Who is greater P4P Lennox Lewis or Naoya Inoue?

Would a win over Bam be enough to close the gap?

 

Probably Lewis but they are so different as to be barely comparable. Heavyweights are somewhat awkward to judge P4P. Inoue is still going too. He's a pocket rocket.

 

Nothing gets peeps going like heavyweight on heavyweight

 

I'd say Inoue, but there's not much in it. Lewis had a remarkable size advantage over the likes of Tua, that's why he was able to command that fight so easily. Lewis was beating solid fighters who were all smaller than him, and Inoue has beaten many solid fighters who are bigger than him, so as a P4P metric, this is probably what tilts the scales for me. In terms of legacy in the sport, it'd be hard to say until Inoue retires, but if he retired today after beating Nakatani, he would have a great case. I think Nakatani goes on to have an ATG career at super bantamweight or featherweight, too, which only strengthens the argument in the long run. They're two of my favourite ever fighters though.

 

Hard to rank any HW higher P4P over lower weight fighter who was champion in multiple weight divisions. Not to mention undisputed in two different weight classes. Inoue also beat a higher level of fighters then Lewis beat because lower divisions on average have more skilled fighters even if Lewis beat better names on paper.

 

Inoue. Lewis has become a bit overrated. If Inoue was a classic fighter there would be no dispute here, unless we are banking on Inoues career taking a massive downturn

 

Don't think its absurd to say the former are better then the latter in terms of level of skill tbh even if the latter have more name value. And imo Donaire, Fulton, Nakatani skill wise are better then any of Lewis's wins

 

You think Fulton and Donaire are more skilled than Holyfield ?

 

Donaire yeah for sure. Fulton maybe not at their best but the version that each fought yeah I'd say so

 

I think we have to remember it also comes down to strength of era. Today is a decent heavyweight era, but i wouldn't say its as strong as the one Lewis fought in making it harder to achieve p4p #1. That said i rank Inoue the higher of the two. He's just accomplished so much and done it over several weight classes. Lewis was an all time great heavyweight for sure, but p4p i dont think he stacks up. Jmo.

 

Fair call, that one

I can't wait

 

It's Inoue and it's not particularly close.

The man's been a world championship caliber fighter for essentially his entire career. Remarkable consistent dominance for someone who won his first title so young with so few fights. He's been fighting at a world champion caliber level for not only more fights than Lennox, but for a chronologically longer time span, as well. When he got decked, he got off the floor to win. He didn't need to avenge losses and he rematched his toughest win.

Lennox got beat by guys he shouldn't have and benefited from getting rematches he wouldn't give out himself in his tougher fights.

Then factor in not only the weight jumps, but that Inoue's cleared out the fourth and weight fifth classes from where he started. Great fighters typically have a dominant single weight run or are good weight jumpers. Those who do both are rare.

And the kicker is that Inoue's done all that without enjoying the size advantage Lennox usually did.