Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Lewis never fought Sam Peter and (this is the most important part) at the time Wladimir fought Sam Peter everyone thought Wlad was done as a fighter and Sam Peter was THE GUY and honestly Wladimir seems to have totally ruined him.

If Wlad fights: Chagaev, Povetkin, Thompson, Chambers, and even rematched Corrie Sanders he would have a good solid argument to say his record is just as good as Lennox Lewis'.


Wladimir doesn't have the deep division that Lewis got to fight in...but it's not too far off. Lewis had fighters to fight that were NAME RECOGNITION fighters...Holyfield, Tyson, Golota, Tua, etc....also Wladimir is only 31 and he has already won 49 fights....44 by KO!!!
I gues we disagree about Sam Peter. I think he is better now than he was before the loss, but can we both agree Lennox would have boxed Sam Peter's ears off pretty easily?

Tua at that time was much more than just a name recognition fighter, and there are a whole bunch of names I listed that were prime contenders and/or belt holders on or above the level of current champs and Wlads past oponents. I named them in my first post. Lennox has some past prime names, but he fought everyone who was out there and he rarely fought crappy filler. Wlad has beaten lots of crappy filler as he's been working his way to the improved version of Wlad that we see today.

But yes, I agree, if Wlad goes out and runs the table against Chaegev, Ibragamov, Povetkin, and very importantly, Tony Thompson (who nobody wants to fight), we can rate him right up there with Lewis.