Better career: Lennox Lewis or Joe Calzaghe

Lewis,''definetely''.

 

Lewis also has a whole career spent in a quite deep heavyweight division, the majority of Calzaghe's wbo opponents were no more impressive than were Eubank's, who was slated for it at home because Benn was out there. so why does everybody go on about Calzaghe's length of reign? espescially considering the only other name in the weak division was Ottke-the most protected fighter in history (possibly). Even assuming your assertion that there best wins are comparable, Lewis still has Mercer, Tua, Klitschko, Bruno, Ruddock etc. Calzaghe has Brewer and Mitchell. Lewis' resume wins.

Lewis unified against Holyfield, faded grant you but still they were unquestionably the best two fighters in the division. Calzaghe beat Eubank and then didn't fight another quality opponent until Lacy.

Mitchel and Jones had him down and on ***** street but couldn't finish him off, I'd call that quite close.

Heavyweight goes back a long long way, supermiddle has only existed for about twenty years and is a division I don't personally think should have been created in the first place. Lewis' standind at heavyweight means a hell of a lot more.

Irrelevant, p4p lists mean nothing.

fair enough, your opinion but I don't agree at all.

 

Still a better career than Calzaghe's which is being blown farther out of proportion right now.

 

Similar careers but JC never lost. Both beat big names (Tyson, Holyfield for LL - Hopkins, Jones for JC).

But Robin Reid and Omar Sheika didn't turn out to be Hasim Rahman and Oliver McCall, if you know what I mean.

JC gets the slight edge because of that.

 

Lennox Lewis is the best,no guy test,he put'em all to rest.

 

Lennox and it isn't close.

 

Don't even suggest that Tyson was anywhere near his peak when Lewis was.

 

not even close

 

I know this is an attack of Lewis from a Klitschko viewpoint but it is doesn't make sense in the context of this thread.Joe Calzaghes biggest wins were Lacy,Eubank,Jones,Hopkins and Kessler.3 of those 5 were past prime.I'd go as far as saying Roy was shot to pieces.Lacy and Kessler were good wins though

 

He was nearer his peak when he paid Lewis so he could have the Seldon fight

 

Calzaghe

 

Who care's if you don't agree?:hey

 

I never said that Calzaghe's career was better than Lewis'. I was actually just responding to that particular post.:good It is not an "attack on Lewis". I was stating facts.

 

OK but why did you have to reply from a Klitschko standpoint??
'He failed to fight Wladimir Klitschko' and 'he won a fight he was losing to Vitali on a cut'

 

From a Klitschko standpoint? I also mentioned Tyson, Holyfield, Foreman, Bowe, Moorer, Grant, Tua, Rahman, and mentioned how he dropped titles to avoid Ruiz and Byrd too. Seems like you must have read the post from an anti-Klitschko standpoint.:yep Wlad and Vitali were simply part of the facts that I was presenting.