Best Heavyweight Last 5 Years (2003-2007)

2007 wlad may very well just bust lewis up if he keeps on the move and uses that piston like jab, lewis looked very slow and lumbering against vitali and would get exhausted looking for wlad.

lennox only chance is to try and turn it into a real scrap ala vitali, we still don't know for sure how wlad would react in such a fight.

 

If Lewis fought like he did against Vitali in 04 he would of probably knocked down Wlad at least 5 times forcing the ref to stop it around the 3rd round. The way Lewis fought that night was not his greatest but it would be the perfect way to beat Wlad, you need to fight him reckless and sloppy because your not going to out box him.

 

I meant 03

 

Its Wlad. Regardless of how good Lewis was (better than Wlad all time), but if we are talking last 5 years...its EASILY Wlad.

 

Even the worst version of Lewis, would be better than anyone else. Vitali would be next, the Wlad.

 

Lennox had just peaked and was on the way down when he faced Vitali. If we go back to his Rahman (2) or even his Tyson bouts, he 's the best recent heavywt. But even taking him at his Vitali fight, I would favour him over Wlad, the best of the current crop (pending the outcome of his brother's return bid.)


So of those you list, in the strict 5-yr timeframe, and considering head-to-head, I would rank them:

Lewis
Vitali
Wlad

All the rest of your picks would be KO'd by any of these three.

 

Yeah, Lewis was at his most dominate around the time he fought Grant

 

I think Wlad, as he is now, would probably KO ANY version of Lennox Lewis.

There, I said it!

 

Wladimir Klitschko

He was better than Lewis was against Vitali, but not better than a prime Lewis.

 

Wladimir because of accomplishments and the toe-to-toe basis.

But Vitali was excellent in his fights against Lewis, Johnson, Sanders and Williams.

 

I think the version of lewis that fought tyson&rahman 2 would've smoked ANY heavy in history, and only the hardcore oldtimers
who won't come out of the timemachine would disagree.

 

Last five years it has to be Wladimir Klit.

 

atsch Lets not get carried away ! we know he is a great boxer but we dont know if he can FIGHT ! right now thats the biggest difference between him and LL ! LL proved he could do it all ! :good

 

:smoke Its still LL ! I dont know if VLAD would survive if hurt ! We know LL can and if VLAD didnt take him out early he would be hurt eventually ! :deal