Lennox Lewis InThis Month's Ring

"A fridge in their bedroom"???

And Moorer/Lewis would have been a good one

 

All good points but as we know stuff happens so you never know how two people face off as in regard to the other fighters mentioned. I dont see Byrd being a problem but IKE is a question Mark. Wlad not sure how a Lewis-Vlad fight would end IMO opinion it depends what version shows up.Prime for prime each man at his best could go either way. LL is spot on about Bowe

 

Bowe's the only real question mark there, for me. I think Lewis would have taken the bout very seriously; not let complacency creep in. Had it come off, he would have won the fight, but it would have been a lot tougher than Lewis suggests.

Ike was on the rise along side the Klitschko's, as Lewis was aiming for Holyfield and Tyson. Had he continued, beyond '99, I think he'd have needed to get by Vitali and/or Wlad first, before being in the mix. It might have happened, post-Tyson, if he was still a contender by then. Hard to tell how he'd have handled the power of Lewis, though.

 

Been reading the mag myself today about Lewis. Im convinced that Lennox, in the right frame of mind and focused, could beat the majority of heavyweight s .Only prime Ali ,Holmes and Foreman are the ones I'm cautious of .

 

Was there already Lewis 'Best I've faced'?

It would be interesting to read.

 

Maybe Lennox could enlighten us to be the ONLY Champ in ANY weight class who got ko'ed not once but TWICE with ONE shot by genuine ham and eggers...........nobody would have ever heard of McCracken or Hasbeen otherwise.

Best he faced, lol, that must be the prime Tyson impersonator or worn out prime Oldyfield who went life and death right afterwards with the Don King manufactured Huggy Bear.

So Lemmie should be credited with bringing never beens to the front page by graciously letting them knocking him out and helping washed up Pensioners one last Hurrah, Bravo, that Lemmie fellow sure spreads the wealth around.

 

Hater in the house

 

I read it - I actually think he pays Wlad respect in a backhanded kind of way- he clearly states he would ko bowe. He says both Moorer and Byrd were too small for him. ( I would of loved to see Lewis against an elite southpaw) and he says he would outclass Ike.
But he doesn’t clearly state his opinion on Wlad In regards to how he would fare against him.
Interesting.

 

He's a Tyson lover.

 

Lewis does not mention Corrie Sanders, or John Ruiz. Ruiz called Lewis out.

 

He dropped a belt to void facing Ruiz, so there is a case he did miss out on him.

What did Grant really do for Lewis legacy? In hindsight, Ruiz or Sanders would have been better opponents.

I think Lewis pretty much fought the best out there, but he has some misses.

 

It's more a case of Ruiz missing out on Lewis.

Lewis was prepared to fight Ruiz. An offer was made but, for some reason, Ruiz was not available until July 2000. Lewis wasn't prepared to wait and fought Grant (the preferred option by HBO), to earn a nice payday (an easy one, too, as it turned out) while the court battle with the WBA went on. The WBA won and Lewis was stripped anyway (and there's more to the story about those shenanigans).

Sanders didn't become ranked until his win over Wlad in Q1 2003. Sanders wasn't a viable contender before Lewis' June 21st date, later that year. So, no - neither Ruiz nor Sanders are misses.

 

Lewis dropped a belt to avoid the Ruiz fight. I don't see how you can pin this on Ruiz.

Sanders name was mentioned a few times as a possible opponent. He was never selected. Botha was!. Surely Sanders would have taken the opportunity if it presented itself, but you are correct on the rankings.