Lennox Lewis in Today's Heavyweight Division

Lewis also held every single possible advantage against Ray Mercer (except of chin), yet he went life and death against aging and rusty Ray who hadn't won a fight in 30 months. And mind here - it was better version of Lewis, not the Pepe Correa's one.

 

Actually I think that McCall and Rahman would've had very tough time against AJ, Wilder, Miller, Parker etc. In-shape Fury would dominate both.

McCall and Rahman were good, but very basic fighters, nothing special in terms of size, skills or speed.

 

When I was listing the excellent fighters of today, I left out Parker, my mistake. Glad you listed him. I also left off Usyk, he is a guy who might beat anybody else on the list. Tremendous athlete with great boxing skills AND a southpaw. That's why I don't like to make lists, it's easy to forget somebody that deserves to be on the list. I didn't make a list of all the young, big, skilled prospects with great amateur careers for that reason. Maybe some of the posters here who keep up with all the young prospects can make one.

EDIT - I left off Whyte, another big, hard punching, aggressive fighter and Chisora and Takam...too many to list.

 

Mercer also put on the best performance I've ever seen him deliver in all fairness.
I'm not a Lewis fan in the least mind you. I thought he fought too safe and was chiney but his fundamentals were excellent. There were times he looked spectacular and times he looked like he wasnt interested.
Joshua looks much better than Ortiz but still lacks in proper fundamentals to me. Ortiz doesn't even know what fundamentals are. His technique is awful.

 

Yet skill wise they were more advanced than , Joshua, Wilder, Miller, and the rest, and did against better competition win or lose.

 

No not at all.

 

Exactly

 

Joshua is considerably better than McCall or Rahman, don't see any reasonable argument to the contrary.

McCall lost to Bruno and barely made beat a fat, 45 year old Holmes. He's not likely to beat Joshua at all.

 

He'd do a lot better than Muhammad Ali, George Foreman or Joe Frazier would

 

He would be competiting for the top spot in any era, and would grab the strap in any era, at least for a time. His major problem was focus and inconsistent preparation. In the ring, he was extremely formidible. And in the end, he beat every man he faced, doing so in an extrememely rough era.

 

A rough era? Were talking about an era in which Moorer, old Foreman, and Riddick Bowe all became lineal champions. I don't think any of those guys become champions today.

It's quite likely if he comes around today, he loses to Joshua and never gains recognition as champ.

 

Lewis wouldn't enjoy the physical advantages today that he enjoyed in his own era. How would he adjust to being the smaller, weaker man in the ring?