Lennox Lewis was the greatest heavyweight of the last 40 years and its not even close

[Hiphoplives4eva]

I think if Lennox was an American fighter he would get more praise here in the states

If Lennox Lewis promoted himself like Maywether did, he would be one of the richest athletes ever. Marketing is so important

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

His punch on Rahman is top 3 delivered punches ever.

it was so perfect.

Holyfield has alot of great punches. Never seen a heavywieght throw 5-6 hit combos multiple times in a fight. Truly amazing handwork

 

[El Bombi]

Dude, he was one of the few that could dominate Tyson and Holyfield in their primes.

 

[Ziggiy]

He was robbed in that first Holyfield fight

Even HOLYFIELD knew it

 

[4-Rin]

Dude, he was one of the few that could dominate Tyson and Holyfield in their primes.

Tyson was past his prime by the time Lennox put the beats on him.

Since we're keeping 100, Vitali put the beats on Lennox and Lennox retired because he didn't want to see him in a rematch

I agree he's the most underrated heavyweight and deserves more credit

 

[Trot LaRoc]

I would feel ok saying Lewis is the best heavyweight of the 90s....that's not a reach in my eyes

 

[patscorpio]

Shout out to Shannon Briggs for not getting enough respect either

I like Briggs but he wasnt anything special..there are a good amount of reasons why

 

[patscorpio]

What are Lewis’ best victories? His era was pretty weak for heavyweights, yeah? Besides Tyson, who isn’t like top 10 boxers anyways

the 90s were a weak era of heavyweights?

 

[staticshock]

Dude, he was one of the few that could dominate Tyson and Holyfield in their primes.

Lewis didn’t face prime Tyson

 

[Renzo]

How do you have Tyson ahead of Klitschko?

How can you not? Tyson unified the heavyweight titles twice..only man to do it and last to in the ring .. cleaned out the top 10 within 3yrs of his pro debut.. beat 9 other world title holders..

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Tyson was past his prime by the time Lennox put the beats on him.

Since we're keeping 100, Vitali put the beats on Lennox and Lennox retired because he didn't want to see him in a rematch

I agree he's the most underrated heavyweight and deserves more credit

Lewis was 35, Tyson was 34. No exuses

 

[Black Lightning]

1. Brown Bomber
2. Ali
3. Larry Holmes
4. Jack Johnson
5. Lennox

 

[FS4LFE]

I know absolutely nothing about boxing.

with that being said, Tyson is the GOAT.

 

[4-Rin]

Lewis was 35, Tyson was 34. No exuses

No one here is making excuses. He simply wasn't in his prime...unless you have a different definition of prime

 

[mastermind]

This isn’t controversial. Only Larry Holmes is the other name that can be mentioned.