Where does Lennox Lewis rank as a HW ATG

Don't get me wrong, I rank Lewis highly, between 6-10 I think is correct. It's not h2h ranking where I rank him higher.

Ali
Louis

Holmes
Foreman
Marciano

Then the group that includes Johnson, Holyfield, Lewis, Frazier, Tyson

 

Lets take a look at Lewis opposition from 1992

Ruddock- Damaged Goods after 2 brutal beatings from Mike Tyson
Tucker - Junkie who was a shell of former self
Bruno - washed-up, yet gave Lewis a boxing lesson, out-jabbing him
Jackson - who?
McCall - journeyman who poleaxed Lewis in less than 2rds
Butler - more losses than victories - bum!
Fortune - Who?
Morrison - HIV Steroid abuser KOd in less than round by M.Bent
Mercer - schooled by old Holmes.. Lewis fortunate winner.
McCall - Only days out of rehab. pathetic excuse for world title fight
Akinwande - Who?
Golota - Steroid abuser who never beat a Top 50 fighter in his career
Briggs - Class C opponent who had Lewis on ***** st in round one.
Mavrovic - Who?
Holyfield - Evander yrs past best and unable to fight 3 mins of round
Holyfield II - Evander clear winner yet robbed by judges.
Grant - exposed basketball player, Class C fighter "Pathetic"
Botha - Steroid abuser hand-picked to avoid No1 contender.
Tua - Fattest man to ever fight for the title.
Rahman - Journeyman who poleaxed Lewis
Tyson - Shell of former champ who was addicted to Anti-Depressants, Alcohol, Cannabis & Cocaine. who was so shot as a fighter Lewis tried to sue him to fight a rematch - Pathetic!
Klitschko - Lewis very fortunate winner

 

IMO top 5 possibly #1

 

Ah right, well my list is more H2H based.

 

Didn't you say you and Lennox go way back?

 

Head to Head then i will add Vitali and his iron chin in the top-5/3.

Spinks never fought Ali. You're thinking about when he beated Holmes twice, and it wasn't bad version of Holmes. 6 years later Holmes fought a PRIME Holyfield and gave him a good fight.

Maybe Lewis could defeat boxers like Liston, Spinks, Frazier and Rocky but so can modern boxers like Vitali, Fury, Wladimir and Joshua - but that doesn't mean they are ATG.

He beated a past prime Holyfield and a shot Tyson - not even worth mention as a win. He could just aswell have beaten Butterbean or Brian Nielsen.

I don't think Tyson was overrated. I acutally think he was underrated. His boxing technique in his prime was/is highly underrated. Prime Tucker, Spinks, Berbick, past-prime Holmes, Frank Bruno (not that good, but he defeated McCall by a clear UD just a year after McCall KO'ed Lewis) and Carl Williams. Lewis' only noteable wins is against two way past prime ATGs, Holyfield and Tyson - and then alot of b- and c-level boxers.

He fought and beated Holyfield twice, but Holyfield was 7-8 years past prime at that time.

I don't hate Lewis, i just don't rate him as high as you and many others, just like you think Tyson is the most overrated boxer of all time. I don't understand all that hate on Tyson. :bbb

 

#1 h2h and ability, but hes just keeping that place warm for AJ

 

the best of the best.