Lennox Lewis v Antony Joshua

[X]

Good idea Batman.

It's quite staggering how much stronger AJ's opposition is by comparison, he has a superb record for a heavyweight with so few fights.

I think it depends entirely on what age you are. I remember a lot of Lewis' opponents and they were handier fighters than AJ's. That doesn't make Joshua a worse fighter ...

[Fenster]

Good idea Batman.

It's quite staggering how much stronger AJ's opposition is by comparison, he has a superb record for a heavyweight with so few fights.

I think it depends entirely on what age you are. I remember a lot of Lewis' opponents and they were handier fighters than AJ's. That doesn't make Joshua a worse fighter ...

It also depends on what colour glasses you wear.

Anyone that remembers Quarless, Chanet, Williams, McCrory etc is having a laugh if they think they were better competition than guys like Sprott or Bakhtov let alone Takam or Whyte.

Biggs and Weaver over Breazeale and even bloody Martin? Or Kingpin? Really?

Get those rose-tinted goggles off.

[Master]

Lennox's era was a lot tougher and probably the hardest with the 1970's. It was important to get good grounding and experience because when they were ready to fight for the title they had at least gone the distance in their fights.

If AJ was fighting in that era he would have taken the same path Lennox did and conversely I am sure Lennox would have gone for the title a lot quicker as AJ did.