If it were the two most hated former heavyweight champions, who would win between Leno Lewis and Larry Holmes?
Lewis was 41-2-1 with 32 stoppages, stopped twice. Finished career 34-2 in five rounds. He stopped Rahman in their next fight. He puts his hand to his side and is stopped by Oliver McCall, 24-5. In their rematch, he stopped McCall, who was in a fit of nervous tears after the fight.
Born in Jamaica, moved to Canada to fight amateurs. He won the 1988 Olympic gold medal in Seoul, South Korea, defeating Riddick Bowe of the United States. Moved to UK for professional life.
He ended his professional career with a cut to Vitali Klitschko, 32-1, and retired from boxing. He was trailing after five rounds and didn't want to give Vitali the rematch he deserved.
Holmes went 48-0 and was defeated by light heavyweight champion and former Olympic gold medalist Michael Spines.
After losing to Spinks in the first, Racist remarked, “Marciano couldn't wear my jock strap!” I guess he forgot that it was Sphinx who beat him, not Marciano, who would knock his heart out of him!”
Holmes went his whole career holding his jab, and Marciano probably would have come under it with a right uppercut and broken his elbow in my opinion.
At 44-0, Holmes stopped Marvis Frazier 10-0 in the first round and later said “That's the whip your father gave me to fight with!”
Holmes finished with a 69-6 record. He lost a split decision to Denmark's Brian Nilsson 31-0. Nielsen was 49-0 when he lost to Dickie Ryan.
In Holmes' final fight, he came off the canvas in the final round, defeating 'King of the Four Rounders' Eric 'Butterbean' Esch, 66-2-3. He felt that if the four-rounder was scheduled in Esch's first 10, he would stop him, but he didn't.
So, who won between Lewis and Holmes?
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