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Why the uk fans may dislike Lennox Lewis
a) He had no character, he had the personality of a brick wall
b) We don't know where he is from, Canada, Britain or Jamaica? ???
c) He was so boring in the ring, not exciting at all.
d) he beat up Mike Tyson (considering alot of boxing fans like Mike)
It has absoultely nothing to do with the colour of his skin, because if that were the case.....why is it that Chris Eubank, Watson, Bruno and Nigel Benn are so popular?
Personally i liked LL, he was calm, always chilled, occasionally funny ;D.....and a master of the sport in the ring. He beat everyone there was to beat and never lost if you include his rematches.
http://www.ringsidereport.com/lennox172005ARTICLE.jpg
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Re: Why the uk fans may dislike Lennox Lewis
Lennox beat every one who was infront of him at some point in his career, I've always liked him but your average British Fight fan finding LL boring and idolising an over hype heartless waste of talent like Naseem shows you how much they know... ;)
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I don't even know where this is all coming from - I love the bloke.
P.S He was born in England and lived here until he was 11!! He is English!!!!
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Originally Posted by AdamGB
Lennox beat every one who was infront of him at some point in his career, I've always liked him but your average British Fight fan finding LL boring and idolising an over hype heartless waste of talent like Naseem shows you how much they know... ;)
Don't be so sure
Naz is coming back and is going to shock the world...
well, somehow anyway.... :-\
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Originally Posted by BIG H
I don't even know where this is all coming from - I love the bloke.
P.S He was born in England and lived here until he was 11!! He is English!!!!
here mate, this is the reason why ;)
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_fo...c,28378.0.html
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Originally Posted by The_One77
a) He had no character, he had the personality of a brick wall
b) We don't know where he is from, Canada, Britain or Jamaica? ???
c) He was so boring in the ring, not exciting at all.
d) he beat up Mike Tyson (considering alot of boxing fans like Mike)
It has absoultely nothing to do with the colour of his skin, because if that were the case.....why is it that Chris Eubank, Watson, Bruno and Nigel Benn are so popular?
Personally i liked LL, he was calm, always chilled, occasionally funny ;D.....and a master of the sport in the ring. He beat everyone there was to beat and never lost if you include his rematches.
http://www.ringsidereport.com/lennox172005ARTICLE.jpg
:coolclick: the one. I was never a fan of Lewis and I'm finding it hard to explain why. Your a, b, c, d, is probably closest to why I never took to him. I would also add the 'Bruno' factor. I read somewhere else on the forum about someone saying many boxing fans can only have one favourite in one division and though it was rubbish but looking back I think I fell into that group with Bruno and I guess Lennox was always second best for me even though he was by far the better boxer.
That said as much as I think Lewis is overrated I really wish we had someone in todays group of heavies like him. It's true you never realise what you've got until it's gone.
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Get you after Karma allows the one!
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thxs wallace
good karma to you too
CC :)
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Originally Posted by AdamGB
idolising an over hype heartless waste of talent like Naseem shows you how much they know... ;)
At least he was fun to watch
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Not if you liked boxing he wasn't... Saying that Naz wasn't much of a fighter either... Just a Hyped up Circus...
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Originally Posted by AdamGB
Not if you liked boxing he wasn't... Saying that Naz wasn't much of a fighter either... Just a Hyped up Circus...
he was a good fighter, a very good one infact...
He had a unique style
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Nah, When I say 'Fighter' I meen some one who could 'go in the trenches' against some one as good or better than himself and hold his own/beat them... ;)
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Maybe UK fans don't like him because he won the Gold medal for Canada, and not his home country.
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I think if u asked the average brit what they thought af lennox lewis, most of them would say they don't have an opinion. He wasn't a big people's person, he was dead dead serious n most of his big fights were in america, couple that the fact he couldn't decide which country he was from, n i think u have ur answer
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Yep style wise, Lennox and Vitali were similar ( other then Vitalis style being possibly one of the most robot like in the whole of boxing history )
Just that Lennox ruled the roost at a time when there were still some decent boxers and he was a world champ, Vitali was a king amung bums.
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Originally Posted by AdamGB
Lennox beat every one who was infront of him at some point in his career, I've always liked him but your average British Fight fan finding LL boring and idolising an over hype heartless waste of talent like Naseem shows you how much they know... ;)
He once qouted that he loved winning the world heavyweight championship for canada while being interduced fighting out of london england plus he didnt sound english he set up over here by frank molony who played on the fact lennox moved from the uk when he was 6 so he was english then but represented canada in the olimpics and also a born again jamacian so i dont know if he knows where hes from do you i dont??????? may be he is the champion of the universe dont know mate sorry
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c) ;)
but i wouldnt say i disliked him i just wasnt a fan....
I think the only boxer have ever disliked is Sven Ottke ;)
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Originally Posted by AdamGB
Lennox beat every one who was infront of him at some point in his career, I've always liked him but your average British Fight fan finding LL boring and idolising an over hype heartless waste of talent like Naseem shows you how much they know... ;)
He once qouted that he loved winning the world heavyweight championship for canada while being interduced fighting out of london england plus he didnt sound english he set up over here by frank molony who played on the fact lennox moved from the uk when he was
6 so he was english then but represented canada in the olimpics and also a born again jamacian so i dont know if he knows where hes from do you i dont??????? may be he is the champion of the universe dont know mate sorry
11!!!!
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Originally Posted by The_One77
a) He had no character, he had the personality of a brick wall
b) We don't know where he is from, Canada, Britain or Jamaica? ???
c) He was so boring in the ring, not exciting at all.
d) he beat up Mike Tyson (considering alot of boxing fans like Mike)
:coolclick:
I think it is mainly with his style. Although he had some great fights, ALL of his mainstream fights were boring on account of him fighting safe.
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Its hard to dislike someone who sbeen so sucessful . Maybe its jelousy or its something about his personality cuz as a boxer you cant fault the man . He beat everyone he ever fought and he retired on top as champ with money in the bank . He is a sucess story and I dont think people are used to that
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I fault him for doing everything he could to make the two Holyfield fights and the Tua fight as boring as humanly possible. He fought scarred, and no one likes that.
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Chris Eubank, Watson, Bruno and Nigel Benn all fought alot on either BBC or ITV but Almost all lewis fights of importance were bloody PPV on sky, thats a big reason why he was not really that big in britain.
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people don't like lennox because he was accused of calling frank bruno uncle tom. That made british fans dislike him and closer to frank. Frank is more loved than lennox in britain, even thou if lennox is a million times better boxer, infact no comparison. To be honest lennox is too special for many people to like him because he soo different to most people, he has the best personality on the planet and the best soul.
I will explain why because when tyson said he goin to eat lewis children and eat his heart exactly one year before getting smashed by lewis. Lewis never replied with insult even thou he could afford to and tyson obviously couldn't afford to insult lewis but still talk trashed about lewis.
the second reason is tyson had the hottest women on planet such as naomi campbell, robert givens who was with brad pitt in her old age well after mike tyson. now the only reason tyson got theses girls is because he was heavyweight champion or former heavyweight champion of the world. remember tyson wasn't good looking, he short, crazy personality, he's in millions of dept. but he took his advantage of so many girls because he was a good recognise world fighter.BUT NOTHING COMPARE TO LEWIS BE PROVEN.
lennox is very loyal because he only be with one girl who was his girl friend and now his wife. Now if tyson could get the hottest girl in the world then i'm sure lennox is way to good. because he taller and better looking than tyson(no comparison) he got great personality, he rich and ofcourse much better figet than tyson. LENNOX DOESN'T HIT WOMEN
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Originally Posted by jamestoney
the second reason is tyson had the hottest women on planet such as naomi campbell, robert givens who was with brad pitt in her old age well after mike tyson. now the only reason tyson got theses girls is because he was heavyweight champion or former heavyweight champion of the world.
Robert Givens? :puke:
Do you write for the Inquirer? Enquiring minds want to know. ::**
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SORRY ROBIN GIVENS******************
ALSO FIGET = FIGHTING
i SORRY FOR MY SPELLING i'VE JUST STARTED TO LEARN ENGLISH BECAUSE I SPEND THE 10 YEARS ON BOXINBG NOT PHYSICALLY BUT MENTALLY
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I thought the brits disliked Lewis because he destroyed Frank Bruno
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I think james is perfectly right because of frank bruno. Lennox beat up the bad british audience, refree and the fighter at the same time
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I also think the media didn't help, maybe that was because Bruno was all over the rags because of his fights with Tyson.
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people say he's boring yet i'd watch his left hook overhand right combos all day
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I'm not from the UK, but any fighter who claims 3 countries{England,Canada, and Jamaica}, will not get as great of hometown support as a fighter who only claims one.
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Originally Posted by Unknowndonor
I'm not from the UK, but any fighter who claims 3 countries{England,Canada, and Jamaica}, will not get as great of hometown support as a fighter who only claims one.
I just don't get that shat...I mean really...a fighter can be from wherever the fwock he wants...if he's a great fighter then he should be well recieved.
Look at Morales, Pacquiao, Barrera, Sam Peter, Vitali Klitschko, Miguel Cotto, & the list goes on & on & on.
They are all great fighters & none of them are from the U.S.
They are still draws & they are still championship material...it doesn't make sense.
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The greatest boxing performances I have seen by the big and small heavyweights. Was Lennox Lewis against David Tua and Chris Byrd against David tua.
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Originally Posted by Starr
The greatest boxing performances I have seen by the big and small heavyweights. Was Lennox Lewis against David Tua and Chris Byrd against David tua.
I just saw Tua-Byrd now, it was a good fight but Chris's jab and overall handspeed just too much for Tua.
I was suprised because Byrd takes a pretty good punch
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Yup, Chris takes a hell of a shot, he got up from when Wlad knocked him down twice and he still got up after that killer uppercut from Ibeabuchi
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Re: Why the uk fans may dislike Lennox Lewis
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Originally Posted by The_One77
a) He had no character, he had the personality of a brick wall
b) We don't know where he is from, Canada, Britain or Jamaica? ???
c) He was so boring in the ring, not exciting at all.
d) he beat up Mike Tyson (considering alot of boxing fans like Mike)
It has absoultely nothing to do with the colour of his skin, because if that were the case.....why is it that Chris Eubank, Watson, Bruno and Nigel Benn are so popular?
Personally i liked LL, he was calm, always chilled, occasionally funny ;D.....and a master of the sport in the ring. He beat everyone there was to beat and never lost if you include his rematches.
http://www.ringsidereport.com/lennox172005ARTICLE.jpg
Born and Bred in East London and left for Canada aged 9.
I don't think many (if any) proper fight fans dislike Lewis...
He avenged all his loses and was involved in some great fights.
Lennox was the real deal 8)