And the other beat a man who was a much better fighter and actually WANTED to be in the ring with him
you must have a short memory... Lewis was stripped of the WBA belt for refusing to fight the No1 contender John Ruiz, stripped of the IBF belt for refusing to fight No1 contender Chris Byrd and stripped of the WBC belt for refusing to fight Vitali Klitschko.. Lewis promised the world that he would face Vitali in a return fight yet waited unto 3 days before he was to be stripped of the WBC belt and announced his retirement. Lewis was champion in 92 and throughout the 90s he avoided every other fighter who held a version of the heavyweight title. Holmes, Sanders, Jones Jr., Ruiz, Tyson, Foreman, Holyfield, Moorer, Wlad Klitschko, Bowe. Lewis turned down $13.5 Million and a guaranteed world title fight to face Mike Tyson in 1996 when he was No1 contender for the WBC title, he accepted $4 million step-a-side money so that Tyson could continue to unify the title by getting Bruce Seldons WBA title.. Lewis knew that he stood little chance against that version of Mike Tyson or he would have said NO to the step-a-side money and went ahead and accepted a career highest purse and fought Tyson then himself fought Bruce Seldon.. Lewis spewed out all this propaganda about everyone was afraid to fight him when in fact the offers was always turned down by Lewis..if you believe that all the top fighters was afraid of Lewis then you must also believe there is fairies at the bottom of the garden. Lewis was stripped of every version of the undisputed title yet it is down-played by his fanboys and the blame put onto everyone other than Lewis.. evidence is ignored when it is supplied to prove valid points, yet no evidence ever emerges from Lewis fanboys
I had a feeling you'd quote me, my friend lol. Spinks was indeed a great light heavyweight. Not sure Ellis accomplished much less as a heavyweight. In fact, I'm not entirely sure a two-years-past it Holmes was even as good as prime Jerry Quarry. I'm positive Cooney wasn't.
Are you suggesting defeating Michael Spinks isn't quite the feat as defeating a near prime Muhammad Ali?
Lol, so according to OP we’re all Frazier Clay and Lewis fanboys just because we don’t have an Iron Mike shrine
It's an interesting question with Bruno. Does it reflect badly on Mike that he beat an old Bruno (again) for the belt? Or does it make Mike look good, because a guy he'd beaten in the 80s was still good enough to win a belt?