lennox's resume is hardly better than wlad's

Yes. Agreed. Poor loss, down to a total lack of dedication.

That Rahman was good enough to beat a serious Corrie Sanders, and be competitive (was gipped really) against a half decent Tua as well.

So he was no scrub like some would have you believe.

 

There was - after all Vitali dragged Briggs up twelve years after Lewis sparked him and managed to go the distance. And of course Wlad ducked the awesomeness of the deadly dreadlocks which are like poison to Ukranians.

War Shannon "Asthma" Briggs. :bbb:dead

And you seriously try and say this current crop is good as Lewis level of competition. :rofl When you dig up a contender that got sparked twelve years earlier then take your pick - either the division is crap or Vit is a cherry picker.:think

 

Lennox's resume is mainly comprised of slower, orthodox sluggers and a couple all-arounders like old Holyfield.

Wlad's fought faster fighters, sluggers, slick defensive fighters, spoilers, and counterpunchers. He also fights southpaws, which Lennox didn't do. And, he's got nearly 20 more wins than Lennox.

more wins + wider range of styles defeated = deeper resume.

If you want to argue that Lennox has a better resume on the top end and is therefore better overall, that's a different argument. But Wlad's got him on depth.

 

Manny Steward: "Wladimir is more talented but Lennox has beaten the better fighters therefore he is more proven."

 

umm.. Vitaly was in his 40s when he fought Briggs. You're talking like he was prime and Briggs was old. Vitaly is older then him.

 

in 90s when he was in his 20s he was a lineal champ and in 2000s when he was in his 30s he had a paper belt.

 

That wasn't what I asked you, was it? Boy, you guys have a talent for avoiding questions!

 

And your entirely missing the point. Tell me - how was Briggs better twelve years after Lewis sparked his arse in five rounds? What does fighting Briggs twelve years after getting sparked by Lewis say for the depth of the division?

 

The fight against Briggs has not much to do with the depth of the division. He was chosen because he was/is a marketeable slugger with some name behind, nothing more. That fight was about money, not talent.

 

Could you imagine someone like Mormeck, or Sosnowski getting a legitimate world title shot in Lewis's era?

You've got guys like Marco Huck who isnt even the best cruiserweight out there getting title shots.

And completely shot fighters like Rahman,Briggs etc getting shots.

The past prime version of Tyson that Lewis beat was still better than most of the fighters that are getting shots today.

Of the last few years lets say, THAT Tyson was better than

Mormeck
Sosnowski
Briggs(against Vitali)
Boswell
Thompson
Austin
Charr
Harrison


Theres a few more that I could add, but those ones are definates.


And people talk crap about Lewis fighting that Tyson!

 

During LLs era a lightheavyweight won the title from HOLY and then lost it to a 44 years old slow as a turtle GEORGE ? The title was also won by crackhead OLIVER from LL himself ? And lets not forget LL also lost it to the ROCK ? LOL . You f---king bonehead . PS Lets not forget the era started off with BUSTA lol . The 90s are now the new 70s for boxing mytholegy .yep

 

Lewis is a top 3 or 4 alltime.

Wlad knocking at the door of top 10.


But Wlad's not done yet.:yep

 

ummmmm ross purity.....ummm corrie sanders who lost to hasim rahman....ummmmm lamon brewster

 

Valuev, David Gaye, middle weight Chris Byrd, blown up middle weight RJJ, zombie Shannon Briggs, excessive holder John Ruiz and Ruslan Chagaev with hepatitis B were champs in the klit era

A golfer who boxed as a side job and said Hasim Rahman made him consider retiring ass raped Wlad himself. Two MIDDLEWEIGHTS won straps in the Klit era.

Buster Douglas of the Tyson or McCall fights would knock Wlad into the ER and brutality KO Vitali in the same night. Klits don't beat any of the dominant champions in Holyfield, Bowe or Lewis in their primes in the 90s. Hell they are ducking 50 year old Evander Holyfield to this day.