Lewis Without the Defeats
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Lewis Without the Defeats
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Sorry for the briefness of the article, been a bit tied up today & yesterday.
It's widely regarded that the two defeats on lennox's record came about due to sheer complacency rather being beaten by a better opponent, further highlighted by the fact both losses were avenged - ok McCall was in bizarre fashion but Rahman was as decisive as it gets. How much do those defeats hurt Lennox' legacy in the all tine standings - ie if he'd just done to McCall & Rahman first time what he did to them second time and went undefeated his whole career, how high would you rank him? For me he's a bottom end of the top ten hw's fighter, without the two soft defeats could a top 5 arguement be made?
I know you could make a "what if he didn't lose to so and so" arguement for any fighter, but I think it's especially pertinent to Lewis given it was sheer complacency that cost him, he avenged the defeats and beat every other top fighter of his era.
Opinions?
Sorry for the briefness of the article, been a bit tied up today & yesterday.
It's widely regarded that the two defeats on lennox's record came about due to sheer complacency rather being beaten by a better opponent, further highlighted by the fact both losses were avenged - ok McCall was in bizarre fashion but Rahman was as decisive as it gets. How much do those defeats hurt Lennox' legacy in the all tine standings - ie if he'd just done to McCall & Rahman first time what he did to them second time and went undefeated his whole career, how high would you rank him? For me he's a bottom end of the top ten hw's fighter, without the two soft defeats could a top 5 arguement be made?
I know you could make a "what if he didn't lose to so and so" arguement for any fighter, but I think it's especially pertinent to Lewis given it was sheer complacency that cost him, he avenged the defeats and beat every other top fighter of his era.
Opinions?
Sugar Boy Sweetie- Posts : 1869
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Re: Lewis Without the Defeats
Probably top 5 without the losses, whereas I have him around 11-12 with them.
They show he can be KO'd by single punches from mediocre punchers. Dempsey, Foreman, Tyson, Shavers, Liston and Louis - even Frazier look to have a good chance of chinning him based purely on those losses.
They show he can be KO'd by single punches from mediocre punchers. Dempsey, Foreman, Tyson, Shavers, Liston and Louis - even Frazier look to have a good chance of chinning him based purely on those losses.
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