If Lennox Lewis had rematched Vitali Klitschko.........

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[QUOTE=bigstinkybug;1202470]

I dont know what you want to happen.

Its obvious vitali had lennox hurt in the fight and lewis had to dig deep but lets be clear that was the hardest fight vitali ever had.

Is it not fair to think that vitali at 8 years younger than lewis and with all lewis achievements it was the right move to call it a day.

I think its unfair to count out a much better, fitter version of lewis in a rematch to a version of vitali that would have fought exactly the same AND his greatest ever fight was against lewis.

I can clearly see that vitali was giving lewis some serious trouble and he was looking gassed but how many times in this great divison have you seen one shot change everything!

Lewis has never lost a decision and has never been beaten so badly the fight had to be stopped.

A heavyweight punch stopped lewis on two occasions in which he came back and rectified the situation in the rematch.

Why take a rematch with a guy 8 years younger than you that you already beat?

If vitali won, lewis would have rematched in a heartbeat but lewis done enough to achieve the result he wanted and i believe by the 5th round he probably decided in his mind that this was his last fight anyway with all the punishment they were both taking.

*But Lennox didn't BEAT Vitali, the fight was stopped on cuts... and Lennox was losing on points.

Sorry big stinky, my mistake.

There i was thinking lewis punches had an effect on vitalis face.

In fact, any fight that has been stopped over the years it really doesnt count anymore.

[p4pking]

Nobody knows exactly what would have happened if the fight continued, what we do know is that Vitali had a hatchet wound on his face caused by a punch, which completely warranted stopping the fight. If Vitali took a few more good shots on that eye he may have never fought again, just look at those cuts ffs.

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Nobody knows exactly what would have happened if the fight continued, what we do know is that Vitali had a hatchet wound on his face caused by a punch, which completely warranted stopping the fight. If Vitali took a few more good shots on that eye he may have never fought again, just look at those cuts ffs.

Thats not good enough for some.

Vitali would have won if it wasnt for the lucky cuts...that seems to be there answer.

[Max Power]

No that is good enough. He couldn't finish the fight like that, his health was in jeopardy and the stoppage was warranted.

It's what would have happened were he not cut.

The problem comes about because the cuts were NOT caused by "clean punching". It happens, it's boxing and unless it's completely blatant it's not called foul. But it definitely lends to interpretation.

Viewing the event as a whole, that needed to be a rematch!