If the doc hadn't stopped Klitschko Vs Lewis - who would've won?

[Markusdarkus]

Vitali was all over the place after the uppercut in the 6th.

Lewis would have won as fat and out of prime he was.

[Wayne]

Lennox Lewis. And let me qualify that. I think Lewis' "coming on" was just him fighting with more urgency to open up that cut and get the fight stopped because he was in poor physical condition. As much as people have said Klitschko was handling Lewis' punches, Lewis was handling Klitschko's as well. If the fight had continued that cut would have gotten to the point where his corner would have stopped it. It's easy to forget how disgusting it was.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Lewis only started to turn it around after vitali was blind for three rounds.

[El Kabong]

I will state this clearly for all


THE FIGHT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY

Cut or no cut....it happened so let's all stop thinking about the what if's and focus on what actually happened

[killersheep]

Here's my take, Vitali was rightfully ahead on the scorecards, but he got hurt in the 6th from the uppercut, no denying that. If it wasn't stopped in the 6th, it would have been stopped in the 7th on cuts. It was a great fight, I like to rewatch it every once in a while. The scenario I play out in my head is IF Vitali had not got the cut, he still would have been hurt in the 6th. This leads me to believe that Lewis would have taken the few succeeding rounds, I also believe it is more likely that Lewis would have been the victor in the later rounds, but there is no way to say Vitali wouldn't have gotten a second wind and came back against a tired Lewis. We may never know. But it was the last important fight at HW IMO, and it waas definately a good one while it lasted.

[No Contest]

I can't stand these speculative threads....it's sooooooo obvious Vitali would have knocked Lennox out in the next round. That stoppage was ridiculous man, he's got two eyes, he can spare one..... All he would have to do is turn his head a bit so he could use the one good eye. Lewis was out of gas right as they stopped it, you could see he was on his way out.

[the_PRODIGY]

minus the cut vitali could have ktfo of his black british ass like hasim rahman did

[CFH]

minus the cut vitali could have ktfo of his black british ass like hasim rahman did

I can tell you'll be here for a long time...

[Kel]

minus the cut vitali could have ktfo of his black british ass like hasim rahman did

That could be taken as offensive mate, but I agree Vitali could have won.

[VictorCharlie]

well I'll bite...IF the cut didn't happen IMHO Vitali was big enough, strong enough and had a good enough chin to force Lennox into a slugfest. Make him fight at a pace and a style that he wasnt' comfortable with and ultimately due to a better chin and equal power knock him out.

[rjj tszyu]

All I'll say on this matter is Klitschko showed how good a punch resistence he had that night. I mean if that was Wlad that took a punch to cause such a gash (and yes it was a punch) he would have still been looking at the ceiling now.

All that matters now though is that Lennox won the fight!

[Bomp]

well I'll bite...IF the cut didn't happen IMHO Vitali was big enough, strong enough and had a good enough chin to force Lennox into a slugfest. Make him fight at a pace and a style that he wasnt' comfortable with and ultimately due to a better chin and equal power knock him out.

That goes both ways, Lennox is the only opponent Vit has faced that could land regularly and with power on him. It was Vit who would have been going into unknown territory in the later rounds against an opponent almost as tall who could land at will. LL's only losses came by single punch KO's, all the fights which were close and went into the later rounds he had the grit to pull it out of the bag.

[DAWGSWIN]

Lewis was the fighter that was strongest at the end.He was landing the better harder shots.


The fight getting stopped like it did created the biggest boxing myth in recent times that Klitschko would have won the fight.


However he acted like a right knob head after the fight.

I think the biggest myth that came out of that fight was that Lewis was about to KO Vitali in the next round or two. The truth is, it is impossible to know what would have happened between two big guys throwing big punches.

Gun to my head, I would pick Vitali. Lewis' uppercuts were hard but infrequent and Vitali was taking them (though I know he was feeling them.) I remember thinking that Lewis' second wind was blowing away and that he was going to have a tough second half.

[El Kabong]

That is exactly what I thought DAWGSWIN! Lewis had his second wind, he pushed really hard for the KO and nothing came of it....sure the doctor stopped the fight but minus the cut Lennox was going to do A LOT of holding and pushing off from the 7th round on and the fight was there to be had.


rjjtszyu, Lennox threw a punch that caused the cut but it wasn't a punch that landed that caused the cut it was Vitali leaning back and the thumb of the glove hitting Vitali awkwardly.

[Master]

Lennox may have lost the fights on points, they would have slowed down, but Lennox would have won the rematch.