Lennox Lewis was going to retire after Tyson - Page 11

P4P_No1

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Originally Posted by Someone88

I'm not arguing that Vitali has the better wins. Out of that list you put only Holyfield is comparable to Vitali. I've seen sensible boxing fans think Vitali is at the same level of Lewis.

When I talk about levels, it means a fighter can have a competitive match with the other fighter.

Based on what though?

You're not answering that lol.

What are you basing Holyfield being on the only one that list as being comparable to Vitali?

What are you basing it on that a prime Vitali is at the same level as a prime Lewis?

Someone88

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Originally Posted by Own3d

Why exclude Vitali? A past prime Lewis beat a prime Vitali, it's pretty obvious that a prime Lewis would have beat him.

I excluded Vitali because we're talking about what wins Lewis had other than Vitali that were comparable.

It's not obvious, his win over Vitali was far from domination.

Someone88

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Originally Posted by P4P_No1

Based on what though?

You're not answering that lol.

What are you basing Holyfield being on the only one that list as being comparable to Vitali?

What are you basing it on that a prime Vitali is at the same level as a prime Lewis?

Based on how he did against Lewis and also how he dominated his other opponents.

Lewis as proud as he is would probably give more credit to Vitali than a lot of you guys.

P4P_No1

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Originally Posted by Someone88

Based on how he did against Lewis and also how he dominated his other opponents.

Lewis as proud as he is would probably give more credit to Vitali than a lot of you guys.

So based on how he did against a faded, unfit and unfocussed Lewis? There's no logic in that.

Then you say based on dominating his other opponents who nowhere near the class of Lewis yet when I brought up opponents who I felt were better than anything on Vitali's resume and would have given him tougher fights than they did Lewis, they are knocked back. LOL.

Am I the only one who finds it hypocritial here?

Lewis has already made his feelings clear on the Vitali bout which I already pasted here.

Someone88

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Originally Posted by P4P_No1

So based on how he did against a faded, unfit and unfocussed Lewis? There's no logic in that.

Then you say based on dominating his other opponents who nowhere near the class of Lewis yet when I brought up opponents who I felt were better than anything on Vitali's resume and would have given him tougher fights than they did Lewis, they are knocked back. LOL.

Am I the only one who finds it hypocritial here?

Lewis has already made his feelings clear on the Vitali bout which I already pasted here.

Nah you're twisting my argument, if I had said Vitali was clearly better than Lewis then your point would make more sense. All I'm saying is Vitali had a competitive match with Lewis and he dominated his other opponents.

It goes both ways, Lewis and Vitali dominated many fighters and based off of those wins I think they are about the same level.

I've seen more quotes from Lewis and he gives a lot more credit to Vitali than many people here do.

Own3d

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Originally Posted by Someone88

Nah you're twisting my argument, if I had said Vitali was clearly better than Lewis then your point would make more sense. All I'm saying is Vitali had a competitive match with Lewis and he dominated his other opponents.

It goes both ways, Lewis and Vitali dominated many fighters and based off of those wins I think they are about the same level.

I've seen more quotes from Lewis and he gives a lot more credit to Vitali than many people here do.

So a Vitali that lost to a past prime Lewis is on the same level as prime Lewis. Makes perfect sense that.....................

P4P_No1

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Originally Posted by Someone88

Nah you're twisting my argument, if I had said Vitali was clearly better than Lewis then your point would make more sense. All I'm saying is Vitali had a competitive match with Lewis and he dominated his other opponents.

It goes both ways, Lewis and Vitali dominated many fighters and based off of those wins I think they are about the same level.

I've seen more quotes from Lewis and he gives a lot more credit to Vitali than many people here do.

I'm not twisting your argument mate.

You said you believe because of how Vitali "dominated" his opponents (like Sanders, Williams, Arreloa, etc) and because of how he performed against a faded, unfit and unfocussed Lewis; he would have been competitive against a prime Lewis.

The level of Lewis opponents compared to Vitali's was much higher too. Beating people like McCall, Rahman, Golota, Tyson, Bruno & Holyfield ****s on anything that Vitali has done.

That just doesn't make sense.

Someone88

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Originally Posted by P4P_No1

I'm not twisting your argument mate.

You said you believe because of how Vitali "dominated" his opponents (like Sanders, Williams, Arreloa, etc) and because of how he performed against a faded, unfit and unfocussed Lewis; he would have been competitive against a prime Lewis.

The level of Lewis opponents compared to Vitali's was much higher too. Beating people like McCall, Rahman, Golota, Tyson, Bruno & Holyfield ****s on anything that Vitali has done.

That just doesn't make sense.

Lewis has the better wins, I wasn't arguing against that. Ok so what do you think would have happened if they fought in their primes?

P4P_No1

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Originally Posted by Someone88

Lewis has the better wins, I wasn't arguing against that. Ok so what do you think would have happened if they fought in their primes?

That Lewis would win. I've already stated that.

Yes but you're arguing that based off Vitali's wins and Lewis' wins that they would be in a competitive fight?

That makes no sense since the level of fighters isn't comparable.

Someone88

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Originally Posted by P4P_No1

That Lewis would win. I've already stated that.

Yes but you're arguing that based off Vitali's wins and Lewis' wins that they would be in a competitive fight?

That makes no sense since the level of fighters isn't comparable.

I know you think Lewis would win, but how and in what round? I explained why I think it would have been competitive also I get why you don't agree with me, you think Vitali hasn't shown enough. It's your opinion, Vitali did what he could but a lot of his opponents were levels below him.