Where Do You Rate Lennox Lewis?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I've got at 3, just behind Louis then Ali. Where do you rate The Lion?
    Anyone got him higher than myself or as low as below 20 even?
     
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  2. mcvey

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    Top ten for sure.
     
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  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    #10. Mike Tyson
    #9. Rocky Marciano
    #8. Joe Frazier
    #7. Wladimir Klitschko
    #6. Evander Holyfield
    #5. George Foreman
    #4. Lennox Lewis
    #3. Larry Holmes
    #2. Joe Louis
    #1. Muhammad Ali
     
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  4. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    When we recently did that ratings project Rummy did, I think I had him 4th or 5th, I forget now. Highly, though.
     
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  5. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just checked that thread, I had him 4th, behind Ali, Louis, and Holmes.
     
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  6. Noel857

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    Probably just outside of the top 10
     
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  7. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    For me, after #3 there's a massive drop-off. Any vote of Lewis, Johnson, Marciano, etc. Could be argued. There's a lot of parity after the first three.
     
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  8. Big Ukrainian

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  9. Fergy

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    I've got it other way round with Holmes at 4. Very close between em.
     
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  10. BCS8

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    Ali, Louis, Lewis, Holmes, Klitschko, Foreman ... gets a bit foggy after that. Probably Marciano / Holyfield.

    You could probably argue Lewis as high as #1 if you are prepared to bash Ali and Louis a bit and emphasise Lewis' H2H abilities and size.
     
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  11. McGrain

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    Elite, not top two, anything from 3-15 is OK by me.
     
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  12. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Exactly where depends on the criteria, and what I've had for breakfast, but by most sensible criteria I'd consider him on the next best tier to Louis and Ali.
     
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  13. Dubblechin

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    Three or four.
     
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  14. Devon

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    Losses don’t mean anything if you avenge them
     
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  15. Fergy

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    Not sure top two will ever differ? Don't know, maybe as time passes. I know it's hard to argue that Ali and Louis will ever be nudged off.

    I take it your top two are Ali and Louis, McGrain?
     
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