Lennox Lewis is overrated

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  1. Dekkers

    Dekkers Team Bergeron Full Member

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    Holyfield fans always bring up the rematch but act like the first fight never happened. If Lewis chose to fight the same fight he did in their first encounter the result would have been the same, instead he chose to open up and be more agressive, and that made the fight closer. People who think Holy won that fight though usually struggle when it's time to make a scorecard :smoke
     
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  2. Fighting Weight

    Fighting Weight Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :yep :yep :yep :yep

    Lewis CLEARLY won both fights.
     
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  3. hobgoblin

    hobgoblin Active Member Full Member

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    look, i don't like holyfield but...

    AT HIS BEST...he is NOT overrated
     
    hobgoblin, Jun 17, 2007
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I had him winning the first one by distance and the second one by a point.
     
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  5. AJAX

    AJAX war sonnen! Full Member

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    This could be a first but I agree with you FW
     
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  6. limi_7

    limi_7 Lion Full Member

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    I wouldn't say overrated more like impressive. Common guys his resume is quite impressive and he is overrated get a clue. With only 2 losses and 41 wins against top fighers like tyson, vitali and many others he is the top I can't complain.
     
    limi_7, Jun 17, 2007
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  7. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Classic overrating of Lewis. The best since Ali?? Jeez, Larry Holmes with his 20 successful defenses is EASILY better, and so's Holyfield. Tyson too.

    Jeez, you people overrate Lewis so much, you actually pass over Larry Holmes.:patsch Now THAT'S nuthuggery at its finest. :nod
     
    Zakman, Jun 17, 2007
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  8. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Lewis is overrated. Not even the best of the era, let alone best since Ali. :patsch

    Can't be the best of the era when you get KTFO by second-raters like McCall and Rahman!! :-(
     
    Zakman, Jun 17, 2007
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  9. Archie_Moore

    Archie_Moore ALL TIME KO KING Full Member

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    Larry Holmes would lose to Lennox if they fought... Prime for Prime, and it wouldn't even be close imho. Larry IS great, but also ruled in one of the weakest eras ever.

    You can't call me a nuthugger either, cause I wasn't a fan of Lewis when he was fighting. :good

    Lennox has beat some damn good oppostion and was clearly head and shoulders better then anyone that he fought.
     
    Archie_Moore, Jun 17, 2007
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  10. fightking12

    fightking12 Member Full Member

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    I dont think so
     
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  11. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Head to head is pure speculation. Holmes' career accomplishments speak for themselves, and they are clearly superior to Lewis's. You never saw Larry KTFO by second raters.

    And Lewis is not better than Holyfield or Tyson. He got victories over faded verisions of both. If he fought them when they were at the top of their games, it would have been a VERY different story.

    In any event, both of those guys have better overall careers than Lewis - and neither was ever stretched out early by B-level fighters.
     
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  12. Archie_Moore

    Archie_Moore ALL TIME KO KING Full Member

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    Every fighter gets gifts my friend, if you mention Lewis, you must also mention just about all other great HW champions who ever lived. Cause to say they never got gifts is rediculous. :good
     
    Archie_Moore, Jun 17, 2007
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  13. Archie_Moore

    Archie_Moore ALL TIME KO KING Full Member

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    So because he lost to non All time greats he sucks?

    Losing doesn't matter Zakman, its what you do after the loss that counts, and the accompishments of Lewis speak for themself. He came back and dominated after those losses. :good

    It would be hard to find a fighter that has beat better oppostion then Lewis that isn't in the top list of greatest HW of all time. :good
     
    Archie_Moore, Jun 17, 2007
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  14. thesandman

    thesandman Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You've named one.

    He said "just about all".


    Are you arguing just for the sake of it?
     
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  15. Archie_Moore

    Archie_Moore ALL TIME KO KING Full Member

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    Then you would agree? :good
     
    Archie_Moore, Jun 17, 2007
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