I would re-mortgage my house to bet it all on Beck or Barrett to beat Dempsey LOL

Yes although I did not list Holmes personally I have no issue rating him among the greatest HW's.

He is another who like Lewis- their career can be highlighted in either a positive or negative light. But truthfully it takes more than a puncher to put him away. I would have liked to see him fight Foreman at some stage. I think Holmes could have outboxed him most times.

Yes for the purposes of this thread I think we can safely disregard anything "black and white" without too much resistance (hopefully lol).

The thing is many factors of Lewis's career have been reflected on negatively and call into question his true worth and some consider him less than one of more of the other 6 fighters I listed (or Holmes or Foreman for that matter) because of numerous reasons.