Greatest Heavyweight of All-Time, Round 1: Lennox Lewis vs. Muhammed Ali

[Sugar_Shaw]

First to 10 votes qualifies for he next round.

[DaxxKahn]

WOW!!!!


This was a tough one....I love both guys....I am ashamed to admit it...I thing Ali is the greatest HW of all time and that does not change but I went with Lennox

[Scrap]

One thing that was Lewis,s big knightmare speed

[ICB]

Ali by decision based on Lewis struggling with fighters with decent jabs like Bruno's and Ray Mercer's plus Ali's footwork would give Lewis alot of problems.

[WelshDevilRob]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

[DaxxKahn]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

I thought that as well

[ICB]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

Ali is going to win he always does in these tourny things hopefully people don't just go with Ali in all the match ups and actually think about it long and hard i only went with Ali in this one because Lewis struggled with with decentish jabs from Mercer and Bruno he would find it alot harder vs prime Ali.

[ICB]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

I wouldn't call Lewis a top 2 Heavyweight either.

[Landon]

Ali all the way as he was the second best heavy weight of all time. Im not sure I would rank Lewis in the top five of all time. Just my 2 cents

[WelshDevilRob]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

I wouldn't call Lewis a top 2 Heavyweight either.

I would Just different opinions

[Mr140]

personal i like lewis but i think larry holmes is secound after ali but that is just me talking

[DaxxKahn]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

I wouldn't call Lewis a top 2 Heavyweight either.

I would not call him top 2...He is up there in the top 5 though.........they are just my 2 favs in the tourney

[ICB]

How come the Top 2 Heavyweights of alltime are meeting in Round 1.

I wouldn't call Lewis a top 2 Heavyweight either.

I would not call him top 2...He is up there in the top 5 though.........they are just my 2 favs in the tourney

Not sure about top 5 i will do my top 5 not in order though.

Muhammad Ali
Larry Holmes
Jack Johnson
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano

[GAME]

I think Ali gets alot of sympathy votes but matched against Lewis I cant see him winning . Cooper would have knocked out a prime Cassius Clay if they didnt cheat so imagine what Lewis would have done to to him .

[kidbourbon]

I think Ali gets alot of sympathy votes but matched against Lewis I cant see him winning . Cooper would have knocked out a prime Cassius Clay if they didnt cheat so imagine what Lewis would have done to to him .

This argument is nonsense.
1. Ali still would have beaten Cooper without the extra time to fix the glove. What have we learned about Ali's chin? He would have been fine in the next round, regardless of a slit in the glove.

2. Ali was clearly a better fighter in his next fight against Liston than he ever was before. He was clearly scared of Liston, and that fear drove him to become a better fighter. And he embarrassed listen in that fight. Made him look silly. And so you can't say Ali's prime began until the Liston fight.

3. In the first Liston fight and then every subsequent title defense until he lost his license, how many times did Ali take a clean shot to the face? You can probably count them one hand. You just couldn't hit the guy. And Lennox Lewis wouldn't have been able to hit the guy.