Lennox came from behind to end it with a win. You have to appreciate the single round demolition of Golota or the 2nd round beat down of Razor Ruddock. ..............and yes, I appreciate the demolition of Tyson.
Considering he showed signs of being shot, beating Vitali has to be up there. He beat better fighters than Vitali though but the circumstances mean it must be mentioned. I'd say Holyfield I, which was a robbery, is up there too.
i loved the galota round 1 victory. america had treat lewis like dog**** for a long long time, giving him zero credit and then throwing the toughest obstacles they could in his way. galota gave bowe hell, they were convinced he would **** up lewis as well, BANG BANG BANG BANG as your **** commentators would say, lennox lewis would not be denied by those shitheads.
Considering Lewis did not really win against Vitali, I would say Briggs. Lewis was hurt but pulled himself together.