Can you name Lennox Lewis' best win ?

I honestly don’t know what you people are seeing when you watch a talentless, arm punching robot like Klitschko.

Was there another fighter named Vitali Klitschko I’m unaware of!? He wasn’t a good fighter who is over-rated, he was outright a poor one.

 

You seem to be slating him a lot for someone who's supposedly a fan of his.

 

The Ruddock win impressed me.

 

Gotta be Holyfield

 

I will say Ruddock. If they hadn't fought Ruddock would be cited as a top guy Lewis never fought who might give Lennox problems and he destroyed him.

 

Lewis' best performance is actually officially scored a Draw. But, either way, Holyfield has to be considered the best win, given his status at the time.
Ruddock was an excellent win due to the context (Ruddock was seen as the slight favorite and Lewis viewed as untested). The manner of victory saw Lewis make it look easy.
Rahman II was also a great victory - again, because of the circumstances and the point he had to prove, which Lewis punctuated with that KO.
The Vitali win was a fantastic ending.

 

Either Ruddock or Rahman for me.
When Lewis was focused and on his game, no one was beating him.

 

Golota just had two disqualifications against Bowe.

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The best win, but not in the sense of the best opponent.

 

In real time, the Ruddock win was probably the best. Ruddock had just done well in going 12 hard rounds with Tyson, and, he was the favorite to stop Lennox. Considering the odds, and, how Lewis destroyed him, it was probably the best win. On paper people might say Holyfield. But, that was a past prime Holyfield, and quite frankly Lewis struggled a bit. Especially in the rematch. As for Vitali, Lewis looked AWFUL. The fact that he was able to win shows that in his prime he was levels above Vitali.

 

Lewis struggled in his rematch with Holyfield, but in their first fight, he barely dropped a round.

 

Made me a fan.

 

You can't use the era excuse. You still can fight top contenders in the weak era. Vitali mostly fought second and third tier heavyweights. His brother reigned in the same era and he cleaned out the division out of top contenders. It's not hard to look like a god against sub par opposition when you're a very good boxer like Vitali. Career wise, he couldn't carry his brother jockstrap.

 

I would say:

1. Evander Holyfield I - we all know he won that fight and he was a slight underdog coming into it.
2. Razzor Ruddock - sparked out the guy who made prime Mike Tyson go through hell.
3. Vitali Klitschko - at his worst he defeated the second best heavyweight of the next era who was at his peak.
4. Evander Holyfield II - just a cherry on top, comfortably winning the rematch.
5. David Tua - heavy puncher, number 1 contender at the time. Masterclass from Lewis in terms of hitting without getting hit.
6. Michael Grant - number 1 contender at the time.
7. Andrew Golota - nobody sparked Golota like that in the 90s. The same Golota who was winning on the scorecards with Bowe (who was considered number 1 heavyweight in the world at the time) until he decided to test his testicular stamina.
8. Hasim Rahman - great way to avenge a loss, one of the most brutal knockouts ever.

 

You don't become a dominant champ by being a poor fighter

 

Are people that mention guys like Briggs and Botha serious? Both of them had EXTREMELY thin resumes. Vitali's resume was far from great, but was levels above theirs. And he was much better fighter than either of them.

For me, Vitali and past prime Holyfield were clearly his 2 best wins. Tua and Mercer were #3 and 4 in any order. Yes, Tua was very fat, undertrained against Lennox and Mercer gave him pure hell, but both of them had very good resumes unlike Botha or Briggs.

And if we are talking about Lennox's most impressive performances, I'd rank them in that order:

1) Rahman II
2) Holyfield I
3) Golota
4) Ruddock