Thread: Would LEWIS come out of retirment to box Bowe

Originally Posted by BoomBoom

I never cared for Lewis and still dont, but he was the best of the bunch and as a real heavyeight he couldnt move up or down in weight so there is nothing else for him to do inside the ring. I think he retired at the perfect time and showed other boxers that it is a good way to go out. He beat Vitali as fair as it gets and whether or not Vitali deserved a rematch was soley up to Lennox. He was the champion, not Vitali and as far as im concerned he didnt and still doesnt owe Vitali a rematch.

you mean when lewis promised a rematch due to all the talk about klitschko having his number with only 11 days prep for it? yea...

not fighting due to an injury and not fighting due to being scared is alot different. Maybe someone will discuss the difference to you, i just dont have the time.

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Originally Posted by Syntax Error

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

no he is retired - end of

its annoying looking back isn't it that this is one fight we never got to see - as a big fight fan this is probably in my top 3 in disappointments of fights we never got to see due to boxing politics.

Eubank Benn III is right up with it too

It wasn't politics that prevented this fight, it was Chicken Bowe.

They could have circumvented the politics & just fought if Bowe wanted to.

He did it with Holyfield the 3rd time round, presumably because he thought Holyfield was no threat.

I don't see Bowe being any more keen to make a fight with Lewis now than he was back then, it was an almost certain beatdown back then....and it still is now. Not that Lewis is coming out of retirement, he's a smart guy and doesn't need the money, and realises he doesn't need to do it for his legacy.

Dead right.