Yes indeed my man. Tore off the eyebrows and sideburns, cut the eyeholes bigger, painted the face white and sprayed the hair black. The holy grail of masks. Michael Moorer was a huge horror fan. I think the FRIDAY THE 13TH films were his favorite.
I'd say Lewis' resume sits behind that of Ali, Louis and perhaps Holmes. One could argue a case for Lewis having a better CV than Holmes, based on quality of opposition but, on numbers alone, Holmes has the edge (I think). I wouldn't advocate particularly hard for either side.
That isn't the question. I dont put a ton of emphasis on victories over blown up light heavyweights fighting af heavyweight in their late 30s, even if hof bound.
Lewis has the 3rd or 4th best resume with plenty of depth at Heavy. People cry about fighting passed prime versions of Tyson and Holy but forget despite being a similar age started his career 5 years after those two. He was in plenty of fights where it was a 50/50 beforehand. The issue is in hindsight that many of the dangerous fighters like Golota. Grant or Ruddock he clipped quickly so easy to dismiss those wins. As for TK06 ? unlucky he won that fight fair and square and clearly wasn't interested in boxing at that point. His resume is light years better than anyone at heavy now that is not remotely up for debate.
Lennox was a beast! He won Olympic gold medal and beat RIDDICK BOWE in the amateurs. As a pro he beat TYSON, HOLYFIELD, and RAHMAN. He lost twice due to flash knockdowns but AVENGED BOTH DEFEATS by way of BRUTAL KAYO!!! He beat one half of the two headed monster which is the KLITSCHKO brothers! He was also the only man to have STEPPED INTO THE RING with both Klitschkos (without fighting wlad with all due respect.) HE BEAT EVERY ONE that he faced and can go down as mythologically the only HW to be able to win against any and every HEAVYWEIGHT!!!
That's a good number to place him at, John. I always have Ali, Louis, Lennox, Holmes and Foreman swirling around the top five. The first two, Ali and Louis never changes, after that it's almost always either Lennox or Holmes for me.
Didn't Lewis say before the fight with Vitali: "This is my last fight in my career, no matter how it ended." Am I the only one who remembers that, or was it a journalistic lie even then? 26:13 This content is protected Where is the brutal knockout here? P.S. Lennox Lewis did avenge his two defeats.
Disagree here - Ali had unquestionably most dangerous resume ever. He also fought tons of punchers, but they were more skilled comparing to the guys from Lewis' resume. I mean - Liston, Foreman, Lyle and Shavers. Frazier is very underrated puncher in my opinion. And there were many of the other guys like Williams and Mac Foster, each of whom could hit like a mule. Or even Bob Foster who, while being LHW, was one of the hardest punchers in the boxing history P4P. You can argue that Lewis has the second most dangerous resume though. Other candidates are Holyfield and Wladimir Klitschko. Holyfield fought prime Lewis and prime Bowe, not prime still good version of Tyson (unlike Lewis who fought shot Mike), old, but very hard-hitting Foreman, also guys like Mercer, Moorer, Rahman, Stewart, Ibragimov, Douglas etc. Wlad fought Sanders, Peter, Brewster, Haye, AJ, Povetkin, Jefferson, Rahman (past prime), Ibragimov, Williamson, McCline, Brock, and even guys like Leapai, who were very limited, could hit extremely hard. I think you can argue for each of these guys (Lennox, Wlad, Holyfield and probably Joe Louis) for having the second most dangerous resume ever, but the first place clearly belongs to Ali IMO
The man fought everyone that would fight him when they would fight him .. he ducked no one but was avoided by most for extended periods , in some cases like Bowe forever, till they had to fight him or fought him because lack of options .. his resume is very deep and he is an all time great heavyweight , top five for sure ..