By Mark Vester
Emanuel Steward, longtime trainer and close friend of Lennox Lewis, hopes the former undisputed champion would come out of retirement to handle some unfinished business with current WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. In one of the most talked about heavyweight fights in the last ten-years, Lewis fought Klitschko in a six-round war back in 2003. Klitschko was a late replacement for an injured Kirk Johnson.
There has always been a question mark hanging over the fight. Klitschko was ahead on points when the fight was stopped due to several bad cuts that he suffered during the brawl. Lewis was awarded the win by TKO. Most wondered how the fight would have played out if the doctors would have allowed it to continue for a few more rounds. A rematch never happened, Lewis retired not long after the fight.
Steward says the two fighters need to finish the second half of the fight.
"Vitali knows more than me, but I'd love to see them finish those last six rounds. There's unfinished business that needs to be put to rest. It's like watching a movie and then the camera stops. You want to see the end so badly. It's so unfortunate, it was real dramatic. Lennox does seem very happy in his retirement but you can never tell. The final chapter needs to be written," said Steward to The Telegraph .
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