Anybody think a Prime Vitali, would've beaten a Prime Lewis?

[DaxxKahn]

One last appeal to reason, then I'll quit whippin' you horses. Sometimes you have to look past the surface to see the truth. Watch the fight again, the two minutes after the doc calls the fight. Vit is screaming, begging, pleading to keep fighting. He's full of fight. Eye or no eye.
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Yes, Vitali looks like he ran into an airplane prop. But Lewis looks like he knows he got lucky. He sure don't want to fight vitali any more.

Well I was there and Vitali was acting like a madman and not thinking straight...He has also been guilty of attacking opponents his brother lost to EG- He had to be restrained in the corner by at least 3 men when Wlad lost to Sanders....

C'Mon man you are starting to go from debating the subject to just obnoxious

[JonesJrMayweather]

One last appeal to reason, then I'll quit whippin' you horses. Sometimes you have to look past the surface to see the truth. Watch the fight again, the two minutes after the doc calls the fight. Vit is screaming, begging, pleading to keep fighting. He's full of fight. Eye or no eye.
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Yes, Vitali looks like he ran into an airplane prop. But Lewis looks like he knows he got lucky. He sure don't want to fight vitali any more.

Well I was there and Vitali was acting like a madman and not thinking straight...He has also been guilty of attacking opponents his brother lost to EG- He had to be restrained in the corner by at least 3 men when Wlad lost to Sanders....

C'Mon man you are starting to go from debating the subject to just obnoxious

He's still right, however. Lewis was very lucky, and he was behaving like a nutjob during the interview with merchant. He was very defensive and acting like everyone in the arena was completely insane for booing the results.

Vitaly wanted to keep fighting and it was clear of that. Lewis took a giant sigh of relief then retired instead of giving vitaly a proper rematch, but I don't blame him for being smart and sensing that shark Vitaly smelled blood coming out of his old ass.

[DaxxKahn]

One last appeal to reason, then I'll quit whippin' you horses. Sometimes you have to look past the surface to see the truth. Watch the fight again, the two minutes after the doc calls the fight. Vit is screaming, begging, pleading to keep fighting. He's full of fight. Eye or no eye.
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Yes, Vitali looks like he ran into an airplane prop. But Lewis looks like he knows he got lucky. He sure don't want to fight vitali any more.

Well I was there and Vitali was acting like a madman and not thinking straight...He has also been guilty of attacking opponents his brother lost to EG- He had to be restrained in the corner by at least 3 men when Wlad lost to Sanders....

C'Mon man you are starting to go from debating the subject to just obnoxious

He's still right, however. Lewis was very lucky, and he was behaving like a nutjob during the interview with merchant. He was very defensive and acting like everyone in the arena was completely insane for booing the results.

Vitaly wanted to keep fighting and it was clear of that. Lewis took a giant sigh of relief then retired instead of giving vitaly a proper rematch, but I don't blame him for being smart and sensing that shark Vitaly smelled blood coming out of his old ass.

I would not say he was right...People bood because Lennox wanted to act as though it was an easy night...But then again name a fighter who hasn't tried to make a shit performance seem as though they were in control all along...

Lennox as said by many not just me...Underestimated Vitaly...IMO he judged Vitali's heart based on the Byrd stoppage when he dislocated his shoulder...UP until the Lennox fight just about everyone thought almost nothing of Vitali other then the "Other" brother...

Lennox trained for a fight with Johnson who was a walk over in all honesty by that point....He got Vitali who came to win....Neither man had ever faced another HW who fought the others style...

For Lewis...Vitaly a fighter willing to get rough and tough and did not back up...

For Vitaly...Lewis a fighter who was skilled and strong...Who knew how to exploit a weakness and had the power to overcome Vitali's size advantange...

Vitali would always be a style problem for Lewis but Vitali is also not versatile he is not hard to figure out most of the time....While it is easier said then done to beat him...His size and strength have been preventing fighters from succeeding much against him...

Lewis was also NOT IN HIS PRIME as some people here have continued to post and if they really knew either about him or just boxing at that time period they would know he was already winding down and the Tyson fight was his last hurahh...

And for those who know it all and swear Lewis would not even think about the rematch....Vitaly and Lewis actually met at a hotel without promoters media etc and discussed a rematch...Lewis was really for it but was talked out of it by what many believe his Mother of all people who convinced him coming back for one more fight just for the sake of ego would not only be bad for his legacy but there would be no need to go for a fight this tough if his heart was not really into boxing anymore...

[ICB]

I wish RJJ would of had Lennox Lewis's attitude.

[HattonTheHammer]

stupid question...would expect us much from fat H

A prime lewis would make vitali wear a mini skirt and refer to him as "daddy"

[Hunter]

The way Lewis was FLATTENED by Rahman and McCall you cant gaurauntee a win against any legitimate heavy......

[Taeth]

I don't think its fair to say Lennox was in really bad shape or else Vitali would have absolutely knocked him out with those punches, He is a big puncher, especially back then when he was younger, and he landed some big punches on Lennox.

THere is no denying how much he dominated Lennox early, those weren't competitive rounds except the fact that Lennox was standing up well to his power, besides that Vitali was badly outlanding Lennox. Then Lennox started coming back, he landed some huge punches, I think there it became more competitive, but Vitali was dealing his power just as well. If there wasn't the cut I honestly believe Vitali would have a lost a couple more rounds then with his superior stamina would have either stopped or Lennox are given him a good beating to a UD.

At his best I think Lennox wins a competitive fight against Vitali, The only other guys who fought Lennox with size were completely incompetent at the elite level, but his style like Wladimir was based on being bigger and dominating off the jab. He was more versatile and a better athlete than Wlad, but Vitali took away his biggest assets.

[BIG H]

stupid question...would expect us much from fat H

[Snakey]

I honestly think Vitali was a better boxer after the lewis fight and would argue thats when his prime starts. And i think if anyone thinks that a prime Lewis would destroy a Prime Vitali then they really need to let Lennox have his balls back. Im not saying Vitali would win but i think it would be competetive.