The case for Lennox Lewis being GOAT

Willard had the strength to shift Dempsey around the ring and did but look how much good it did him.

 

Yes but lewis already beat holyfield when he had more weight, so a smaller holyfield is in big trouble. Also lewis used is size to his advantage as you have already said he is the best super heavyweight ever.

 

little man syndrome.

 

This seems to be the crux of your counterargument.

Did Mickey Walker have little man syndrome?

 

I was talking about you.

 

When a fighter has a better boxing skills and outweighs a fighter by 40 pounds and is in very good shape, it's extremely important. Yes, in short: a good big un beats a good little un as has been well documented. Of course a good little un (Dempsey) can beat an average big un (Willard) and great little uns can overcome good big un's.

Little un's are best adopting a stick and move approach (like Griffith did with Tiger and Tiger did with Torres) or they'll come unstuck far more than they'd be successful. This is obvious, really.


ps. I don't mind discussing this with you or some others, but not that midget. :good

 

What happned to your points about holyfield janitor?

 

I would suggest that the cruiserweight Hollyfield-

A. Would probably beat the heavyweight Holyfield.

B. Would not do as well against the Bowe and Lewis as the heavyweight version but would be highly competitive against them.

C. Might not have lost to Michael Moorer.

D. Would not have had heart problems.

E. Would have beaten Tyson both times.

 

If Dempsey were to fight Lewis, it wouldn't be as though he were facing a big journeyman or bum. He would be squaring off with a very talented natural heavyweight with better than average boxing ability, chin, power, stamina and ring generalship. Lewis would also have nearly 5 inches and as much as 40 to 50 Lbs in weight. Dempsey was an aggressive fast starter with very fine tuned puncher's skills. I simply don't see him being very effective against Lewis though.

 

This seems like a thinly veiled attempt at trying to imply that 190 pound Dempsey would do just as well or better in a modern heavyweight division as Holyfield actually did.

Am I correct?

 

Fair enough,