Thread: Your thoughts on Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko?

looked like something out of the 1890's fighting scene.

Originally Posted by sumkalambay

looked like something out of the 1890's fighting scene.

How the 1890's fight scene look like?

primitive crap.

It was a quality fight, just a shame it was decided by cuts. Neither man was backing down in that one.

Shite I love primates...sign me up.I think Vitali had Lewis if his face had not fallen apart.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Shite I love primates...sign me up.I think Vitali had Lewis if his face had not fallen apart.

I think so too. Lewis knew it was time to go after that scare. Not in as decent shape as he used to be and on the slide somewhat.

really good fight that got going right from the 2nd round onwards

It wasnt the same lewis that had beat tyson 6months before. Klitschko landed big on lennox a number of times

But all this crap about the cut saved lewis is b*llocks. Lewis was just beggining to find his feet and the round before it got stopped he was teeing off on klitschko for fun

Such a shame lennox retired and we never got to see how the fight really would of ended!!

My take on this fight has always been the same - Lewis did a job on him!! Agreed Vitali was 2 rounds ahead on the scorecards, but what does that really mean? It means at half way he was 'technically' slightly ahead, it doesn't say anything about what would've happend had the fight gone another 6 rounds. What we do know is that Lewis left horrendous damage on Vitali's face (all left by punches) damage so bad that the doctors had to stop the fight and Vitali needed plastic surgery and something like 50 sticthes to put his face back together. Nobody in all seriousness can say that Lewis didn't do what was required, you can't look at those 2 fighters at the end of the fight and think anything other than Lewis beat him. What is more impressive, being ahead on the techincal aspects of judges scorecards or hitting your opponent with such great punches that you leave him looking like a freak show?

Great job by a way past his best and arguably completely unprepared Lennox Lewis

Very hard to say, Vitali was leading on cards and was doing quite well, he had good pressure on Lewis but he got badly cut and it ended up here for legit reasons; Vitali was able still to continue fighting but the cut looked kinda serious to me. What would happened next? Would have Vitali won by decision? Would have he knocked out Lewis? Would Lewis have cut him even worst? It is an interesting question but we can only quite speculate about this one, personally I think that VItali is too talented and too iron chinned to have lost that one and I could imagine him banging Lewis down in the later rounds but this is only my opinion and I wouldn't argue with those disagreeing as we are left in the meta-speculation in a division where one punch can turn the tables on a whim.

Originally Posted by sumkalambay

primitive crap.

OK so you don't when heavyweights box and use the sweet science and then you don't like it when they go toe to toe.....you are a boxing fan correct

Klitschko-Lewis was a great fight, it was an even match and both fighters came out of the gates trying to end it as fast as possible...what's not to like about it

Shame about that cut though, and that there was no rematch, but then again we all know why that was

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

Originally Posted by sumkalambay

looked like something out of the 1890's fighting scene.

How the 1890's fight scene look like?

The Staples Center apparently

American fight media and some fans have built up this myth around this fight that it was in the bag for Klitchsko and he was on the verge of stopping Lewis(who the Americans have always disliked) whe the cutts stopped the fight.

In reality Lewis was the fighter that was coming on strong IMO and Vitali Klitchko has made a name for himself on a fight he lost on cutts but would have been stopped if it had gone on.


Great slug feast though!

Lewis was out of condition. Vitali was in very good condition. Imagine what would have happened if Lewis was in the shape that he fought Tyson. He would have beat Vitali to a pulp, but Vitali would not quit.

Originally Posted by Lyle

Originally Posted by sumkalambay

primitive crap.

OK so you don't when heavyweights box and use the sweet science and then you don't like it when they go toe to toe.....you are a boxing fan correct

Klitschko-Lewis was a great fight, it was an even match and both fighters came out of the gates trying to end it as fast as possible...what's not to like about it

Shame about that cut though, and that there was no rematch, but then again we all know why that was

nah i enjoy wars like morales-barrera I, vazquez-marquez trilogy etc.

lewis-klitschko is just sloppy as hell.

You have sumbukalambay name yet you avatar had McCallum who beat him why?