Rated Higher - Foreman Or Lewis?

I definitely wouldn't like to be mistaken for a "concerned citizen".

 

When did Maloney admit that? He/She has had a tendency over the years to u-turn on quite a bit of the outlook they had at the time.

As far as I am concerned, and as was the case made public at the time, Newman reneged on their agreement. Pure and simple.

 

I think it was in his book.

Newman and Bowe wanted Lewis and Maloney to wait and allow them an easier first defence, unless they saw a far bigger offer than Maloney made them.
Maloney and Lewis accepted the paper title from the WBC and it led straight to a very good offer for the Tucker fight from Don King. There's not much more to say.

Maybe both fighters should have signed with Don King.
We would have seen the fight then.

 

I'm not convinced by anything Maloney has said since his split with Lewis, in 2001.

To the best of my knowledge, the agreement for Bowe to fight Lewis had already been made with the WBC, and the financial offers made by Newman were either paltry (90/10 split) or meant delaying - Maloney's counter offer was fair (75/25), but Newman was having none of it - a classic case of him pricing his man out of the fight.

The second offer of waiting and then getting either $9M or a different negotiated percentage was fool's gold - who trusts a second-hand car salesman's promises?

So, when Maloney reverted and agreed to the first offer, Newman said no. I doubt it would have ever come off. Even if Maloney had immediately agreed to the 10%, I'd have fully expected the fight to have been derailed, at some point down the line. It really didn't take Newman long to have Dokes lined up, after all.

As for King, he would have found a way back in, either way. It only took a Mandatory, involving a King fighter, for him to do so. Ironically, Lewis received a reported $9M for the Tucker bout, anyway.

 

I binge watched some Lennox Lewis fights last night (and not just him being knocked out by Rahman on a continuous loop like I do most nights). I'd rate the Mason, Ruddock, Morrison and Golota fights as his finest performances probably.
The Briggs one might be the most entertaining. Now I'm watching Foreman v Peralta 2, then maybe a few more Foreman ones. See how they compare.

 

You think he has one over Ali?

 

I mainly rate a fighter on what he did in his prime and no matter how impressive his feat of winning back the title in his mid 40's is, Foreman's prime was a bit thin on number of quality wins. The one over Frazier is fantastic, though.

 

That definitely won't happen!

 

No, Ali and Louis are untouchable at HW in terms of resume.

 

Prime Ali and Holmes definitely beat him in my opinion. Resume wise, Lennox is clearly behind Ali by any objective standards.

Then there are also certain fighters (Louis, Liston, Foreman) who could KO him but that is more up to debate in my opinion.

 

Foreman has brutal wins over Joe Frazier and Ken Norton plus Michael Moorer. Lewis's best win was against Vitali but he would have lost that fight likely if it wasn't stopped on cuts. Also Lewis was knocked out by Hasim Rahman.

 

Foreman clearly has the best "top wins".
Lewis, as others, have said, does have more "depth" though.

But, of course, I agree on the point that Lewis has the worst losses.

 

Just having fun. He doesnt have a nickname does he?

 

I think the Golota fight might have been his best performance. Andrew could box. He hasd everything physically. With Bowe and Grant he was dominating them with his skills etc. He mentally broke down later. Nobody up until then just came out and made him look like nothing. Golota was a mess emotionally but he could fight.