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    Default Re: Was Lennox Lewis the greatest HW of ALL-TIME?

    Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
    9 times out of 10 Lennox Lewis would have beaten Ali

    it might be hard to swallow because of the fairy tales of Ali but its true

    id put lewis in the top 2 or 3 HWs of all time
    I don't know about 9 out of 10 times - I can picture them being pretty even like the Frazier fights (obviously in a different way because of the differing styles).

    I know it's a cop-out answer but I'd still put Ali as the greatest just for everything he achieved in and out of the boxing ring. It's very rare that you get a superstar who is the absolute best at his sport, fights everybody put in front of him, has a chin, has the skills and has the charisma/worldwide appeal that Ali had. You just can't touch that.

    In terms of pure boxing, Ali in his prime gives every heavyweight in history a run for their money imho..But styles make fights.

    As far as Lewis, he was very under-appreciated while boxing. Another case of "missed when he was gone. I'd put him within the top 5 heavy's of all time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Althugz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
    9 times out of 10 Lennox Lewis would have beaten Ali

    it might be hard to swallow because of the fairy tales of Ali but its true

    id put lewis in the top 2 or 3 HWs of all time
    I don't know about 9 out of 10 times - I can picture them being pretty even like the Frazier fights (obviously in a different way because of the differing styles).

    I know it's a cop-out answer but I'd still put Ali as the greatest just for everything he achieved in and out of the boxing ring. It's very rare that you get a superstar who is the absolute best at his sport, fights everybody put in front of him, has a chin, has the skills and has the charisma/worldwide appeal that Ali had. You just can't touch that.

    In terms of pure boxing, Ali in his prime gives every heavyweight in history a run for their money imho..But styles make fights.

    As far as Lewis, he was very under-appreciated while boxing. Another case of "missed when he was gone. I'd put him within the top 5 heavy's of all time.
    if someone asked me who was the greatest hw of all time I could answer Ali because of his charisma and what he achieved outside the ring

    hes not the greatest hw boxer of all time, he would have lost to a number of others most of the time
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    Default Re: Was Lennox Lewis the greatest HW of ALL-TIME?

    he would have lost to a number of others most of the time
    like who?

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    Default Re: Was Lennox Lewis the greatest HW of ALL-TIME?

    Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
    he would have lost to a number of others most of the time
    like who?
    lennox lewis, vitali klitchko, wladimir Klitchko

    david haye
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    Default Re: Was Lennox Lewis the greatest HW of ALL-TIME?

    no.

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    Default Re: Was Lennox Lewis the greatest HW of ALL-TIME?

    Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Althugz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
    9 times out of 10 Lennox Lewis would have beaten Ali

    it might be hard to swallow because of the fairy tales of Ali but its true

    id put lewis in the top 2 or 3 HWs of all time
    I don't know about 9 out of 10 times - I can picture them being pretty even like the Frazier fights (obviously in a different way because of the differing styles).

    I know it's a cop-out answer but I'd still put Ali as the greatest just for everything he achieved in and out of the boxing ring. It's very rare that you get a superstar who is the absolute best at his sport, fights everybody put in front of him, has a chin, has the skills and has the charisma/worldwide appeal that Ali had. You just can't touch that.

    In terms of pure boxing, Ali in his prime gives every heavyweight in history a run for their money imho..But styles make fights.

    As far as Lewis, he was very under-appreciated while boxing. Another case of "missed when he was gone. I'd put him within the top 5 heavy's of all time.
    if someone asked me who was the greatest hw of all time I could answer Ali because of his charisma and what he achieved outside the ring

    hes not the greatest hw boxer of all time, he would have lost to a number of others most of the time

    same can be said about Lewis, a small Oliver McCall was able to spark him in a round, so what tells you that Joe Frazier wouldn't be able to follow suit?

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    Default Re: Was Lennox Lewis the greatest HW of ALL-TIME?

    Quote Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Althugz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
    9 times out of 10 Lennox Lewis would have beaten Ali

    it might be hard to swallow because of the fairy tales of Ali but its true

    id put lewis in the top 2 or 3 HWs of all time
    I don't know about 9 out of 10 times - I can picture them being pretty even like the Frazier fights (obviously in a different way because of the differing styles).

    I know it's a cop-out answer but I'd still put Ali as the greatest just for everything he achieved in and out of the boxing ring. It's very rare that you get a superstar who is the absolute best at his sport, fights everybody put in front of him, has a chin, has the skills and has the charisma/worldwide appeal that Ali had. You just can't touch that.

    In terms of pure boxing, Ali in his prime gives every heavyweight in history a run for their money imho..But styles make fights.

    As far as Lewis, he was very under-appreciated while boxing. Another case of "missed when he was gone. I'd put him within the top 5 heavy's of all time.
    if someone asked me who was the greatest hw of all time I could answer Ali because of his charisma and what he achieved outside the ring

    hes not the greatest hw boxer of all time, he would have lost to a number of others most of the time
    same can be said about Lewis, a small Oliver McCall was able to spark him in a round, so what tells you that Joe Frazier wouldn't be able to follow suit?
    yep that did happen but i dont think you can sum up Lewis' career on that performance

    999 times out of 1000 lewis would beat McCall

    about the same ratio with frazier

    I would go as far to say that Frazier is the most over rated HW of all time
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    Lets put another name out there...Jack Johnson...he was a hell of a boxer with great skills...i reckon he could have given everyone a tough fight...even Lewis

    job biscuit (Johnson would have slaughtered Marciano)!!!

    eh eh!!!

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