There is no way you can say L.Lewis is great. Ok, let’s break it down. Look at his biggest fights. Against an E.Holyfield (who was past his best) he couldn't even knock him down, never mind get him out of there in 24 rounds. Against M.Tyson (who was past his best) he took 8 rounds (M.Tyson didn't exactly frank the form by getting Koed in 4 rounds by D.Williams in his next fights), against F.Bruno he was getting outboxed before F.Bruno got caught. He was VERY lucky to get the decision against R.Mercer (who was past his best). The V.Klitschko fight was not a good way to bow out as champion and he could have got beat in that one. Sure, if his big right hand connected he looked impressive (R.Ruddock / A.Golota / M.Grant) but the biggest knocks against him were his knockout losses to H.Rahman and O.McCall.

These losses are his biggest knock; great fighters in there prime don't get beat by average fighters. Joe Frazier was only beaten twice in whole to career to M.Ali and G.Foreman. L.Holmes (In his prime)
was only beaten by M.Spinks and M.Tyson. M.Ali (In his prime) only lost to J.Frazier and K.Norton. S.Liston (In his prime) only lost to M.Ali. R.Marciano was unbeaten. Joe Louis (In his prime) was unbeatable. George Foreman (In his prime) only lost to Ali, yeah he got beaten by Jimmy Young but he said he feel out of love with boxing after his night in Africa with M.Ali and G.Foreman showed how great M.Ali must have been for him to win the world title (when he was past his best) when he was 45.

I would put L.Lewis on him the same level as the mid 80s heavyweights of T.Witherspoon, M.Dokes, T.Berbick, P.Thomas.