Quote Originally Posted by porkypara


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.
If you think the above offers any scintilla of credibility for Lewis ducking out of a highly demanded rematch against Vitaly, you are extremely wrong.

Do you remember when Lewis decided to give up the IBF belt rather than fight Byrd. Remember his excuse, "Its not a fight the Public wants?" (But we all know that he was scared that Byrd outslick him and win him on points). Now this same two faced Lewis when face with a fight the public wants, in which this fight is against someone who could legitimately beat him; Lewis then said, he has nothing left to accomplish as a heavy weight?

Nothing left to accomplish as a heavyweight?

Can you imagine is Joe Frazier had retired after beating Mohammed Ali?
Can you imagine if Ward had retired after beating Gatti?
Can you imagine if Bowe had retired after beating Holyfield?

Yes, Lewis had nothing left to accomplish as a heavyweight EXCEPT, remove lingering doubts as to whether he was really better than Vitaly. And Lewis did not remove these lingering doubts, hence only suspicion of cowardice remains in place.