Lewis vs Rahman I & II

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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.