Lennox Lewis: "For 100 Million Dollars, I'll Fight Again"

[crold1]

thanks crold1 I'll have a look at em.

Also see if you can find, believe it or not, Ruiz-Chagaev which was a pretty solid Heavy fight.

[BoxingScribe]

I think that you are delusional along with Lewis. Hewas the most boroing fighter to watch. Don't you remember??? The only exciting fight he'd been in for years and years was the Klitschko fight, and THAT was because Klitschko came hunting him, forcing him to fight, and wouldn't allow him to clinch and d**** himself over Klitschko.

The last interesting fight Lewis was in was ,,,was....was.....I can't remember. Do you remember his fight with Mavrovic??? That was a typical Lewis fight, with more action than most. Like his snoozer with David Tua. He was 8 inches taller, with about a foot longer reach,. but he obviously didn't think it enough. Lewis....Phoey.

The HW division SUCKS ASS right now. Outside an overweight, out of shape James Toney, I havent watched a HW fight since he fought Peter the second time. Lewis vs Vitali would sell

[brently1979]

Lewis has already received too many over priced Pay days in comparison to his ability in the ring.

[starjammer]

He just said on Sky Sports that he'd rather see Vitali fight Wladimir...

Didn't sound interested in a comeback at all. Good!

[The_Visitation]

Just seen him on Sky. He ain't coming back. Not yet, anyway...

[edgarg]

Really? Have you heard or seen this interview? Have you even read the News of the Screws article? Have you the slightest idea how he "really sees himself"?

Lennox was having a laugh. If he was 'delusional' about being the 'saviour' of heavyweight boxing he wouldn't be asking $100m for the privilege of doing it. Per fight, presumably. Please don't tell me you think he actually expects someone to pay it.

No he doesn't realistically expect anyone to throw in $100 mill, as he so modestly says, he said it was a huge amount but regardless of the semantics This fathead actually sees himself as the saviour of boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if this was jusdt to let Promoters know that he'd listen to a GOOD, BIG offer. The point is, that if he did come back, he'd be expected to face a Klitschko, in particular Vitaly, who hold the WBC, and who would eat him up.

People should recall that he was chased inti retirement by Vitaly Klitschko, who is the best saviour to have, that is, if we need one, which I personally doen't think we do. Only a dumb-bell like Lewis would bring up such a matter which no one else was even thinking about it. Klitschko has just come back after a 4 year absence, and having to recover from a career ending injury...What more a saviour do we need, again,...if any???

Lewis just can't stand Klitschko getting all the plaudits for coming back after 4 years, and going straight into a Title fight against a guy with such a hard head, and only one loss. Which he won. Lewis's old belt, the WBC. So naturally HE has to float the idea of a comeback, but not on a Klitschko level, but on a LEWIS level, that is to say, a $100 mill level................BUT, whilst a Klitschko is around he's not going to get back in the ring. He'd be expected to go for a title, and They're all held by the Klitschkos except one, which will also be as soon as the fight can be made.

And Lewis aint' gonna fight no Klitschko....NO.!!

[edgarg]

You left out that Klit was d****d over the top rope and barely able to stand at the end of the sixth as his lead in the fight was evaporating after getting hammered in the fifth and sixth while his face came apart like a slasher flick.

You talk like a slasher flick or whatever you said..And it's pure nonsense. I suggest you have another look at the video, I just did. And there's no reason to be nasty, if you can't be pleasant, don't be anything.

[edgarg]

The Witherspoon fight last week was excellent. All needling of Edgarg (in good fun) aside, Heavyweight has produced some fun fights this decade. Byrd vs. McCline was good; Brewster-Liakhovich was borderline great; Vitali vs. both Lewis and Sanders were tons of fun and Wladimir Klitschko is much closer to a HOF career than most care to recognize. If Vitali can fill out what to now is a weaker overall resume than his lil' brothers, he certainly will be on that edge too and is the tougher of the two. With better opportunities earlier in his career, he may well have been a legitimately great Heavyweight. Instead, he got a bit of an unfair kick from the Byrd fight and the bulk of his prime was lost. He has time to make up for it.

I like what you say here, it has a very fair sound to it. How riight you are about the Byrd thing, everytime I saw Byrd saying he'd beaten Klitschko, what I remembered was Byrd being bounced from the rafters all around the ring... until the last round.

Everything you write is accurate (in this letter anyway) and in reading it, It struck me that Vitaly's early career looked like not much, because he mangled everyone he fought. Thje only one to survive the full 12 rds was Timo Hoffmann, himself 6'7" and in fact a very good fighter who ws either EBU champ or drew for the title. I think his fight with Klitschko also was for the EBU title.

Again your letter pushed my thoughts along another path, and I now think that there's not going to be much left for VK because his brother has actually cleaned out the heavyweight division. If there'd been any prepared new faces they wouldn't have put Rahman against him. But, I suppose, that they'll probably like it that way, since they'll run even less chance of having their features re-arranged by an errant punch, all the while pulling down large purses.......nice.

[edgarg]

You talk like a slasher flick or whatever you said..And it's pure nonsense. I suggest you have another look at the video, I just did. And there's no reason to be nasty, if you can't be pleasant, don't be anything.

I meant of course, nasty to Klitschko, because, if he hears you, you may run the risk of being d****d over the ropes (actually the floor) yourself. And then I'd lose a sparring partner. Isn't it nice that we can throw thunderous punches at one another and not need to bleed, except figuratively, which happens from time to time....I admit it.

[crold1]

I like what you say here, it has a very fair sound to it. How riight you are about the Byrd thing, everytime I saw Byrd saying he'd beaten Klitschko, what I remembered was Byrd being bounced from the rafters all around the ring... until the last round.

Everything you write is accurate (in this letter anyway) and in reading it, It struck me that Vitaly's early career looked like not much, because he mangled everyone he fought. Thje only one to survive the full 12 rds was Timo Hoffmann, himself 6'7" and in fact a very good fighter who ws either EBU champ or drew for the title. I think his fight with Klitschko also was for the EBU title.

Again your letter pushed my thoughts along another path, and I now think that there's not going to be much left for VK because his brother has actually cleaned out the heavyweight division. If there'd been any prepared new faces they wouldn't have put Rahman against him. But, I suppose, that they'll probably like it that way, since they'll run even less chance of having their features re-arranged by an errant punch, all the while pulling down large purses.......nice.

Not to be unfair because it's true of most modern careers, but the early and indeed bulk of Vit's career doesn't look like much because it isn't. His first win against a fighter universally seen as top ten at heavyweight was Sanders. Hide was borderline. he suffered, I think, because Kohl was and often still is so reluctant to bring his best fighters out of the pool. Vitali's power and amatuer background should have seen him moved much faster. because he wasn't, a potentially great career will result probably in more than a good one and HOF hopes will rely more on the Fame element than in ring fistic merit a la a Johansen or Willard (both of whom he was better than and I'm not making a skills comparison).