Lennox Lewis vs Jack Sharkey

He passes the eye test as far as skills IMO. On the other hand he is white so I know we cant allow that.

 

Have to disagree with ya bud...if Sharkey could beat LL, then he likely would have beaten Carnera in that rematch as a matter of course.

 

Jack Sharkey would have been a worthy opponent for any fighter than ever lived.

No contest!

 

Is 3 rounds not close to 1-2?

Lewis would be the most physical and savage fighter he fought bar none. He'd have crushed Sharkey like a bug imo.

 

I'd be very surprised if he got out the first, hes getting absolutely destroyed

 

I would be surprised if Sharkey made it to round 4. An undersized, powderpuff hitting, not exactly dynamic fighter with a flimsy record in a flimsy era against the greatest superheavy who ever lived, who had to walk thru the hellfire of the hardest collection of punchers any single fighter faced.

Lewis ends it when he pleases.

 

Sharkey was not anywhere close to his prime when that happened, and it took Joe Louis to do it.

A prime Sharkey might have been beatable, but he was not the kind of guy that ever got dominated!

I am not sure that he would to be honest.

Lewis often took a safety first approach.

Sharkey is not a man who should be underestimated.

He had an enormous number of fights against elite opponents, and fought every size and style of fighter imaginable.

Lewis would be a unique challenge for him, as he was for everybody who fought him, but Sharkey would have a lot of ideas here!

 

I don't see how Sharkey could reasonably be described as, powder puff hitting, not exactly a dynamic fighter, or a fighter with a flimsy record!

He was more in the Evander Holfield class of power, than the Chris Byrd class.

He was an absolutely brilliant technician.

The statistics of his record are remarkable, for all of his inconsistency!

 

Oh I know he was past it for Louis. I'm just being pedantic.

Anyways, I think Louis is overrated H2H, not bad at all, but not the force that a few other heavyweights are. Lennox being one of them. Just my opinion though.

Lewis was a monster. I always take guys from their peak performance(unless specifically told not to) and for Lewis, that will always be the Golota fight. Imo, at least. That sort of measured badass-ness is too much for Sharkey imo. Once he had Sharkey mapped out, he'd go in and take the win. I happen to think that happens particularly early.

 

Open your eyes.

Bwahahahaha! You have got to be kidding me. You are a troll after all! It took me years to discover this, but I can be rather dense.

He lost 32% of his fights. Very polite of you to label that as inconsistent. I see it as bearing evidence of his mediocrity in what was a feeble era for the division. I don't see Loughran or Walker or Stribling being allowed to compete at heavy in Lewis' era, let alone that majority of names on his record that don't bear mentioning.

 

It is hard to imagine anybody getting Sharkey mapped out early.

The guy was a total box of tricks!

Yes Lewis was a monster, but he was one with a few subtle limitations.

He absolutely deserves to be the strong favorite here, but anybody thinking that it will be an easy night, probably doesn't understand Sharkey!

 

Well mate, agree to disagree here!

 

Couldn't read this post if I hadn't!

Look if you sincerely think that I am misguided here, then by all means give me the arguments to support that position.

Sharkey was a unique case, in terms of the number of world class opponents that he fought, and the schedule that he fought them to.

He fought the best from the opening doors, when well past his prime, and consistently between.

This is bound to increase a fighters number of losses.

I normally tolerate a bit of hyperbole in these debates, as being done in the heat of the action, but the difference between 32% and 24%, can't really stand!