Lennox Lewis - Top 50 ATG or not?

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  1. Twirdman

    Twirdman Active Member Full Member

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    I call bull**** theres no way you can name 200 better p4p. I'll give you 50 is doable I might even say 100, but 200 no way in hell.
     
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  2. kidgloves

    kidgloves Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Guess what? Your wrong. I take it you don't like or appreciate just how good Lennox was cause of some form of bias
     
    kidgloves, Dec 8, 2009
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  3. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. Full Member

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    Lewis is a top 50 ATG.
     
    Mendoza, Dec 8, 2009
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  4. Deebo

    Deebo Pure Textual Satisfaction Full Member

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    Top 50 yes.
     
    Deebo, Dec 8, 2009
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  5. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    He`s not top 50 IMO, I only have him at no9 at HW.

    There are loads better just from his own era like Mayweather, Pacquiao, Morales, Barrera, Jones, Hopkins, Calzaghe, Marquez, Holyfield & Tyson.

    You might debate some of those names but thats me not even touching the Duran`s, Leonard`s & Hearn`s..... never mind Robinson & co.
     
    Bill Butcher, Dec 8, 2009
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  6. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    No fkn way, no chance.
     
    Bill Butcher, Dec 8, 2009
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  7. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's not bias lol, I like the dude but damn... he was a stand up boxer, good jab, good right, his entire defense was to lean back and jab.

    Go look up the p4p lists from FW to welterweight. The top 50 guys in the list from each weight would murder Lennox p4p.

    Top 5 HW??? Really???

    Ali
    Foreman
    Tyson
    Liston
    Tua
    Ibeabuchi
    Frazier
    Bowe
    Holyfield

    I would make ALL those guys a favorite over Lewis p4p in thier prime.

    Joe Louis
    Larry Holmes
    Rocky Marciano
    Ken Norton
    Ron Lyle

    I would make all those guys 50-50, and I'm sure I'm leaving off half a dozen names since I put this list together in about 8 seconds. imho, anyone quick enough to get past his jab and touch his chin had a damn good chance to KTFO Lewis. Rahman did it. McCall did it.

    Let's put it this way: If Lewis was 5'8, with his skillset, how do you think he would have performed?
     
    bernie4366, Dec 8, 2009
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  8. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nah
     
    JonOli, Dec 8, 2009
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  9. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lewis is basically a heavyweight version of Kelly Pavlik. With less head movement.
     
    bernie4366, Dec 8, 2009
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  10. Scar

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    Of course he is, he belongs in the top 10 greatest heavyweights as well in my opinion. Lewis fought everyone and dominated.
     
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  11. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Lewis is ridiculously overrated on this site, as some of the posts in this thread demonstrate.:yep
     
    Zakman, Dec 8, 2009
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  12. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Ali
    Holmes
    Louis
    Tyson
    Charles
    Tunney
    Moore
    Jones jr
    Robinson
    R. Leonard
    B. Leonard
    Hearns
    Hagler
    Arguello
    Armstrong
    Pep
    Saddler
    Sanchez
    Pacquiao
    Mayweather jr
    Morales
    Barrera
    Whitaker
    Chavez
    Olivares
    Nelson
    M. Spinks
    Gomez
    Duran
    Marquez
    Calzaghe
    Marciano
    Frazier
    Liston
    Foreman
    Benitez
    Pryor
    Lopez
    McCallum
    Monzon
    Holyfield
    Conn
    Napoles
    Ross
    Canzoneri
    McLarnin
    Griffith
    Jofre
    Wilde
    Fitzsimmons
    Langford
    Greb
    Walker
    Marquez
    Buchanan
    Ketchel
    Ike Williams

    There`s no doubt more but I cant be arsed, there is more than 50 names there anyway.
     
    Bill Butcher, Dec 8, 2009
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  13. MemoCan

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

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    Absolutely.
     
    MemoCan, Dec 8, 2009
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  14. punch13

    punch13 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    So far Lewis is an ATG by 80% of the votes as of this writing (added the percentages of the first two rows). Not bad actually. The same percentage in the other poll for Roy Jones Jr.
     
    punch13, Dec 8, 2009
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  15. keith

    keith ESB OG Full Member

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    I agree between 40 and 60.


    Keith
     
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