Could Sanders have beat Lewis?

Tell me what Lewis had to be afraid of.

Lewis also dropped his WBA belt so that he didn't have to fight John Ruiz. So by your logic he ducked John Ruiz aswell, right?

Ducked John Ruiz . You're logic has me in tears here.

Stopped reading after this point. Chris Byrd beat Tua more easily than Lennox? :rofl. How can you get much easier than winning every single round? Something which Byrd failed to do? Are you soft or something?

Larry Donald also beat Holyfield more comfortably than Lewis. I beat he would have given Lennox a real scare, ole Larry.

 

Byrd beat Tua easier than Lewis did........ I'm still chuckling at that.

Come on, if you're gonna troll me at least tell me so I can stop posting serious points.

 

Because they met doesnt mean the fight was being discussed at that point.
The fights HBO wanted were fights with Jones, Tyson II, Vitali and Wlad (before the Saunders loss)

 

Sanders would have a chance, but you could bet your entire checking account and your left nut on Lewis and sleep well the night before the fight.

 

He's not trolling, just some serious man-love for Byrd

 

Could have beat Lewis? YES. Lewis and his camp wanted no part of Sanders, and often selected safer men. The risk vs. reward was not there for Lewis. The same could be said for Tyson. Sanders name used to appear in the papers as a possible title opponent for Lewis and Tyson. We never saw it, instead guys like Golota, and Botha got the opportunities.

 

The real question is, if Corrie Sanders trained in a boxing gym rather than a golf course would he have beaten Vitali..

 

Your logic is stupid and Lennox certainly didnt agree with it when HE was no 1 contender and was denied a shot for whatever reason.

If you think that the HW champ should just decide not to fight his no 1 contenders cause he doesnt feel they deserve it and fight once a year then thats fine:-(

Lennox;s whole professional career he NEVER faced a southpaw

If he all of a sudden he had to face the most difficult boxer in the division with an unusual southpaw style, who was outboxing good fighters to get there, if you think that this was some easy walk in the park for Lennox then youre a fool. Lewis prefered guys who came to him.

He gave away his IBF his WBA and then his WBC title one by one , clawing every moment out of his regin possible, all the time trying for a Tyson rematch and a Jones fight

 

Lewis would have had big trouble with Sanders, he was a handful for any opponent.

 

Considering how dangerous Saunders would have been, Lewis would have jumped all over him and knocked him out early ala Golota, Briggs and Razor

 

The difference with Bowe and Lewis is Bowe vactated the only title he had. Lewis had a few when he vacated the IBF.

 

You're criticising him for not fighting Byrd, but he chose not to fight John Ruiz under the exact same circumstances, which suggests to me that he didn't avoid fighting Byrd because of his abilities (like you ares suggesting) but because he didn't value him as an opponent and saw more lucrative fights in the division.

I think Byrd would have been easy for Lennox. He was easy for Klitschko, a fighter with a similar syle to Lewis. Lennox was more mobile than Klitschko, and threw a greater variety of shots. If Byrd didn't cause Klitschko any problems, why would he cause Lewis problems? What risks did he pose to Lennox's more cultured style that he couldn't pose to Wlads?

I would have liked Lewis to fight Byrd, but he clearly saw nothing in the fight, and I don't blame him. Beating Byrd wouldn't have enhanced his legacy, and it wasn't a lucrative fight at the time. To suggest he didn't take the fight because of the risk Byrd posed is ludicrous to me. He didn't fight Byrd because Byrd brought nothing to the table. He'd been comprehenively beaten by Wlad and Ibeabuchil, he wasn't a lucrative fighter either.

Lewis didn't fight Byrd for the exact same reason he didn't fight John Ruiz.

 

Gained's talking wet saying Vitali wasn't a top 10 contender at the time. I'm pretty sure that he was WBC number 1 and he was certainly in better form than he's in now.

 

Sanders could have been a great heavyweight-he had natural talent, big puncher, but no one stepped up to make him greater and tap into his talent. He was never in good shape for his fights.
His jaw wasn't any worse than Lewis's.He may have had a chance against Lennox if he were ever in top notch shape.
What a waste.

 

Yep Lewis took a lot of stick choosing to fight Johnson over vitali.