Quote Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN
I still don't get this love affair people have for Lewis, he was an okay champion but an all time great? He got flattened by a couple of ordinary guys and got a gift against Holyfield in fight 2, yet he is regarded as a top ten all time HW champ.
I'm going to watch a few of his fights again, I must have missed something!
i agree exactly. he was GOOD but nowhere near great. he didn't just get beat by McCall and Rahman, he got stretched out. i would liked to have seen a trilogy with Rahman but of course, Lewis turned it down. i wonder why. he was losing against Vitali but got lucky because of the cuts. did he agree to a rematch that would have paid him over 30 million dollars? no, he ran into retirement. i guess that passes as an all time great nowadays...lol.