Did Lennox Lewis Switch Trainers After Losing To Rahman?

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  1. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    he did but it hurt his feet so he switched em back.
     
  2. Andyw

    Andyw Active Member Full Member

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    :jaja-no: Good man, that's made me chuckle that has.
     
  3. GALVATRON

    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Lewis switched trainers after he couldn't knockout Levi Billups in a 10 rounder and was distraught . lol

    That was like fight 18/19.

    Lewis should know about switching trainers bc he had multiple ones but AJ has a set style and is fighting far better opposition then Lewis was already , McCracken was giving him sound advice ,AJ has been not taking insrtuctions recently.

    Lewis was known to have difficulties following instructions all the time where Steward would plead with him ,not as bad as Wlad though.

    Joshua doesn't need to switch trainers he needs to listen to his corner .
     
  4. Dementia Pugulistica

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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Probably not. They'd both loose to Bruno
     
  6. BIGLU

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    Lewis switched trainers after losing to Oliver McCall so I think hes qualified to say that.
    He switched to steward who remained his trainer until he retired.
    Steward was McCalls trainer when he knocked Lewis out.

    When he lost to Rahman it was by brain fart. The McCall loss was very poor technique.

    There are differences
     
  7. Kid Quick

    Kid Quick Faster Than Eddie Full Member

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    Joshua knocked out a fighter (Vlad) whom Lennox blatantly ducked. For that reason, I respect Joshua more. Lennox even went so far as to duck a reigning HW champion - Chris Byrd. Lennox in fact never fought a southpaw, and openly says so, as if there were none. It's that he chose to duck them.

    Despite all the ducking and cherrypicking, Lennox was KOed twice by B-level fighters.
     
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  8. BIGLU

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    I think that dude needs to lay down the crack pipe. Lewis resume is one of the best in the game at heavyweight.
    Lewis is right up there In goat discussion at heavyweight imo
     
  9. Kid Quick

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    According to Lennox, Joshua should switch trainers either because he lost or because Robert McCracken isn't a championship-level trainer.

    Both reasons simply make no sense. Lennox LOST to Rahman, and yet he kept Manny Steward. So losing can not be the reason Lennox is "advising" Joshua to switch trainers. And Robert McCracken made Joshua into a champion and trained him to beat Vladimir Klitschko (a fighter that Lennox ducked), in addition to Alexander Povetkin and others. So McCracken is obviously a championship-level trainer.

    And that leaves us with the question of why Lennox Lewis would tell Joshua to switch trainers and not fight Ruiz again. And the answer to that is simple: Lennox works for the PBC, and as an obedient employee of that company he is saying whatever his boss Al Haymon wants him to say.

    It's shameful that Lennox would purposefully give bad advice to a fellow Brit, just for money.
     
  10. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lennox fought Wlad, but there was a heist at the casino, the lights went out in the arena, and the fight had to be called off.

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    Actually, Wlad was a top contender for the WBC title when they filmed this, and everyone thought Lewis-Wlad would be the next big fight. Then Vitali lost to Chris Byrd, so Wlad had to go fight Byrd to help out the "family name" and when he won the WBO belt from Byrd, he was dropped from the WBC ratings. And then Vitali appeared in the WBC ratings, and ended up fighting Lewis.

    Lewis didn't duck Wlad. Wlad decided to go after the WBO belt when he could've had a shot at Lewis, because Vitali didn't want to fight Byrd again.
     
  11. George Crowcroft

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    It's litterally top 5. AJ isn't top 10. How is this even a debate?
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

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    Hallelujah!
     
  13. Kid Quick

    Kid Quick Faster Than Eddie Full Member

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    Lennox has so many fan boys just because they're gаy and they think he's handsome. Notice how many of them can't fathom me saying that Joshua's top five wins are better than Lennox's top five wins... and yet they fail to tell us what Lennox's top five wins are.

    If they had a leg to stand on, they would simply list Lennox's top five wins and put the whole argument to rest.

    I again list Joshua's top 5 wins:

    Vlad
    Povetkin
    Whyte
    Parker
    Takam

    All you'll hear from Lennox's nuthuggеrs is name-calling addressed to yours truly.
     
  14. dangerousity

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    Ducked wlad? How? Wlad was too busy losing fights. He beat his better older brother when vitaly was what 30 and Lennox on his way out? Meanwhile Joshua did the opposite, beat wlad on his way out and he’s the young one.

    V klitschko
    Holyfield
    Tyson (that past it Tyson still beats Whyte, Parker and old povetkin)
    McCall
    Tua
    Bruno
    Mercer
    Morrison
    Golota
    Rahman

    There you, 10 guys that would beat Whyte and Parker.
     
  15. Alphafighter

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    If AJ's trainers are indeed so good, why are they allowing him to train like a body builder? Have they not seen his poor chin, stamina in all his fights?