Props to Lewis

Although I HATE Lewis, as I'm sure most of you know here. I always hated Lewis and Hamed.

I hate the way Lewis looks, talks, and fights. I just hate him. Most of all I hate the way he is a solid 6'5 heavyweight, that would frequently fight like a fucking bitch against significantly smaller men.

However, I shall concede he was indeed a great heavyweight. "Definitely" a top 10 all time heavy. On a good day, Lewis was a hard man to beat.

In retrospect I was completely right about Hamed, he was the most overrated British fighter ever, but Lewis was for real.

Him being retired for a few years, and only the occasional annoyance of him "commentating" has changed my retrospective of Lewis.

Part of me changing my mind is actually the state of the HW division now. Wlad seems to be head and shoulders above the rest, but who wouldn't pick Lewis to blast Wlad into bolivian apart from maybe LOK?

 

Awesome

 

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i hated lewis all along but found myself cheering for him against klitschko! At the end of the day, Lewis achieved A LOT and it speaks for itself.

 

He is deliberately underrated, I thought 4 white belt-holders would force Americans to appreciate him more, and to a degree it inevitably has, but they just can't stand the fact that he would defeat, and in most cases, KO, every American heavyweight whoever lived, and in turn, defeat every American boxer who has ever turned professional in the history of the sport:cheer: .

 

Lewis´ legacy grows with every shitty heavyweight. If the downward spiral continues Ruiz and Valuev will be talked about as legends in 25 years. ::

 

dsimon writes:

You think he is still underrated? I think Lewis has gained the credability he deserves now a days. And yes he deserves it. always liked him, way before it was popular to like him. I won a lot of cash on him also.

 

Good post, especially about that bat-eared midget...what an overrated bum.

:bears:

 

the ironic thing is lewis was one of the bravesta nd most cofident champions ever. he ducked nobody. not a one.

 

even I would pick him over Wlad but Wlad is getting better and better..

that said..

if they fought tomorrow.. Value would stop the Lemmon

 

I'm still not a Lewis fan. Some people give figthers props over the years after they retire. Not me I'm still not a fan.

Lewis to me ruled a weak era and was never impressive. My biggest problem is that he had the tools the dominate and be impressive but most of the time he was too cautios.

Doesn't mean he wasn't a good heavyweight. But he gets credit for dominating a weak era like it's the same shit as ruling a talented era. It's not and Lewis is not as great. :dunno:

 

Well,you had fighters like Bowe,Holyfield,Tyson who was supposed to be THAT GUY at Heavyweight and in the end it turned out to be Lewis who was the last fighter the majoriy wanted to be THAT GUY of THAT ERA at Heavyweight.Till this day it still leaves a bitter taste on most internet boxing posters mouths that Lewis was better than all 3 of them.::

 

:bears: :bears: :bears:

Excellent Post Cracker!:bears: :bears:

 

What's amazing is just how hard Lewis could hit with that right hand. It might be the most powerful punch ever in the heavyweight division.

There was no fighter he couldn't tame with it in the very least, if not knock out.

For example, he destroyed Golota who'd just spent 20 rounds withstanding the best shots Bowe could deliver.

And then he turned Tua into a virtual vagina with the first right hand he landed.

 

Exhibit A: Željko Mavrović
opcorn:

 

:bears:

aka "mowhawk BUM"

 

A piffling 215lb Mohawk bum at that.

Foreman would have gotten this cunt out in less than 60 seconds.

 

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not a lewis fan by any stretch of the imagination, I'm still a hater - I'm just saying he is better than I gave him credit for ::

 

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no doubt

and I don't know if it was just before or just after the fight Mohawk was down to 98lbs and almost died! he had some crazy virus or somthing and should not have been boxing

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/09/27/archive/main18468.shtml

 

Holyfield, however, now faces a WBA mandatory defense against Henry Akinwande.

The great "Hepatitis" card that wasn't.::

 

yeah that guy proved to be tough. and Mercer too. boith of them took Lewis' best shots. Vitali did too I guess. but not without consequence.

 

Fuck Yes, what a throw brother, keep them in about that area if you like :bears: .

 

It's a good point and I think it goes for a lot of the media, as well.

Lewis basically finished his career with "scoreboard" over all three, and while you have to go back to the ams in regard to Bowe, it should always be pointed out that the fight was supposed to happen...Bowe had his chances to fight Lewis in the pros and it wasn't Lewis who kept that fight from happening.

 

I don't know WHO in the hell you guys are talking about that think Lemmon has a better score board than Bowe,Holy, Tyson

all three of them are above him

 

Actually, Bowe threw his belt in a bin, just so that he could fight Holy and NOT fight his mandatory against Lennox. Not to mention, as you rightly point out, that Lennox KHTFO in the 1988 games.

Holyfield lost pretty convincingly to Lennox twice.

Tyson paid Lennox a few million to 'side-step' him to unify with Holy in the mid 1990's when he was supposed to be still 'the Baddest man on the planet'. Then, after Holy beat him and Lennox beat Holy, Lennox PLAYED with Mike's tiny, overrated ass for 8 rounds before KHTFO as well.

Yet people still rate any or all of that lot above Lennox. As Double points out, Lennox ducked NO-ONE. In fact, with the honourable exception of Evander, the tough little bastard that he is, the other's all ducked Lennox.

These are FACTS. Indisputable FACTS.

 

But Lennox beat all three of these guys. In fact, he's about 4-0 against them.

So how can he be below them? :dunno:

Actually, don't bother with that. You think that a prime HERBIE HIDE is a match for Lennox Lewis. :laughing: And prime JIMMY THUNDER. :laughing:

Awww, bollocks to it. Here's that list again in full:

http://www.fightbeat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24070&page=6

:laughing:

 

Wrong. Lewis beat Holyfield convincingly the first time. The second fight was arguably a Holy win. Lewis fought like a bitch in the rematch.

 

Lewis definitely won the first more convincingly, and I would definitely agree that he wasn't as convincing or aggressive in the second fight BUT he still won it. Closer but clear. :nono:

Not even Holy thought he won the fight. Watch him at the end of it...

And in any event, this is unquestionably the ONLY debatable part of my original post. It's the only part you 'Lennox hater's' could latch onto... ::