Quote Originally Posted by shooter
Lewis deserves to be rated above Holyfeild IMO. Holy was maybe the greates cruiser ever but was also quite inconsistent in his so-called prime at heavy.

The Klit fans should check themselves for a minute. Maybe Vlad can put a record that compares with Lewis' together ove the next 8 years or so. Maybe Vitali could have. Fact is up til now they haven't

Vitali was stopped legit by a cut caused by a punch. He won early rounds but was flat out beaten up in the 5th and especially the 6th. That an old, fading Lewis could do that to a genuinely good fighter like Klit is a credit to him.
I love the way that Lewis fans always say Lennox was on top of his game during the Tyson fight..........and then only one year later against Vitali he was a fading fighter

Fact is, Lewis lost the majority of the rounds in that fight and in the fifth and sixth Lewis looked even more exhausted. he hit Vitali with his best shot and Vitali kept coming forward and kept tagging Lewis.

Lewis was outboxed from round 1 til the sixth. There was no magical "comeback round for Lewis" he was on his way out and Foreman and everyone else in the arena who booed Lewis knew it!