Where Would You Place Lennox Lewis On The All Time Heavyweight Champions List ????

Best out of 3 againest any fighter in history , Lewis number 1

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Best out of 3 againest any fighter in history , Lewis number 1

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Nah Larry Holmes would whip him ;)

1. joe louis
2. larry holmes
3. ali
4. george foreman
5. lennox lewis
6. joe frazier
7. holyfield
8. marciano
9. ezzard charles
10. jack johnson

I couldn't have Ezzard Charles in my top 10 heavies as great a Light Heavy as he was

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Originally Posted by BIG H

I couldn't have Ezzard Charles in my top 10 heavies as great a Light Heavy as he was

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I used to think the same until i watched a few of his fights, and looked up his record. Amd i was actually quite suprised how many title defenses he made and ETC.

He obviously was a cracking Light Heavyweight, anyone who beats Archie Moore x5, Charles Burley x2, is bloody awesome. But i don't think he ever won the Light Heavyweight title BIG H.

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Originally Posted by Drago

I would place him in the top 10 for sure

its very difficult to build a top 10 cos you have fighters like jack dempsay who were practically super middleweights so how would he cope against a monster of a heavyweight like lennox

but here goes in no particular order

muhammad ali
joe frazier
george foreman
lennox lewis
evander holyfield
joe louis
jack johnson
mike tyson
sonny liston
ernie shavers

i expect some ear ache for leaving rocky marciano out

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You include Ernie Shavers, but you leave off Holmes, Marciano and Ezzard Charles? Lewis also ranks way ahead of Tyson on the ATG HW list. It's not even close. Lewis ranks easily ahead of Evander, also.

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Originally Posted by leftylee number 1 groupie

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Best out of 3 againest any fighter in history , Lewis number 1

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Nah Larry Holmes would whip him ;)

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Holmes against Lewis would be a classic.

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Originally Posted by RozzySean

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Originally Posted by leftylee number 1 groupie

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Best out of 3 againest any fighter in history , Lewis number 1

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Nah Larry Holmes would whip him ;)

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Holmes against Lewis would be a classic.

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Im in agreement with Ice,Holmes would snipe him to death with that jab,Lewis has this little hitch when he's stalking where he drops his hands and resets them before he throws. Holmes would drill the jab every time he did that. The only way I could see Lewis winning that fight is if Holmes got cocky and pressed him.

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Originally Posted by RozzySean

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Originally Posted by leftylee number 1 groupie

Nah Larry Holmes would whip him ;)

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Holmes against Lewis would be a classic.

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Im in agreement with Ice,Holmes would snipe him to death with that jab,Lewis has this little hitch when he's stalking where he drops his hands and resets them before he throws. Holmes would drill the jab every time he did that. The only way I could see Lewis winning that fight is if Holmes got cocky and pressed him.

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Lennox Lewis got outjabbed against Ray Mercer, Frank Bruno, theres no way he could handle that piston like left jab of Larry Holmes.

Holmes could be the Greatest Heavy of all time, but we don't know because he never had to fight a Lewis, a Holyfield, a Tyson (prime) or an Ali (Prime). I would love to have seen Holmes and Tyson in their primes at the same time, really can't call that one

Lennox Lewis is the most overrated HW in history.

In Britain he is only the 4th best ever

1. Frank Bruno
2. Henry Cooper
3. Herbie Hide
4. Lennox

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Originally Posted by Drago

Yo Big H

regarding rocky marciano, i just think he was too small & no where enough skills, he may of been tough as old boots but imagine a clean shot from lennox or anyother of the listed above. couldnt imagine him gettin up many times from that. I think he is overated because he is white

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Brilliant and well put from a realist ... Lovely record in the books for Rocky and ya cant knock un beaten can ya .... but unbeaten against what kinda and size of opposition, when compared with the modern Boxer ..

I agree with yourself and BIG H re Rocky totally, just unusual for people to come out & say ... well done for sticking ya necks out, & mine with ya now too..

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Originally Posted by BIG H

Holmes could be the Greatest Heavy of all time, but we don't know because he never had to fight a Lewis, a Holyfield, a Tyson (prime) or an Ali (Prime). I would love to have seen Holmes and Tyson in their primes at the same time, really can't call that one

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He did fight alot of great HW's, not good ones, great ones, and he just destroyed them.
We dont look at that era as a great one for HW's for one simple reason, most of those guys barely made Holmes sweat,his hardest fight in his prime was actually probably Cobb, for no other reason then this, Cobb wouldnt go the hell down and stay there. Nobody knew,or knows to this day what in the hell was keeping him upright. Cosell quit announcing boxing over that fight.
Larry didnt have the Ali ability to just make you look foolish, or that Tyson 1 punch and its over,he was somewhere in the middle

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Originally Posted by Plopeater

Lennox Lewis is the most overrated HW in history.

In Britain he is only the 4th best ever

1. Frank Bruno
2. Henry Cooper
3. Herbie Hide
4. Lennox

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Mate ... Please tell me ...... you are joking arent you, if not bud can you explain why ya think that or what the other three named achieved to better Lennox,

Or is that just your opinion because ya not keen on Lennox, as we are all allowed that bud..
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Originally Posted by leftylee number 1 groupie

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Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Best out of 3 againest any fighter in history , Lewis number 1

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Nah Larry Holmes would whip him ;)

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Not so sure on that one bud .. woulda been a great fight to see, prob Lennox wins it for me though

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