Pugilist Specialist - The GOAT HW or smoke and mirrors?

**C.J.Rock** · 12-10-2013 06:07 AM

Lennox The Lion Lewis was second only to The Greatest Muhammad Ali'
Lennox beat every man he ever faced in the pro ring & retired with nothing else left to prove

**Max Power** · 12-10-2013 06:22 AM

Can you really see Muhammad Ali making his way through that list of opponents? Let alone Lennox Lewis himself? Not likely!

Foreman is about the only comparable opponent to any on that list for Ali. Sorry but I find difficulty in selecting Ali for a top 10 position let alone a number 1.

Muhammad does have a good record in world title fights and is a toplist fighter for this category by any measure!

**FinitoElDinamita** · 12-10-2013 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by C.J.Rock

Lennox The Lion Lewis was second only to The Greatest Muhammad Ali'
Lennox beat every man he ever faced in the pro ring & retired with nothing else left to prove

Lewis beats ali...

Lewis has much better resume than wlad..

**Max Power** · 12-10-2013 06:33 AM

Lewis beats ali...

Lewis has much better resume than wlad..

I too like Lewis's resume better than Wlad's and rank him 1st. It's not so much Lewis's opponents were so much better (as I'm attempting to do Wlad a service and outline on the other thread) but Wlad's was padded with some more lack lustre competition whereas Lewis is chock full of the very best. He seems to have purposely skipped weak opponents and bums, even dropping belts, to fight the very best that were available whilst Wlad has seemed content to cherry pick guys like Jean Marc Mormeck at times.

I think the 90's HW's were the absolute pinnacle overall as well and the Wlad era has been just a slight decline. I really do think had Wlad faced Lenny instead of Vitali at that time, Lennox would have wasted him as Sander's did.