What would have happened in a Lewis-Klitschko rematch?

If this has already been done I havent seen it. Its been a long time since they fought, but when Lewis retired it opened the door for dominance of the heavyweight division by Vitaly and Wlad. The way I remember it is that Vitaly was losing on points but beating Lewis' ass at the same time. It looked like if the fight had continued instead of being stopped for a cut that required eighty stitches Lewis was going to get knocked out. Having said that, Lewis had a history of taking challengers lightly, getting knocked out, and returning the favor in the respective rematches, ask Oliver Mcall and Haseem Rachman. As I stated, I believe that despite being ahead on points at the time of the stoppage, Lewis was on his way to losing against Vitaly, but I believe had there been a rematch he would have prepared much better and not taken Vitaly lightly. Dont know if he could have knocked Vitaly out, he seems to have an iron jaw, but it was a fight I wanted to see. What are thougts on how a rematch would have played out!

Comments (10)

GRANDSLAM

I'm a Lewis fan but Vitali probably would've won a rematch as Lewis was getting old, saying that Lewis with a proper training camp could easily have cut Vitali up again and won. I don't think you can dispute the stoppage in the first fight. If Lewis would've been 2 or 3 years younger then Lewis would've beaten Vitali at any time in Vitalis career. If that made any sense. lol

15y ago

ADP02

Lennox would have prepared better for a Vitali fight and Vitali would have done as well. I think it would have helped Lennox more since he would get in better shape. Lennox is technically the better fighter and I would have given him the edge if they fought within 4-10 months .... more than 1 year then it could have swayed to Vitali as Lennox was getting older. ..... but we will never know. One thing is for sure, a prime Lennox would have given that Vitali a beating.

15y ago

paulf

Lewis just didn't have it anymore in the Klitschko fight. Vitali had like what? a week or two notice coming into the fight? Lennox was smart to not be big headed and try to fight on.

15y ago

Vadrigar

Lewis would be more focused and determined in the rematch, So I think he'll win more convincingly. I think that fight may have been a wake up call for lewis.

15y ago

THorton

I scored it a shutout for Vitali upon multiple viewings, Lewis was older and likely didn't have the fire anymore. In their primes and on their best days I figure these two are basically even in most categories besides Vitali's chin being superior. In head to head matchups they are probably both in the top 3 all time.bwahahahahahaha In all serious though folks, Lewis, depending on how long it took to make the fight probably would have lost in the second fight. He won the first legitimately and I do believe that Lewis was winning handily (though not rounds won) despite the clown that I am quoting's opinion.

15y ago

RimmyDelicious

15y ago

DC_Fight_Fan

Any sane and unbiased person saw that Lewis had weathered the storm and was beginning to dominate the fight before the stoppage. He was busting Vit Klit up bad. In a rematch, Lewis would have dominated from the opening bell and stop Vit Klit on cuts.

15y ago

John_Hue

I remember the fight well and feeling I had at the time was that Lewis would lose a rematch. He seemed to see it that way also and IMO that is why he retired.

15y ago

BattlingNelson

Lewis would have been KTFO. The fans knew it. Vitali knew it and Lewis knew it.

15y ago

CarlosG815

I'd have passed out around round 4 and slept like a baby all night long.

15y ago