Your thoughts on Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko?

[YIDDLE]

[quote=Lyle;800549]OK, one by one here I go....





cpss, that's ridiculous Lewis was due for a round off, he was absolutely gased. By the way the fight was stopped due to a cut, nothing else, Lennox wasn't whipping anyone's ass it was an even fight and I know the same trite reply will come back "look at Vitali's face blah blah blah" yeah as I repeat for the millionth time those kind of cuts don't happen that often ergo Vitali deserved a rematch for if nothing else to see what would happen if he didn't get cut.



ok Lyle i dont understand your post you state "by the way the fight was stopped due to a cut nothing else" where in my small post i did not refer to how the fight actually ended just that i thought the tide had turned and lewis would of stopped vitali in the next 3 rounds so you post is total bollocks. thank you very much

[Mark TKO]

not had time to read all responses to yet but here's my take.

Vitali was ahead , and early on around round 3 I really thought he may stop Lewis, but Lewis imo was getting on top in round 6 - and Vitali's eye was ripped to shreds by Lewis' punches. If he'd have continued the damage may have been irreversible.

How Vitali took that massive uppercut (can't remember which round) I will never know - which makes me wonder why David Haye wants him over Wlad...

Lewis won TKO end of story

[Mattyhitman]

not had time to read all responses to yet but here's my take.

Vitali was ahead , and early on around round 3 I really thought he may stop Lewis, but Lewis imo was getting on top in round 6 - and Vitali's eye was ripped to shreds by Lewis' punches. If he'd have continued the damage may have been irreversible.

How Vitali took that massive uppercut (can't remember which round) I will never know - which makes me wonder why David Haye wants him over Wlad...

Lewis won TKO end of story

And thats the bottom line cos Stone Cold said so !


Agree completely Mark

[Gandalf]

I hate old threads because I can never remember what I posted when they started. My viewpoints often change in the meanwhile. Maybe they did in this, maybe not. I don't recall.

Anyway, it was a very decent scrap and nobody really lost. Lewis not giving the rematch was quite telling though.

[C.J.Rock]

Now lets put Lewis-Klitschko into perspective....

Lennox was preparing for a warm up go through the motions type fight with Kirk Johnson. He barely trained. Vitali was on the underscard eager to impress & in great shape. Johnson pulled out 2 weeks before the fight. Rather than see the card scrapped Lennox did something no champion has ever done before. Lennox took on his #1 contender, risking his title at only 2 weeks notice & barely 80% in shape.
Lennox was lethargic to say the least and give him his due Vitali was giving it his all & was slightly ahead, but the tide was turning & Lennox almost beheaded Vitali with a vicious uppercut that left Vitali barely hanging on.
The fight was rightly stopped because of the horrific damage to Vitali's face but the fight would not have gone two more rounds without the cuts.Lennox was ready to bring down the curtain.
A barely 80% Lewis stopped Vitali a 100% Lewis would have destroyed him. Lennox is now happily retired , a rich man with a beautiful wife & family secure in the knowledge he beat every man brave enough to get in the pro ring with him.
Have a long & happy life Champ Thanks for Everything

[El Kabong]

...and Vitali had been preparing to fight Cedric Boswell so your point is erroneous. Lewis was the champ it's HIS JOB to come to fight in shape no matter how good or bad his opponent is....that's a piss poor excuse

[BIG H]

...and Vitali had been preparing to fight Cedric Boswell so your point is erroneous. Lewis was the champ it's HIS JOB to come to fight in shape no matter how good or bad his opponent is....that's a piss poor excuse

He doesn't need an excuse, he stopped him in 6 rounds and won the fight

[Mark TKO]

just realised I contributed to an old thread....

[WelshDevilRob]

...and Vitali had been preparing to fight Cedric Boswell so your point is erroneous. Lewis was the champ it's HIS JOB to come to fight in shape no matter how good or bad his opponent is....that's a piss poor excuse

He doesn't need an excuse, he stopped him in 6 rounds and won the fight

Very true. It's Vitali who needs the excuses. VK was in his prime and lost to a 38 year old, faded champ who weighed the heaviest in his career. (Due to taking training lightly and trying to run the promotional side of the event)

Vitali gave his best but was saved from further punishment - punishment that was dished out by an old Lennox fists.

Lennox in his prime would have absolutely murdered VK.

[El Kabong]

Even a Prime Lewis got hit and hit hard....Shannon Briggs should have scored a knockdown over him as the ropes held him up. I think Vitali would have NEVER been an easy fight for Lennox Lewis.....6 rounds or not it wasn't a walk in the park for Lewis and by no means was Lewis the "clear winner". Winning just because of a freak cut on Vitali's eyelid stopped the fight doesn't really mean Lewis dominated or had an easy go, sometimes you have to be a little lucky and he was a little lucky.


And Yes before anyone even mentions it #1 I know there were other cuts that Lewis caused #2 None of the other cuts were going to stop the fight in the next 2 rounds #3 Yes I know Lewis targeted the eye, it's what a good fighter is supposed to do and Vitali was still fighting back hard because when you have a cut you still have to win rounds and that's what he was doing.

[WelshDevilRob]

Even a Prime Lewis got hit and hit hard....Shannon Briggs should have scored a knockdown over him as the ropes held him up. I think Vitali would have NEVER been an easy fight for Lennox Lewis.....6 rounds or not it wasn't a walk in the park for Lewis and by no means was Lewis the "clear winner". Winning just because of a freak cut on Vitali's eyelid stopped the fight doesn't really mean Lewis dominated or had an easy go, sometimes you have to be a little lucky and he was a little lucky.


And Yes before anyone even mentions it #1 I know there were other cuts that Lewis caused #2 None of the other cuts were going to stop the fight in the next 2 rounds #3 Yes I know Lewis targeted the eye, it's what a good fighter is supposed to do and Vitali was still fighting back hard because when you have a cut you still have to win rounds and that's what he was doing.

Nobody said it was going to be easy. But the facts are that Lewis was an old man with one foot already in retirement and out of shape and even the worst version of Lewis gave Vitali all the trouble he could handle.

Vitali landed flush numerous times on the oldman and couldn't floor him like you say even Briggs stumbled Lennox and he was fighting a man in his prime so it all makes this 90+ Ko percentage abit laughable - if your beating crap you will score plenty of Ko's and the Klitschkos have been fighting crap HW's for the most part.

Anyway Lennox WTKO 6th over Vitali - It's written in history - some people need to deal with it.

[El Kabong]

Yes TKO 6 fight stopped by 1 cut that was an outright fluke....some people need to deal with that too. Deal with the FACT Lennox Lewis' ass got saved by a freak cut....yes Lennox worked on it and opened up other cuts but the main cut was a freak accident and I've yet to see anything else like it. And Lennox Lewis landed flush on Vitali several times and couldn't floor him.

[OumaFan]

I read the first page and skipped to the 6th but I do agree that it was a horribly sloppy fight. Granted there was a real tense feeling to the fight which helped. Vitali hit Lennox with about the best right hand he's ever thrown in the second round and Lennox hung around and Lennox did bust him up. No way to know for sure what would have happened, they were both gassed, Lennox did seem to be coming on.

[WelshDevilRob]

Yes TKO 6 fight stopped by 1 cut that was an outright fluke....some people need to deal with that too. Deal with the FACT Lennox Lewis' ass got saved by a freak cut....yes Lennox worked on it and opened up other cuts but the main cut was a freak accident and I've yet to see anything else like it. And Lennox Lewis landed flush on Vitali several times and couldn't floor him.

Get a life and stop sucking Klitschko cock.

Your topics are not fanboy but Gayboy.

Klitschko's would get slaughtered by Tyson and Foreman. I give both brothers 1 out of 10 chance of getting out of the 1st round.
Wladimir would be too scared to sign the contract for one fight never mind 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2QRVyr9nq8

Vitali has the worst defense in Heavyweight Champions History - he'd be an open target for Mike or George. Vitali is hardly elusive lol.

The boys just ain't good enough. Vitali is a steroid cheat anyway, like he admitted in his book -his words not mine.(And he still lost to Chris Byrd while avoiding Tua, Ike etc and shitting out of a fight with Michael Grant)

You think they could win - are you having a laugh?

Lennox won and he was old - his punches caused the win - get it into your thick Alabama brain and deal with it.

[GAME]

I read the first page and skipped to the 6th but I do agree that it was a horribly sloppy fight. Granted there was a real tense feeling to the fight which helped. Vitali hit Lennox with about the best right hand he's ever thrown in the second round and Lennox hung around and Lennox did bust him up. No way to know for sure what would have happened, they were both gassed, Lennox did seem to be coming on.

Exactly if Vitali had given it his best and failed after a few rounds, what chance would he have if they allowed him to go on with a bad cut and with Lennox coming on strong. It was a bad stoppage cuz I was looking forward to seeing Vitali laid out in the 7th. Never got chance to see it cuz Vitali couldnt last that long.