Best opposition of a title reign

theone
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Post by theone »

Well if Patterson makes your top ten, its four. Thats why I said arguably.
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Post by Syntax Error »

It's amazing how people can berate Lewis for his opposition.

He can only fight who is around at the time & he never ducked anybody, so how can he be criticised?

It's not his fault that Chicken Bowe avoided him or that Tyson didn't want to know, until he needed the money.
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I can't stand Lewis, but I have always gave him props for fighting the very best that was available to him and I don't recall him ever ducking anyone, but his resume most certainly does not compare to Ali!
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Post by dempseyfire »

The Boxing Enthusiast wrote:Lennox Lewis.

Razor Ruddock, Tony Tucker, Frank Bruno, Oliver McCall, Tommy Morrison, Ray Mercer, Henry Akinwande, Andrew Golota, Shannon Briggs, Zeljko Mavrovic, Evander Holyfield, Micheal Grant, Frans Botha, David Tua, Hasim Rahman, Mike Tyson, and Vitali Klitchko. There were some bums in there too, but I didn't feel like all that typing.

The only thing that would make somebody discredit this list is nostalgia. It's comparable to any other on this thread, and even outweighs a few.

IMO,
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HAHAHA, the very fact he included Akniwande, Briggs, Mavoric, Botha, and Rahman just makes you laugh . . . .and Rahman even KTFO LEwis
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