:rofl That's why every boxing ranking got Lewis ahead of Wlad and Vitali right? They fought **** opposition compare to Lewis. Rahman was bad? LEWIS FLATTENED HIM IN THE REMATCH.. IN 2007 YEARS LATER A SHOT VERSION GOT A SHOT AGAINST WLAD. A CORPSE VERSION GOT ANOTHER TITLE SHOT AGAINST POVETKIN IN 2012. Fact: Rematches avenged: Lewis 2 out of 2 Fact: Rematches avenged: Wladimir 1 out of 3 Vitali 0 out of 2 Lewis have the honor of being the only modern day heavyweight to defeat every man he ever faced. He avenged both his fluke defeats in spectacular fashion and have a great resume In the case of Lennox, it is not 1 or 2 wins that stands out but his amazing collective body of work that really puts him ahead of the pack. Lewis in his 15th fight fought a undefeated power puncher name Gary Mason. Gary Mason was 35-0 with 34 Knock outs. Let's think for a moment about just how special that is. Gary Mason's 'padded record' stage consists Tyrell Biggs, James Tillis, Lorenzo Boyd, Alfonzo Ratliff, Ricky Parkey, Donnie Long, James Pritchard, Mark Wills, Everett Martin, Louis Pergaud, Hughroy Currie, Terry Armstrong, David Jaco and Jess Harding. Compare those fights to the fighters Detontay Wilder knocked out and you will see the sheer skill difference between the two. Mason had a 99% knock out ratio heading into the Lewis fight. Lewis was a virtual youngster and he ended up knocking out the knock out artist. Lewis went on to ko Biggs and Weaver and put up a string of very good performances before entering a 4 men elimination tournament which consisted of Bowe-Holyfield Lewis-Ruddock. Razer Ruddock was one of the most feared punchers in the division and a solid favorite to beat the relatively unknown Brit. Lennox ended up destroying Ruddock in 2 rounds. What followed was one of the most despicable acts known to mankind as Riddick Big ***** Bowe decided to duck Lennox and throw his belt into the trashcan. Cheating Lewis of a possible career defining trilogy. Bowe was dominated by Lewis in the Olympics and never ever wanted to get within 200 miles of Lewis's fists ever again. Lewis lost motivation, but still managed to come from behind and knock out Frank Bruno (who is a very solid HW and would have been champion today). He also beat Tony Tucker, who is one of the most under rated heavies of the last 3 eras, Tucker went the distance with a prime Tyson and had Tyson fighting confused for stretches. He lost to Oliver Mccall via a debatable stoppage, regrouped and came back to dominate another underrated fighter in Tommy Morrison. Prime Ray Mercer followed. I hear some people joke about how Mercer was a split decision nail biting fight. These people don't know **** about boxing and should re watch the fight. The match was close and a prime Mercer fought his heart out, but lost steam starting from Round 5 and was eating Lewis right hands, combinations, along with long jabs to the face again and again. Lewis-Mercer was a very competitive 7-3 affair. Lewis went on to beat Mccall in the rematch, Lennox caused some sort of mental melt down from Mccall(some people say drugs, I say Lewis's right hand) Lennox went on to KO the very feared Golota in one round. Golota beat the living crap out of Riddick Bowe for 2 straight fights. His low blows was disgraceful, but it don't change the fact Golota won 90% of the rounds and beat Bowe half to death. Lewis was a under dog and knocked out Golota in 1 round. Željko Mavrović was a undefeated iron chin super champion from Europe and Lennox beat him 9-3. At best you can say it was a 8-4 fight. Zeljko had a lot of talent, heart and chin. What happened after the Lewis fight was a shame, a damn shame. To this day, Lewis was the only guy to have beaten Mavrovic, so many others tried, they all failed. With the exception of Lennox. Prime Shannon Briggs was knocked down numerous times and destroyed by Lennox in the fifth. Some of the most surreal shoulder roll defense was shown by Lewis in that fight. A decade later, a shot Briggs went 12 with a Prime Vitali. Lewis dominated and embarrassed a still elite Holyfield and won 10-2 on every score card imaginable to the human race. He was cheated by sand Devil Demon Don King. He went on to beat Holyfield again, albeit not as dominant as the first time. Michael Grant was hyped beyond belief. This ****er was the original Lucian Bute of the HW'S and he was Froched by Lennox. Grant was also 6'8 and a giant super HW with great athletic abilities. People say Golota and Grant didn't do anything after Lennox fought them, of course they didn't. Lewis broke them, they were done. Lennox went on to fight murderous super puncher David Tua and made Tua look like some kind of fat sparring partner. I had it 12-0 Lewis in the widest most dominant performance of all times when it comes to UD'S. If you think Wladimir dominated Haye, go watch Lewis-Tua, that is what true domination is all about. Oh btw, that version of Tua would have knocked out Haye in 4-5 Rounds tops. Lewis avenged his defeat against Rahman by throwing quite possibly one of the most ruthless 1-2 in boxing history and went on to dominate Mike Tyson. Lewis vs Mike is like Calzaghe vs Jones. Both Mike and Jones was shot, but Calzaghe and Lewis were past their best days as well. Lennox retired by beating Vitali, despite being a very fat 256+ and heavily under trained. HBO repeatly mentioned how fat and how under conditioned Lewis looked. Lewis against a Prime Vitali was a war and Lennox was coming on strong in the end. Rounds 4-6, Lennox was pouring it on and Vitali would not have survived past the 8th if the fight was not stopped. Lennox also now have 156 million dollars, guys like Bowe and Holyfield are dead broke, fat, unhealthy and probably diseased. Tyson was broke too until Hollywood helped him out.
Rahman brutally and savagely schooled and knocked out Prime Corrie Sanders Years later a shot 38 year old 20 pound over weight version destroyed Physical Prime Wladimir. Corrie Sanders vs Wladimir Klitschko THE FACTS Wladimir Klitschko was knocked the **** out by Corrie Sanders in the 2nd round, TKO2 Corrie easily dominated the fight. Corrie boxed masterfully and won both rounds Corrie was the aggressor from start to finish. Corrie made Wlad look like an amateur. Wlad threw and landed nothing while Corrie threw and landed everything Wladimir's stupid haircut made the match even more enjoyable to watch Corrie was never hurt, because he was never even hit Wlad was totally outclassed, outboxed, outskilled, outsmarted, schooled, dominated and humiliated by Corrie. Vitali was crying in the corner It was a massacre Masterfully dominant win for Corrie. Wlad is Corrie's *****
Lennox was a vulture. Picking on things that were already dead or near death. Tony Tucker - Here, Lennox begins his vulture-like habit of fighting good fighters when they were well past their prime. Lennox waited until Tony was 35 years old, fat and addicted to cocaine, and beat him 116-112. LOL! Oliver McCall - Oliver was 29 years old and stopped Lennox easily in the 2nd round. McCall was Tyson's sparring partner. Tommy Morrison - Tommy was 25 years old, so this is Lennox's best win? Should that make Lennox a hall-of-famer? Morrison was HIV positive and a self described party animal. He was on drugs too. Ray Mercer - Again, Lennox could have fought him much earlier. But here, Mercer was 35. Many people thought Mercer won this fight. He begged for a rematch but Lewis declined. Oliver McCall 2 - At age 32, Oliver was no longer interested in boxing. In fact,prior to this,McCall was in rehab and under house arrest! No wonder he cried during this fight. His brain was ravaged by drugs! Andrew Golota - A mental case who fouled himself out of 2 world titles. Was stopped in the first round by Lamon Brewster. Shannon Briggs - This guy has nothing on his resume. He even needed a gift from the judges to beat a 48 year-old Geroge Foreman. Evander Holyfield - Lennox cleverly waited until Holyfield was 37 years old to finally muster up the courage to fight him. I give Lennox no credit for beating him. Many people including Lennox Trainer Steward said that Holyfield won the second fight! Hasim Rahman - An avergae fighter who didnt start boxing until age 20. Rahman once went 3 years without a single win. But Lennox got KOed in 5. Hasim Rahman 2 - Hasim was a good fighter, not a great one. Ever heard the Billy Joel song "Get It Right The First Time"? Mike Tyson - This is Lennox's biggest con to boxing fans. Tyson was 20 pounds over his prime fighting weight, and was just completely shot. Emmanuel Steward said "Tyson didnt desevre the title shot ans was ten years past his prime. Lewis needs 8 rounds. Vitali Klitschko - When it became obvious that Lennox wanted no part of the Klitschkos (because they were a little less slow than him), he decided to pick one of them. Of course, he chose the older, slower and generally less talented one. He was on his way to getting KOed again when Vitali's ricotta skin gave way and handed Lennox a TKO win! What a legendary champion!!!!
Lewis went down twice from two of the most brutal punches in the history of the division. He got up from one of them and was robbed blind. Wladimir went down from air.. Sanders didn't even hit him that hard. Ali went down from a hook delivered by a 165 pound British Fighter. Foreman can't even beat a shot Ali. Tyson was a mental dwarf. Joe Louis's chin is Wladimir level. Lewis would easily dominate any era and would out box Vitali on route to another embarrassingly harilous tko6.
Are you an MVC alt? Thinking again, it cannot be... too long wall of text, not his style. Still ******ed, though. ...and dead, picking LL.
Lummox Lewis wouldnt do ****. he would try to talk things out with his annoying Queen Elizabeth voice and get Ko'd.
Henry Cooper was 185 pounds ****. Dont lie. Ali wasnt shot when he fought Foreman. Ali would go on to beat Frazier,Wepner and re-win the title for a third time! Shot? Not really. Past his prime? A little. Shot? You're a ****. Lennox Lewis got hit with hard shots yes but from average fighters. Buster Douglas beat Oliver Mccall. Old Holyfield beat Rahman LOLOLOLOL1 Lummox Lewis has no good wins,no legacy.
A lot of delusional ****s on here that don`t know much about boxing history pre 1990 taking up way too much space in the thread.
there is only one man... and that is Lennox. for all the people picking Ali and Tyson, you better hope to the non existing God that Lewis or Vitali aren't behind the curtain. because you're ****ED! if they are. and for those picking Vitali (which is a great pick by the way) you better hope Lewis isn't behind the curtain. can you imagine what a prime Lewis would do to Vitali? he'd lose an ear, his nose, and his bloody eye. Lewis is the only pick. remember, your life is on the line here.