he can certainly help him with little things that a fighter only sees when in the ring, what to look out for, what little things he likes to do to offset you... theres a lot of advice you can give someone if youve fought them before
agree...also Lewis is an experienced (ex)fighter who knows Haye style is different than his, and can give advice based on his style. His comments on HBO on what a fighter should do during the fight are very much spot on usually.
If Lennox-Vitali wasn't stopped, we probably wouldn't be seeing Vitali-Haye next year. That was one of the worst cuts I've ever seen, and an exhausted Lewis was still dishing out some vicious punishment. That uppercut in the sixth was MASSIVE. Amazing chin on Vitali to take that punch.
But Lennox was staggering backwards in the 5th, against the ropes, there to be KO'd, and Vitali 'didn't bite'. Vitali won the battle, but he lost the war.
Haye may draw confidence from this, but Lennox can't fight the fight for him. And Lennox didn't decisively beat VK anyway so what advice could he offer?
he'll tell him to try to cut him with grazing shots. open up that weaker european skin because thats your only chance,,lol
What you guys dont get is..... THE HEAVYWEIGHTS have always ******..
I am not sure what guys expect... But a Young Tyson, or the Fleet and fast footed Ali.. were EXCEPTIONS... extremely exceptional Heavyweights.. That is why they are legends..But their opponents were no different than a typical heavyweight in ANY era..
This misconception that the heavies once resembled the Welterweight division is farcical...
Lewis's fight with Klitschko is what propelled him to ATG status IMO.
If you remove all of the smoke & mirrors from that fight you will see a proud veteran fending off the BIGGER, YOUNGER, LEANER, STRONGER guy who had the 95% KO percentage! I always scratch my head at people who want to portray a 6'8, 31 year old giant as an underdog.
Bottom line is: Prime Klitschko will always fall short of an OvertheHill Lewis
lol,,,I love how the klit haters make lewis out to be a 45 yr old shot fighter when he was 37 and coming off an impressive kayo of tyson in his previous fight. comical. lewis got a gift. he was lucky that he had tougher skin than the european vitali who landed the cleaner more damaging blows. it was lewis who was wobbling all over the ring,,,not vitali
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