How Good Was Lennox Lewis?

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  1. madjabber

    madjabber Member Full Member

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    How Good was Lennox Lewis? What is his legacy? Where does he rank among ATG Heavyweights?
     
  2. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Very good. You can say he beat everyone that was put in front of him since he avenged all of his losses. One of the best british fighters ever. Looks like Stevie Wonders now. an ATG for sure.
     
  3. MemoCan

    MemoCan *****49ers Express***** Full Member

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    He is getting more respect after he retired, but that wasn't always the case when he fought. When he fought, he got much or less the same treatment as did the Klitschko's such as, weak jaw, beat a dead tyson, fat and out of shape and etc.
     
  4. AussieMauler

    AussieMauler Relative Unknown Full Member

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    Better than Vitali


    i guess anything else is just secondary
     
  5. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lenny Lewis was ****ING AWESOME!!! He's top-5 on the ATG list.... Well, at least on mine he is....... Peace......:D

    MR.BILL
     
  6. sweetscientist

    sweetscientist Yori Boy Die Hard Full Member

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    i'll second that. agreed. it's funny, since you mention the stevie wonder thing, which is true. lewis was often accused of being dumpy or bloated because he has kind of a round, babyface. but for most of his fights, throughout his career, he was in terrific shape, positively lean and strong...did people look at his puffy cheeks and forget to check the six pack and biceps. i mean, the guy was a hard trainer, that was obvious.
     
  7. jgorst05

    jgorst05 Active Member Full Member

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    the best hw of the last 20 years and thats some accomplishment considering tyson, evander, bowe etc
     
  8. jones1

    jones1 Active Member Full Member

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    Well I have him at my #5 greatest heavyweight of all time, and I absolutely hate dreadlocks.
     
  9. ya-ni

    ya-ni Active Member Full Member

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    Not good enought to give vitali a rematch
     
  10. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lenny Lewis was ONE of the FEW dudes who could go from 227 to 256 pounds and NOT look like a total slob.......... Lewis always looked bulky and buffed.... Lewis was heavy for Klit in 2003, but held the added weight well..

    However, dudes like "Foreman & Bowe" could NOT add weight and still look lean and mean, and in-shape.......... Above 245, BOTH "Foreman & Bowe" began looking fat and slobbish....... Peace.....

    MR.BILL
     
  11. Erebus

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    And Vitali wasnt wasnt good enough to beat lennox the first time. :yep
     
  12. BoxingFanNo1

    BoxingFanNo1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The guy would fall asleep or play chess in the locker room before a fight.
    Doesn't get any better than that.
     
  13. Ricky369

    Ricky369 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The best of his time.
     
  14. ya-ni

    ya-ni Active Member Full Member

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    He was good enough to have lewis run into retirement an pass up twenty million in doing so


    Like your avatar,
     
  15. HyperBone

    HyperBone Silverback Gorilla Full Member

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    one of the greats, one of my fave fighters... he gets the credit he deserves right now.