Top 3 Could be at any spot in the top three, but it is rather contentious and subjective. So he's in an undefined top 3. The idea of either Klitschko being ahead of Lewis is frankly rather laughable. Their only chance is to land a lucky KO when Lewis is wearing his bad chin
I like this HW rankings site - however it is pre Wlad/Vitali http://coxscorner.tripod.com/20heavyweights.html he has Lewis at 9. Should check out this to clarify his logic http://coxscorner.tripod.com/boxchart1.html Site is not really H2H tho.
Top 3 without a doubt, but I wouldnt argue against him being number one. Lewis was too big and strong for Louis, Joe never fought anybody that big and THAt good. Lewis vs Ali could have gone either way, people tend to forget that Ali is still quite big and wouldnt have struggled to hit Lewis's chin from a medium distance. Its a 50/50 fight Lewis vs Holmes 50/50 Lewis beats both Foremans, Frazier, Holyfield, Bowe, Marciano, Tyson etc.
Being number 1 h2h doesn't mean you would beat all heavyweights ever prime v prime, you only need to be the best against the most. I don't think Vitali is above Lewis h2h btw incase you start arguing with me.
Of course, but still look at the resume of Lennox Lewis vs the Resume of Vitali Klitschko he is still light years ahead of Vitali
True, but h2h isn't resume and h2h Vitali is much better than his resume shows. Vitali is still overrated in h2h sense. Lewis punched to cut too (not illegal punches, but he knew how to make legal punches cut the most) and his skin is much too fragile.
Holy has always been multi dimensional as is Lewis. Thinking Holy would merely circle on the end of Lewis's jab is a bit silly imo. Considering the level of success Holy had when post prime i imagine he has more when prime. George was great at closing distance. I didnt say his defence was great i said it was unorthodox. But yeah George is gonna try and walk Lewis down. In an exchange i think George comes off better. Tyson will definitely get chance to detonate on Lewis. In his prime he hurt everyone he fought, without fail. It wasn't until a decade past his prime he found himself failing to cause trouble. Lewis can't survive a flush Tyson bomb, noone can. Ali has perhaps the best hw defence out there all things considered. I'm glad we're in agreement then :good he sits inside both our top 5.
Brittard idiots putting weak jawed Lennox Lewis who couldnt even beat Oliver McCall in the top 3 ..... Lool