I place Lennox Lewis easily on my top five of greatest heavyweight champions. He might even be as high as #2 or #3.
First of all, he had beaten everyone he faced. This includes Tyson, Holyfield and anyone deemed to be the number one contender at the time of him being champion-i.e. Michael Grant, David Tua and Klitchco (yes-I know spelled it wrong).
Secondly, he had fighters purposely avoiding him. Tyson even paid him millions to not to fight him. Riddick Bowe gave up his WBC belt not to fight him. That is because they all feared him.
I know most people are going to talk about his two losses. The only reason why he lost those two fights was because he took his opponents lightly and was being careless. Once he took them seriously, he demolished Rahman and McCall in their second fights. After all, Mohammed Ali had to avenge his losses to be considered the best. Why isn't Lewis not be given that same benefit?
2006-06-23
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