Lewis vs Rahman I & II

[Master]

Lennox did not avoid Byrd or Ruiz, Lennox would have taken them out they were not in his class and never were. Lewis was at the point in his career where he had unified the division and there was too much politics to keep all the titles. So he essentially sold his titles to Don King and chased a big money fight with Tyson which was the only real reason he would carry on boxing.

True he struggled with Bruno but that was before he was with Steward. Sure he got rattled by Briggs and Akinwande but he on those fights. That shows that Lennox had a good heart and determination.

[TysonBomb]

Lennox did not avoid Byrd or Ruiz, Lennox would have taken them out they were not in his class and never were. Lewis was at the point in his career where he had unified the division and there was too much politics to keep all the titles. So he essentially sold his titles to Don King and chased a big money fight with Tyson which was the only real reason he would carry on boxing.

True he struggled with Bruno but that was before he was with Steward. Sure he got rattled by Briggs and Akinwande but he on those fights. That shows that Lennox had a good heart and determination.

Byrd gave Vitali trouble and beat him and Holyfield went life and death with Ruiz, losing a fight, winning one and stalemating him for their final fight.

I'm not one of those "triangle" theory guys who believed that if A beats B and B beats C that means A beats C or anything but Ruiz and Byrd were definitely competitors. Can't just write them off like that ... nobody wanted to fight Chris Byrd and John Ruiz did become a champion and beat some big names.

And with Lewis getting KTFO by guys who also weren't supposed to be in his "class" anything is possible.