Lennox Lewis is A JOKE, PATHETIC, COWARD, ETC..ETC...

[RichCCFC]

I agree that Lewis is a coward.

[-CANE-]

How can Lewis be a coward when he fought everyone and never ducked anyone. All the other heavyweights in their prime ran from him Tyson,Holyfield,Bowe and Moorer. Tyson and Holyfield only wanted a piece of him later because he had something they wanted and it was the biggest moneymaker.

If he had rematched Klitchko I believe he would have won even though he was way past his best, but we will never know.

Had they rematched and he lost, you'd all be saying he was **** and too ****** to get out of the game when he should of and fought on too long like all the others.

[MickyHatton]

How can Lewis be a coward when he fought everyone and never ducked anyone. All the other heavyweights in their prime ran from him Tyson,Holyfield,Bowe and Moorer. Tyson and Holyfield only wanted a piece of him later because he had something they wanted and it was the biggest moneymaker.

If he had rematched Klitchko I believe he would have won even though he was way past his best, but we will never know.

Had they rematched and he lost, you'd all be saying he was **** and too ****** to get out of the game when he should of and fought on too long like all the others.

Exactly, Lewis had no reason to fight Klitchko, he had achieved the most out of his career at that point and the only one who would have gained anything would have been Klitchko, therefore why should Lewis fight again?

Its redundant that Klitscho was leading on the cards, its redundant that Klitscho was giving Lewis real problems because Klitscho was stopped due to injury sustained by receiving punches therefore are we only happy when the recognised champion is beaten and vacates the titles that way???

Or do we need fighters to fight on even though they are not what the used to be purely for our gratification ala Muhammed Ali so that when they are humiliated we then feel pity for them but move on to the next fighter whilst they possible have to deal with a brain injury due to receiving one punch too many?

Lewis had a great career but realised that he was no longer the fighter he used to be and retired. He should be applauded not disrespected.

[Pugilistic™]

vitali faced a past his prime unprepared Lewis and still couldnt beat him. Prime for Prime lewis would of owned him.

[markosg]

Threads like this really annoy me............ The idiot who started this is not a fan of boxing and is just intersted in seeing blood spilt. There is always one more fight for a boxer, but the samrt thing is to retired when you feel the time is right. Lewis simply knew that the fight was harder than he thought and was not motivated to train anymore. When you have spent your whole life not ducking anyone surley it takes a pride to be able to walk away from a challenge.

And by the way, don't say 'if it was me', because you have know idea what it is to be a professional athlete on that level and nor do i so how can we pass comment.

What a short sighted ******!

[Flawless]

I think vitali feared for this life. It was only the 6 round. Imagine another 6 more rounds. Lewis would have knocked them out. Why does Vitali deserved a rematch when Lewis was on the verge of ending the fight.

[MELLY-MEL...]

horse****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chunk..]

Unlike most fighters, he avenged his losses!

That Rahman KO in the II fight was sick!!!!!



No one can touch him, he beat all the best fighters of his era which is rare and nearly blinded Vitali Klitschko in one eye.

The King Of Kings!!!!!



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[Xyei]

I completely disagree with the thread starter. How can someone be considered a coward for retiring when he is past it and doesn't have the desire anymore. I wish more boxers would retire before they are past it. I hate seeing great fighters get the piss beat out of them simply because they are old and way past prime.

You guys calling Lennox a coward have a double standard. If you call Lennox a coward then you must call Vitali a coward as well for retiring without fighting Rahman. I don't see how you can criticize one without criticizing the other.

With that said, I don't think either is a coward.

[squealpiggy]

Vitali was clearly winning the fight at the time of the controversial stoppage....He was kicking Lewis' ass with ONE EYE, Vitali hurt Lewis several times and made him stagger like a drunk....Vitali gave Lewis the biggest ass whoopin of his career....After the fight all the fans cheered Vitali and boo'd Lewis.

I lost all the respect I had for Lewis when he retired like a coward.

Vitali scared Lewis into retirement, that's the bottom line.

Aside from the obvious fact that you never had any respect for Lennox because he is of a different race to yours, did you lose respect for Vitali when he retired like a coward rather than face Hasim Rahman? Oh yeah, knee injury, oh yeah, doctor said he shouldn't fight. Four times?