Most overrated HW of all time.

Sir you clearly understand exactly how completely overrated Lewis is. Believe me, there are people around here who say he was the GOAT!!!!! It's insane. Like I said, he wasn't even the best HW of his era. Holyfield was CLEARLY greater, and Tyson, too for that matter, although I'll admit that's at least arguable.

 

No offense taken my friend.
I just dont think much of Lewis as a fighter & nothing can really change my mind on that.:good

 

Lewis is in no way in any shape or form the G.O.A.T. but he's the best HW of his era, and a better HW than Holyfield or Tyson.

 

Joe Louis is the most overrated heavyweight of all time..........Period..............

 

i totally buy that he was overated to early and it's still in the mindset to day to be a media driven scary man...ripped the boxing abilty out of him he had a good jab for such a small short reached guy. he outjabbed tony tucker and parried lewiss jab with it.

 

The supposed "best" of the doesn't get starched by guys like McCall or Rahman, or fight old versions of Holyfield or Tyson, and not fight Bowe at all. But then, there's always excuses for all of that, right? How convenient.

Evander Holyfield doesn't need any excuses, he never got laid out early by second raters, and he beat two of the top guys of the era when it mattered. And Tyson dominated in a way that Lewis could only dream of!

 

i would put him top 5 he was only beaten by lucky shots not saying when your punching somone you are lucky to land but mccall didnt mean to ko him with that shot and rahman had hurt lewis before hand

great inside fighter great outside fighter

i feel people say he had a weak chin becuase he was so damn good that somthing had to give. and becuase he was koed twice ( by maybe the best countershot by McCall and rahman caught him badly when he wasnt defending).

his chin wasnt iron but it was above average he took flush hits from
tua, tyson, vitali, ruddock, briggs, holy...his career is a roll call of hard hitters and great fighters. some still fighting today

to say he was in control of a weak division is rubbish stop trying to undermine his achievements

 

anyways most overated for me would be george foreman he was a tully hard hitting guy but maybe the worse skills i have everseen from any champion only darchinyan is in the same catagory. low defence went in hands low was slow and easily hit...it was his power,size and jaw that got him through and i feel it's almost unfair that he is rated as an amazing fighter (his comeback was very impressive) when most of the top men now have by far better skills abilty power speed chin but get disregarded on when foreman was by far less skiled and able.

 

who did dempsey fight cant remember one firpo i rember ....got knocked out the ring in the first round gastly business

 

Dempsey got up and WON that fight. When Lewis hit the canvas, the fight was OVER. That's the difference between a top ten great, and a borderline top 15 fighter

 

If Lewis had been allowed to continue in the McCall fight he woulda ended up like he did against Rahman. Personaly I wish they had let it go on, then there wouldn't be all these excuses.