-
-
I agree with what you say-sort of- and, whether Lewis "cleaned up the division" or not, he certainly "left town in a hurry", for sure, rather that fight V. Klitschko in the promised Dec. 10th return bout.
And......takling about VK, what disgrace do you mean, in your reference to "Klitschko"? As for being the best heavyweights, you can't leave out the guy who beat Valuev.
Originally Posted by David "da Gaymaker" Haye"
"It's time to step up to heavyweight and put a bit of life into that **** division." "It's terrible at the moment. You got Klitschko disgracing boxing, you got Samuel Peter nearly getting beaten by McCline. They're supposed to be the two best heavyweights in the world. Heavyweight boxing's a disgrace; it's time for me to finish up where Lennox Lewis left off and clean up the division."Comment
-
I hope they don't fight
I don't think the Bika-Miranda fight should happen. If Bika's chin holds up, we can expect a Gatti-Ward kind of fightand someone could get seriously hurt. That's too much to ask of any fighter. Miranda is on a different level to Bika.Comment
-
Good fight, hope it happens...Comment
-
the big klit fought 2 good rounds against an under conditioned lewis and he`s lived off that ever since!not in the same leagueComment
-
You are seriously wrong here. According to the judges, klitschko won 4 rounds, but in MY opinion he won 5 and drew 1. The cut, over which the fight was stopped, had been very badly handled by the cut-man, but was under control and had NOT bled for at least 2 rounds. There was NO reason to stop the fight, except that Lewis was sure to be KO'd in the next round. He barely reached his stool and was all-in. (I had discussions about that cut-treatment with Stitch Duran, now the Klitschko cutman, but at that time was not)
It's a pity that Klitschko's English deserted him in the after-fight interview. All he could say was "I can see"... "I can see" very well...... "his head" ... "his head" etc. (You have it on video).
The doctor who stopped the fight said that he did so because he believed that Klitschko couldn't see. That when he stood in front of K he asked him to look up, and he didn't.
Anything more ****** than THAT, I haven't yet heard. (except the ref who scored 10-7 instead of 10-6 in Manny-Marquez 1 and the ref in Augustus-Burton fights).
The doc was standing right OVER Klitscko, looming only 1" away, and the corner was filled with the hustle-and-bustle of guys getting him ready for the next round. Klitschko said he never heard the doctor, and I believe him. No one else did either. And even if he had, and lifted his head, the doc would have needed to step away a few feet to make eye contact. Conversely, Klitscko was sitting down in a crowded corner, and would have needed to bend his neck far back to make eye contact with the doc, and the cornerpost was there...anyway.
There'll be learned articles on this fight in years to come, centred around just what I've written above and also as to whether Lewis opened the cut with his head, or just constantly aggravated it with his wire-stiff, braided hair. This he was definitely doing all the time. It's a weapon by itself. klitschko was trying to tell us that he was doing SOMETHING with his head.
Up to that fight I had much respect for Lewis, although speaking of himself in the 3rd person was a bit overpowering. But the shameful interview which he gave Larry Merchant after the fight lowered him forever in my estimation. Merchant pinned him to the wall, and since he was still shaking from the narrow escape from losing his title by stoppage, his true self emerged.
His conduct afterwards, in the insistence on having Klitschko examined by Lewis' expert surgeon in London, and the reneging on the December return fight, as well as the further "gamesmanship" well into the next year, shows that he was "run out of town". And his constantly contacting each of BOTH Klitschko's later opponents to tell them how to win, showed a malice and spite not becoming to Boxing's Representative to the World.
Of course, Klitschko's monster-like destruction of Lewis' original opponent Kirk Johnson, on the VERY DATE (Dec 10) on which the Lewis- Kiltschko return was to have been, must have sealed Lewis' resolution to NEVER fight him again. All his boasting BEFORE the fight, as to how he eats "ONE KLITSCHKO FOR BREAKFAST and ANOTHER ONE FOR LUNCH", and his declaration that he was still learning and getting better all the time, and would be fighting for a few years yet...etc. all this was tuned into pure crap, and PR boloney overnight, as if touched by a magic wand, not fitting for THE World Heavyweight Champion.
And lest we forget the gem....I'll leave you with that beautiful "Lewis-ism"
"No one's never seen hanythink like me before--"A PUGILIST SPECIALIST"............Comment
-
Bika could beat him.
I like Bika. Game as ****.Comment
-
This potential match up definitely appeals to me.Comment
Tweet
Comment