Lewis vs Rahman I & II

[Mars_ax]

I agree. But this seems more like a "I like Lennox Lewis thread". What did you want to say about the 1st and 2nd Rahman fights?

Nothing other then what I said in the OP, Lewis got his ass handed to him in the 1st fight, but came back like a Champion in the 2nd.

FWIW, I wasn't always a fan of LL and this isn't a "I like Lennox Lewis thread", I just believe that he didn't get the credit he deserved as a HW Champion.

This is called, being knowledgable and objective!! I respect that

Lewis is someone i'd love to sit down with, have a few Red Stripes and talk about boxing, hell, i'd even buy the beer. Lennox is another one of those pugs who came from humble beginnings and mostly through their own initiative along with a big set of cojones became HW Champion of the World. Yes he could be an arrogant ass, but I think a lot of that was because he didn't get the respect he rightfully deserved.
Happy New Year LL, you did it your way.

[Bobthepen]

I agree. But this seems more like a "I like Lennox Lewis thread". What did you want to say about the 1st and 2nd Rahman fights?

Nothing other then what I said in the OP, Lewis got his ass handed to him in the 1st fight, but came back like a Champion in the 2nd.

FWIW, I wasn't always a fan of LL and this isn't a "I like Lennox Lewis thread", I just believe that he didn't get the credit he deserved as a HW Champion.

This is called, being knowledgable and objective!! I respect that

Lewis is someone i'd love to sit down with, have a few Red Stripes and talk about boxing, hell, i'd even buy the beer. Lennox is another one of those pugs who came from humble beginnings and mostly through their own initiative along with a big set of cojones became HW Champion of the World. Yes he could be an arrogant ass, but I think a lot of that was because he didn't get the respect he rightfully deserved.
Happy New Year LL, you did it your way.

You wanna sit down with Lennox Lewis and have a beer? What did you do for New years? Creosote a fence?
I wanna go on the lash with Ricardo Mayorga in a Nicaraguan brothel...

[Hulk]

I agree. But this seems more like a "I like Lennox Lewis thread". What did you want to say about the 1st and 2nd Rahman fights?

Nothing other then what I said in the OP, Lewis got his ass handed to him in the 1st fight, but came back like a Champion in the 2nd.

FWIW, I wasn't always a fan of LL and this isn't a "I like Lennox Lewis thread", I just believe that he didn't get the credit he deserved as a HW Champion.

This is called, being knowledgable and objective!! I respect that

Lewis is someone i'd love to sit down with, have a few Red Stripes and talk about boxing, hell, i'd even buy the beer. Lennox is another one of those pugs who came from humble beginnings and mostly through their own initiative along with a big set of cojones became HW Champion of the World. Yes he could be an arrogant ass, but I think a lot of that was because he didn't get the respect he rightfully deserved.
Happy New Year LL, you did it your way.

You wanna sit down with Lennox Lewis and have a beer? What did you do for New years? Creosote a fence?
I wanna go on the lash with Ricardo Mayorga in a Nicaraguan brothel...

Hell yeah Mayorga shout out !

Lennox is the greatest heavyweight of all time, as far as I believe he could beat any heavyweight in any era, despite not having the very best era himself.

George Foreman agrees with me.

[TysonBomb]

I agree. But this seems more like a "I like Lennox Lewis thread". What did you want to say about the 1st and 2nd Rahman fights?

Nothing other then what I said in the OP, Lewis got his ass handed to him in the 1st fight, but came back like a Champion in the 2nd.

FWIW, I wasn't always a fan of LL and this isn't a "I like Lennox Lewis thread", I just believe that he didn't get the credit he deserved as a HW Champion.

This is called, being knowledgable and objective!! I respect that

Lewis is someone i'd love to sit down with, have a few Red Stripes and talk about boxing, hell, i'd even buy the beer. Lennox is another one of those pugs who came from humble beginnings and mostly through their own initiative along with a big set of cojones became HW Champion of the World. Yes he could be an arrogant ass, but I think a lot of that was because he didn't get the respect he rightfully deserved.
Happy New Year LL, you did it your way.

You wanna sit down with Lennox Lewis and have a beer? What did you do for New years? Creosote a fence?
I wanna go on the lash with Ricardo Mayorga in a Nicaraguan brothel...

Hell yeah Mayorga shout out !

Lennox is the greatest heavyweight of all time, as far as I believe he could beat any heavyweight in any era, despite not having the very best era himself.

George Foreman agrees with me.

Foreman said that as a "in the heat of the moment" thing after he beat the ghost of Mike Tyson. A younger George Foreman would've smashed his jaw and put him down if they ever fought, ironically.

Yet a year later he literally ran into retirement from Vitali Klitschko.

I'm not too impressed with Lewis and his weak chin always puts him lower on the H2H rankings for me ... his accomplishments are good but not as good as some of the others like Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson etc. Lennox Lewis is the same guy who was out jabbed by an older Ray Mercer who he arguably lost too ... he even had trouble with lesser guys like Bruno.

He is a top 10 heavyweight without question though

[Spicoli]

I agree. But this seems more like a "I like Lennox Lewis thread". What did you want to say about the 1st and 2nd Rahman fights?

Nothing other then what I said in the OP, Lewis got his ass handed to him in the 1st fight, but came back like a Champion in the 2nd.

FWIW, I wasn't always a fan of LL and this isn't a "I like Lennox Lewis thread", I just believe that he didn't get the credit he deserved as a HW Champion.

This is called, being knowledgable and objective!! I respect that

Lewis is someone i'd love to sit down with, have a few Red Stripes and talk about boxing, hell, i'd even buy the beer. Lennox is another one of those pugs who came from humble beginnings and mostly through their own initiative along with a big set of cojones became HW Champion of the World. Yes he could be an arrogant ass, but I think a lot of that was because he didn't get the respect he rightfully deserved.
Happy New Year LL, you did it your way.

You wanna sit down with Lennox Lewis and have a beer? What did you do for New years? Creosote a fence?
I wanna go on the lash with Ricardo Mayorga in a Nicaraguan brothel...

Hell yeah Mayorga shout out !

Lennox is the greatest heavyweight of all time, as far as I believe he could beat any heavyweight in any era, despite not having the very best era himself.

George Foreman agrees with me.

Foreman said that as a "in the heat of the moment" thing after he beat the ghost of Mike Tyson. A younger George Foreman would've smashed his jaw and put him down if they ever fought, ironically.

Yet a year later he literally ran into retirement from Vitali Klitschko.

I'm not too impressed with Lewis and his weak chin always puts him lower on the H2H rankings for me ... his accomplishments are good but not as good as some of the others like Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson etc. Lennox Lewis is the same guy who was out jabbed by an older Ray Mercer who he arguably lost too ... he even had trouble with lesser guys like Bruno.

He is a top 10 heavyweight without question though

I've never bought into the myth of Lewis weak chin. Of the ones you list all have the distinction of being on the canvas more than Lennox as do a Holyfield or even Mercer who are poster boys for iron chin. Its been known to happen at heavyweight.

Mercer was 28 and being called old before he even heard his first professional bell ring and was in top form for a run there. Gave Holyfield life and death. His jab was always underrated and that scrap was nip and tuck but no robbery or such.

[ruthless rocco]

lennox "cheap shot" lewis KOs michael grant. thats an uppercut lennox is about to throw after he finishes making grant blow him.

[Mars_ax]

Rahman calls Lewis "gay" @ the press conference before the 2nd fight, and a brawl breaks out: (funny)



They pretty much tore up the ESPN set.. lmfao

[ross]

Rahman calls Lewis "gay" @ the press conference before the 2nd fight, and a brawl breaks out: (funny)



They pretty much tore up the ESPN set.. lmfao

Haha! Lewis got thrown over the table. He wasnt much of a street fighter

Same here in the Tyson brawl, upside down getting the worst f it with a huge piss stain where hes got a bit scared

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/pic...r.html?image=6

[Beanflicker]

Meh, people can nitpick on any career. Lennox was the real deal and brought the pain. Top 5 HW of all time IMO, and I'm not a Lewis fan in the least.

[armyash]

I always liked LL too. I remember when I first got in to boxing in a big way and I was doing my paper round and reading all the sports pages after the first Holyfield fight. We never had sky or internet and stuff back then so had to wait to see the papers.

He doesn't get the credit he deserves now because the people judging him are still the people who may not have liked him just because they were Holyfiield/Tyson fans etc. In many years to come he will be considered a legend especially when the people see the names on his record.

One thing I'd like to say is that I would have liked to see a rematch with Vitali before retirement. People say that Lewis was unfit, overweight. Yes he was but he had been training for a fight (Johnson?) Klitschko took the fight at short notice, so he would not have been in tip top condition or as mentally prepared as he could have been. I always thought that was Lewis's plan. However funny that might sound but a lot of people had been calling for them to meet and I think Lewis intended to offer the fight to Klitschko after paying Johnson to pull out thus catching Klitschko not at his best.

Whatever. Lewis faced just about everyone he could and that KO of Rahman was pure class, the only thing that takes the shine off it is that he should have done it first time round.

[Fenster]

I always liked LL too. I remember when I first got in to boxing in a big way and I was doing my paper round and reading all the sports pages after the first Holyfield fight. We never had sky or internet and stuff back then so had to wait to see the papers.

He doesn't get the credit he deserves now because the people judging him are still the people who may not have liked him just because they were Holyfiield/Tyson fans etc. In many years to come he will be considered a legend especially when the people see the names on his record.

One thing I'd like to say is that I would have liked to see a rematch with Vitali before retirement. People say that Lewis was unfit, overweight. Yes he was but he had been training for a fight (Johnson?) Klitschko took the fight at short notice, so he would not have been in tip top condition or as mentally prepared as he could have been. I always thought that was Lewis's plan. However funny that might sound but a lot of people had been calling for them to meet and I think Lewis intended to offer the fight to Klitschko after paying Johnson to pull out thus catching Klitschko not at his best.

Whatever. Lewis faced just about everyone he could and that KO of Rahman was pure class, the only thing that takes the shine off it is that he should have done it first time round.

Vitali was fighting Cedric Boswell on the undercard that night. He was fully prepared to fight.

If either had an advantage it was Vitali. As underdog, challenger and with a reputation as a "quitter" he had NOTHING to lose. Whereas Lewis hadn't fought in a year, had been contemplating retirement and basically fought to save the bill.

[TitoFan]

The way it had been told to me, the ESPN brawl was Rahman's fault. But watching the clip, I think it was really Lewis who started it by mentioning Rahman's sister. Regardless, the whole scrap looked pretty pathetic and.... dare I say it.... GAY!

Still, I enjoyed watching a focused Lewis get his revenge over Rahman in their second fight.