Lennox Lewis vs. Corrie Sanders.

Here he is

 

I don't know about Purrity and Brewster but I think Sanders would have given Holyfield all he could handle.

And since we are talking about Sanders and Holyfield, here's another common opponent:

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I think it's fairly clear as to who looked better, and it wasn't Holyfield.

Saying Wladimir is better than Holyfield is ludicrous? OK pal.

Wlad made specific improvements in order to shore up the holes in his game. Namely he fought at a slower pace, was more defensive and held a lot. None of those specific adjustments would help especially against Sander's speed, power and southpaw stance. Sanders would be a stylistic problem for any version of Wlad.

You mean like in this fight

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As long as Lewis does not film a movie instead of training camp he beats Sanders every time.
He might beat him anyway. Sanders was not that great. He had Wlads number but that's about it.
And Wlad was a p*ssy for not rematching him.

 

Stop this nonsense Mercer was WAY past it and so was Rahman

 

Styles make fights Holy tended to struggling with smaller, quicker heavies and he did fight better versions of Copper and Czyz though I don't think it would of made any difference had Sanders faced the versions Holyfield fought as he stylistically matched up badly vs these 2 small heavies.

No I didn't say it's ludicrous that Wlad is better than Holyfield, you've purposefully taken my quote out of context to try and make your ludicrous opinion valid. What I said it's ludicrous to think a younger, pre-prime Wlad is better than peak heavyweight Holyfield when that version of Wlad couldn't beat a journeymen like Purrity or fringe contenders like Brewster and Sanders.

If you think all Wlad improved was his ability to clinch and pacing then you DKSAB. Steward made other changes a critical one was Wlad's movement/footwork. Wlad had a bad habit of throwing and then just standing there admiring his work it's how he got hurt by Brewster and it's this exact flaw that saw him a sitting duck for Sanders counter left straight. Steward version of Wlad would of moved off after throwing as well as just clinching to prevent a counter.

The Brewster loss was Wlad's first fight under Steward he hadn't had the time yet to learn the style and still hadn't become the fighter he would be even a year later when he fought Peter the first time. It takes time to alter your style and learn new techniques we saw the difference in the rematches with Brewster and Peter which showed a clear improvement.

 

Since you want to bring that up lets bring up a past it Holyfield beating Rahman but Corrie Sanders loosing to Rahman, and Bowe handled Cooper quicker than Sanders did but i guarantee you'd favor Sanders over Bowe

 

Sure and Sanders was also old when he fought Klitschko

 

Yeah washed up Evander handled Rahman comfortably while Sanders vs a heavy Rahman was stopped. I'd forgotten Holyfield had also beaten Rahman.

Odd thing is he seems to really rate Sanders but thinks Wlad under Steward was no better than the version that lost to Puritty, Sanders and Brewster. Well if Wlad was so terrible in his prime then Sanders beating him is meaningless because well according to him Wlad was trash. It makes no sense how can you rate one fighter so highly when his best win by a country mile is against someone you don't even rate.

 

Lewis never fought a southpaw.

 

Lewis too was pu****y.
He did not had foguth one boxer, his mandatory and ducked rematch vs Vitali.
He also had sued ol Mike to get benefits from this. Ol mike fight had made him more money.
Lewis was money hungry *****.

 

Steward has some culpability for the Brewster loss. He tried to turn Wlad into George Foreman by telling him to throw uppercuts and push Brewster around the ring. All those physical roughhousing tactics just gassed him out quickly. Steward realized after that fight that Wlad despite his weight isn't a physical mauling type at all. He's an outside fencer who just happened to have big power.

 

He sued Mike because he was the mandatory and Mike was openly ducking him. Also, he didn’t have to give Vitali the rematch, he wanted to retire after Tyson, respect to him for fighting such a tough opponent when he really didn’t have to

 

Holyfield never dominated for a decade because his best opponents were prime Riddick Bowe and Lennox Lewis. Wlad dominated for a decade because his best opponents were Samuel Peter and David Haye (not counting the Povetkin foul fest).
How many top ten all time HW lists have you seen (other than your own) with Wlad higher than Holyfield ?? I haven't seen many.

 

It's funny how Vitali fans accuse Lewis of ducking a rematch and a ***** for retiring when Vitali strung along Stiverne for a mandatory shot for far longer and then retired instead of fighting him. I guess Vitali is a ***** for not facing his mandatory Stiverne and retiring instead and I say that as a big Vitali fan.

Some fans just can't be objective they let their personally bias for a fighter override common sense.

 

What's ludicrous is that you believe this. The Wlad that Sanders beat would have given Holyfield hell as well and you want to know why? Because Holyfield didn't have the characteristics of Brewster, Purrity and Sanders. Brewster and Purrity took an absolute hammering from Wlad and beat him with their chins. Holyfield would have fallen apart under that beating. Sanders beat Wlad with his speed, southpaw stance and straight punches down the pipe. Holyfield is not as fast, likes to throw hooks and frankly doesnt hit as hard either. Holyfield has other strengths but unfortunately for him a lot of those strengths overlap with Wlad's who is simply bigger and stronger.

Yeah I saw how that worked out

Theoretically.

So, you were wrong. Feel free to argue with Dino about the rest of it.