Quote Originally Posted by BigMix27
1 Tyson willingly fought rematches against Ruddock, and Holyfield. All of these fights were difficult for Tyson, and in all of them, Tyson stood a good chance of losing.

2. Lewis fought rematches against McCall and Rahman. But on considering McCall and Rahman in comparison with Lewis we see that McCall and Rahman were no where in the same league as Lewis, and Lewis should have beaten them promptly in the initial fight. But since he lost his first matches against them due to neglegience on his part, he willingly fought rematches, knowing that he would have beaten them if he took these rematches a little more serious.


But here is where the trouble comes in.

The only rematch that Lewis knew that he could possibly loose was against Vitaly.

The only heavyweight rematch that Lewis knew that the public demanded was a fight against Vitaly.

What did Lewis do with all these weighty factors.
1. A huge demand.
2. an unsatisfying outcome of the first fight.


Lewis knowing the above factors willingly retired.

I don't know how you guys want to spin it, but it was a total act of cowardice.

Now comparing that to Tyson and Holyfield. I have yet to see Tyson and Holyfield willingly retire instead of pariticipating in a fight that the public was demanding.
Lewis was almost 40 years old,being boxing since he was a kid,beat the best fighters around at the time,very very rich and he already beat Vitley once.


From Lewis point of view what was the point of a rematch.