Why Does Vitali Get More Credit for Losing to Lewis than Rahman Gets for Winning?

[DreamFighter]

Originally Posted by Simurgh

Drastically is the key word in my post.
Lennox never relied to much on his speed - he never was that fast to start with.

Lennox was no speedster, true, but he relied on fast inside handiwork often, and these deteriorate with reflex speed.

Look at his fight against Tua....[/QUOTE] Tua, a top 50 puncher of all time, weighed up against a good CW champ like Haye. Sure credit were credits due, but you get more credit for beating Tua than someone at least one division below you in wieght.


Peter is not a bad opponent for Vitali, and Arreola is not terrible (at least hes not a CW dwarf like most of the Klitscho opponents), but they arent good contenders of the ilk we saw Lennox up against in at least 3/4ths of his defences. Gomez really isnt good.

[poet682006]

The between Rahman and Klitschko is that the Klits have a demented fan-base that performs verbal fellatio on their hero on a daily basis (read some of the posts in this thread for evidence) while Rahman does not.

Poet