why is Lennox Lewis considered highly skilled

before the lewis fight, rahman had wins over sanders and purity.two fighters who would later knock out wladimir klitschko.

 

I dunno, I think you should show him thi thread before sparring a few rounds with him and maybe then you'd get your answer.

 

couldn't have been the mercer fight, because lewis was mixing it up and going to the body

 

Bowe was a better in fighter and had a better chin than Lewis but thats about it. Bowe was easy to hit, lacked mobility, couldn't keep a fight at long range to save his life. Also Bowe's lack of discipline was so terrible we really only saw prime Bowe once against Holyfield in their first fight.

 

:deal

 

What a pile of pish. You don't understand boxing.

Bowe was a skilled heavyweight, but so was Lewis, just in a different way.

To say Lewis was a poor man's version of Buster Douglas marks you out as a ******ed troll of the General Forum. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

 

I guess that makes two of us then, as I agree with him.

 

You think that Lennox Lewis was a poor man's Buster Douglas???! :yikes

 

If you think that Lewis did not have good skills, then what must you think of the inferior robo-Klitschkos???

 

Nah. I just agree with his general point, not the measures he took to make it. Lennox was, by all means, a basic stand-up technician with little imagination. He was just very well organised and knew how to utilize his physical advantages. Generally though, I just found him boring to watch. Bowe was the more varied and skilled fighter, in my opinion, especially on the inside, regardless of the events that took place between the two. Lennox had his mind in check, though. That's what took him to where he got.

 

Well, they're hardly greats, but they do what they do well in this most dire era in boxing's history. I prefer Wlad, although he is much the same as Lennox in basic approach, although in my opinion not the physical specimen Lennox was. Not as strong or poised in certain situations. Vitali is just ugly and sloppy to me.

 

I think Lewis had strong fundamentals including an excellent jab, and was reasonably versatile for a man his size. He could use his size, use distance, box on the back foot, playing it safe and piling up points. Alternatively, he could go hunting, coming forward, setting up shots to finish, and looking for the killer blow. That alone makes him a skilled heavyweight IMO, as most modern big men can only fight one way, and most of them are not particularly effective within their chosen style.

Compared to Jersey Joe Walcott or Joe Frazier, no he was not highly skilled.

Compared to other men encumbered by that sort of size like the Klitschkos, I'd say he does have top skills.

I agree that Bowe was vastly superior on the inside, but I tend to think Lewis would have won if they fought as he would be able to survive on the inside when he needed to, and win the fight on the outside for the most part.

 

its troll time!

 

I think Lewis is more versatile and has more to his game than Wladimir. Wlad basically repeats the same sequence of punches throughout every fight. Lewis did not do so to anywhere near the same degree, he had more punches in his armoury and could adjust to his opponents' styles, rather than continually plundering rubbish opposition with the exact same routine every time. If someone with the necessary physical prowess stepped to Wlad, like a Tua or a Golota or a Grant, I would not be at all surprised to see Wlad run until he had ran out of ideas and courage. Adversity would prove he is not in Lewis's league, he doesn't have that dimension.