Lennox Lewis: Could Lewis Still Dominate The Heavyweight Division?

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Originally Posted by Lyle

I just think that you can't take anything away from either guy they were both very good fighters....Yes Lewis has the better legacy but Vitali was damn good

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Wish we could have seen him be good against a heavyweight actually in the top 10 other then Lewis.

Sure, he had a strong showing against Lewis but he still lost. What else has he done?

Well he KO'd all but 3 people in his career...too bad injuries shortened his career. I would favor him over anyone in the division right now

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Originally Posted by Lyle

Well he KO'd all but 3 people in his career...too bad injuries shortened his career. I would favor him over anyone in the division right now

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Again, I would have too. But it's always "what if" with Vitali and what he "Could" have done. But he never showed it against top opposition besides Lewis.

...he did a lot better than Valuev did vs Larry Donald...I mean he CLEARLY won.

But he never got a real shot vs anyone who is considered "top 10"...he fought guys who were on the rise at the time and he totally beat the shit out of them.

Danny Williams
Corrie Sanders
Kirk Johnson

He fought 37 times in just 8 years which is about 4 and a half times a year......and he KO'd 33 of those 37 guys.

I think much like Riddick Bowe, Vitali's name will not be mentioned AS great but with the greats in terms of top performances. He was big he had a decent jab a HUGE right cross...he could throw combinations, he paced himself, he was smart....the list goes on. His style was awkward but it helped a bunch, he was a beast and he acted like it in every fight he had

...I'm not doubting that he didn't beat any top "10 heavyweights"...Sanders was ok...he was popular at the time, he just beat Wlad...Williams beat Tyson...Johnson was supposed to fight Lewis...etc.

Now a rematch with Byrd would have been good, Maskaev and Vitali met in the amateurs, Valuev vs Vitali would have been AWESOME Giant vs Giant and by God Vitali would have knocked that big ape out so fast Don King wouldn't know what hit him

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Originally Posted by Lyle

...I'm not doubting that he didn't beat any top "10 heavyweights"...Sanders was ok...he was popular at the time, he just beat Wlad...Williams beat Tyson...Johnson was supposed to fight Lewis...etc.

Now a rematch with Byrd would have been good, Maskaev and Vitali met in the amateurs, Valuev vs Vitali would have been AWESOME Giant vs Giant and by God Vitali would have knocked that big ape out so fast Don King wouldn't know what hit him

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We never know that we can only speculate. I get your point that Vitali could have looked good if he fought the top 10 class. But why didn't he? I seriously think that since he was cleared to fight even if the knee brace didn't feel comfortable on him that he still could have beat Rahman.

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Originally Posted by Lyle

I just think that you can't take anything away from either guy they were both very good fighters....Yes Lewis has the better legacy but Vitali was damn good

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Agreed ;)

yes. i would agree with those predictions. i think lennox could still domonate the division and become champion of the world again. there is no one in the heavyweight division at the moment and i think we need a young hungry fighter like the prime mike tyson or david tua and lighten things back up again. the best boxers in the division today are wlad klitschko and nicolay valuev.