Haye - better than Lewis?

No

It would be a damn good achievement mind

 

Get the **** outta here................you can't be serious. Haye has had exactly 1 HW fight vs. a guy a never heard of until Haye fought him.

 

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Initially I'd say not. It depends if he has any sort of reign at heavy. What he's done at cruiser so far is good but lets not get carried away.

 

I agree. Simply unifying the belts would not surpass Lewis' achievements. Thats the problem with this country people always get too carried away with regards to sporting achievment. Some are all too ready to proclaim someone as "the next big thing". Theo Walcott & Amir Khan are examples of this.

Haye has done well, no doubt about that, but its much too early to be comparing him to a top ten all time heavyweight great.

 

There simply ain't the competition for ANYBODY to surpass Lewis's achievements at the weight. Haye has the best chance to get close from an overall viewpoint, because he'll have come up from cruiser which is a rare feat

He'd have to be undisputed and hope a new crop of good heavyweights magically crop up

 

I didn't say YOU agreed with that article did I? Relax there Chico.................

 

Lewis also helped to fragment the belts by not fighting Byrd or Ruiz. Not that I'm saying he was afraid or anything but he did the division a disservice.

Wladimir has yet to match Lennox's achievements but he still has a chance albiet a slim one due to the lack of big names currently fighting in the division. If Haye beats 2 or 3 top 10 or 15 ranked Heavys and then he gets KO'd brutally by Wlad that would increase Klitschko's chances IMO. Likewise for Haye himself.

Unification would bring any fighter closer but it depends a lot on how impressive those wins are.