Who beat better competition? Lewis or Holmes?

At the time it was picked apart because a lot of those guys had little experience.

I think Holmes made "11 title defenses" against guys with 20 wins or less. That's not a lot of fights (as every Anthony Joshua fan will tell you all day every day).

You beat a number of young guys who later become champs, and your legacy looks better down the road.

If they don't become champs, people throw you under the bus for fighting so many guys with only 10 or 12 or 14 wins.

 

And let's not forget Holmes was himself 42 years old and twenty pounds overweight. With this particular opponent Holmes' feat is definitely more impressive.

 

Holmes beat more fighters, more title defenses, while Lewis beat a tad better fighters.

 

Who beat better competition?

 

I don't think there is enough daylight between them to get too steamed up about it.

 

H2H Lewis beat better opponents

 

H2H Vitali for example is probably better than anyone Holmes beat by a good margin.

 

Who is Vitali's best win?

 

He said both beat avarage opposition. My question was who else beat better competition!

 

Yeah, that sounds about right -though I'm not sure if any single opponent of Lewis is as good as Witherspoon (at his best, anyway).

Edit: Scratch that; Vitali is probably better than the best version of 'Spoon