Where Do You Rate Lennox Lewis?

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  1. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I have no interest in making lists, though I enjoy reading yours, but if you are rating fighters by who would win if they fought, anyone you rate above Lewis would have to fight his very best fight to beat him.
     
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  2. Devon

    Devon Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No because when he wins the second time it shows that when he is switched on, they can’t beat him
     
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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

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    I rate him terribly as a pole vaulter. As a fighter, he's in the top 5 of ATG heavies.
     
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  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Why Marciano at 9 and Tyson at 10? Asking for a friend.
     
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  5. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Yes, he's crap at pole vaulting. I've seen him .. Hopeless.
     
    Fergy, Oct 20, 2020
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  6. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    But whatever Ali relied on, it got him the heavyweight championship three times and wins over Frazier, Liston and Foreman.
    So can't complain really.
     
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  7. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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  8. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    Brilliant
     
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  9. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    #4 Lewis

    Defeated every man he ever faced, going 12-2-1 against Ring-Rated opposition, some of whom were the most dangerous punchers of the era.

    Completed his career by beating his heir apparent, retiring as the champ.
     
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  10. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Nice!
     
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  11. Unforgiven

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    Maybe just inside the top 10.
    Definitely among the top 15.
     
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  12. Entaowed

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    I think that this is one sided. Almost every HW especially has their opposition trashed, & almost never fights prime ATGs. Still they could lose & deserve some credit as the victories pile up. Lewis fought pretty good opposition overall!
    It is very dubious speculation that Bowe would beat Lewis. But your bias might be revealed in that you cite nothing Lennox does better, like outside fighting or the right hand.

    Foremen was actually nearly 49 when he "lost" his last fight though....
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    #3 for me. H2H i might have him as high as #2 depending on the day.
     
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Frank Bruno didn't have that many losses.
     
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  15. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    If he'd have played it safe and not
    gone for a ko then he, Bruno, wouldn't have had his first one to Bonecrusher.
    He wanted to impress the American audience so went all out try and stop Smith.. Well you know the rest.
    And who knows, but if the Witherspoon fight had being scheduled for 12, I'm sure it was 15, and Frank could have just clung on and lasted another round.. But all water under the bridge now.
     
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