You questions are never too hard to answer 1 ) Not all of Lewis opponents were ranked. Would you say Sanders would be one of Lewis' better title opponents? 2 ) Sanders for those who watched was a real talent in the 1990's. One loss doesn't derail any prospect. I'd have to check the alphabet ratings, but I'm pretty sure Sanders was rated by one of the belts that Lewis held in the 1990's. 3 ) As for the champions you mentioned, south paws were far more uncommon in their time. By the 1990's you saw more of them. 1990's to early 2000's heavyweight southpaws. Tier 1 Byrd - Lewis avoided and dropped his belt. By far the most glaring omission! Sanders - A dangerous puncher with size and speed. Moorer former lineal champion, who beat Holyfield better than Lewis did. Tier 2 Hipp - Could have been the first native American for fight for a lineal heavyweight title...I think Harrison - okay, maybe he wasn't around long enough, but an all UK Heavyweight title would have done well financially
why dont you ever answer them then. an 8 round fighter would not qualify as a acceptable defence for lewis. It would be a weak defence at best. we know why u tihnk so, but no. Because of the dilution of titles - if theres was just one or two, the same pattern holds -no southpaws are seen. if sanders is a tier 1 fighter, your whole tier is devalued below world level. when you are desperately bringing up Harrison, then even you must know that you really are on a losing streak.
I did. None of the guys I mentioned were 8 round fighters. Your ignorance is showing once again. Moorer was the lineal champion in Lewis' prime, and Lewis flat out dropped a belt to avoid Byrd. To rather large and inconvenient holes in your argument! Ranked as high as #3 by ring magazine, owns a win over a top 10-15 all time great. I listed Harrison last as a tier two option. If Lewis wanted to. that fight would sell out Wimberley stadium, and you know it.
Sanders got beat by Rahman, Rahman got the shot. Byrds promoter Don King offered Lewis 1 million dollars and a car to vacate the belt so that King could set up an elimination competition "Hard road to glory series", with the winners fighting Lewis for the Undisputed title. This content is protected Here is Lewis standing next to Byrd who was to fight Holyfield for IBF and Ruiz who was to fight Roy Jones. Jones however vacated the WBA title after beating Ruiz and meanwhile Lewis fought Klitschko whilst Tyson dropped his option of a rematch with Lewis.
As champion in 2003, [ the only year Sanders was ranked in Lewis' reign and then only for 3 months because Lennox did not fight again after the Klitschko fight,] Lewis defended against the number 3Grant, the number 5 Tua ,and sandwiched in between Botha who hadn't lost a fight in nearly 4 years,and that to Mike Tyson. In March 2003 Sanders beat Wlad which put him into the April rankings at number 3. Lewis had his last fight in June of that year Sanders was never on the radar. Moorer beat Holyfield and was then stopped by him.Lewis beat Holyfield twice but was robbed in their first fight. You simply have no case for saying Lewis avoided Sanders. Lewis v Byrd would not have drawn . Byrd could only draw with Golota whom Lewis annihilated. Your well known hate for Lewis is compelling you to make irrational and illogical statements. Audley Harrison had 12 fights over non-entities when Lewis retired. At his best he was never a Ring ranked contender and ,in 2003 the BBBOC quite rightly ,would never have sanctioned a Lewis title defence against him!
As I told you before, ranked in the belt that Lewis held is different form Ring Magazine rankings. If Lewis wanted to, he certainly could have given Sanders a title shot. He didn't. More problematic for Lewis was flat out dropping a belt to avoid southpaw Chris Byrd, and not facing Moorer which could have been an interesting fight.
answer with non-nonsense, i mean - surely thats obvious. why are you in denial that sanders wasnt gasfit for above 8 rounds? let me know why one day, since its painfully obvious from his resume. ignoring it doesnt make it go away. lewis had been dethroned at that time.How does he get to defend against someone when he doesnt have the title? come on Mendoza, are you playing stupid on purpose? theres no hole in him chasing a money fight to retire with. Dont ignore this a 3rd time in a row. but this is the best of your worst Mendy - hilarious! - you think i know that a world title defence against an 8 fight less-than-novice would sell out wembley? AHAHAHAHAHAHAA idiot post of the highest order, cheers Mendoza.
Yes, I think Lewis vs. Harrison would sell out Wembley. Sanders went 12 round before, saying he's an 8 round fighter shows your ignorance. I think you have some mental health issues, have fun re-arranging your lawn chairs I do not intend to reply back to you in this thread unless you clear a very high bar of stupidity for humor's sake.
Harrison was a 12 fight novice the BBBOC would not have sanctioned such a palpable mismatch and no one would have been interested in seeing it! Yeah Byrd was number 3 Who was number 1? Vitali! Whom Lewis stopped!
No Harrison wasn't an 8 round fighter,when Lewis retired.He was a 6 round fighter! LOL And you are talking about people being ignorant?LOL
Try and get this into you stupid skull. Harrison was a six round preliminary fighter with just 11 contests against nobodies,under his belt when Lewis retired. Sweet Jesus ,you really do like to make a **** of yourself don't you!
not only did you write the most idiotic thing once, you were told explicitly it was the most idiotic thing...and then you REPEATED IT. Lewis cant defend the world title against a single figure fight novice with a club fighter resume! HAHAHAHAH! now i get why run away from answering... because when u get round to answering its doubly embarrasing for u.
once for a wbu belt against a nobody. hes an 8 round fighter. its better you go back to running away, true. Your actual replies when you elect to give them are embarrassing beyond belief.
I read years ago Lewis couldn’t handle the southpaw stance and basically would not be put in the ring with a lefty.