Larry Holmes Vs Vitaly Klitschko (better era)?

[Welter_Skelter]

A 38yo Lewis that trained for Byrd and 4wks that had Vitali dont after a 5th round uppercut.

Vomon a fully prep Lewis destroys Vitali.

Byrd??? you mean Kirk Johnson??

The rest of that.. is that English???

[BattlingNelson]

lewis tought he was gonna fight patterson who is a bum. Vitali was a young and hungry fighter so he traind hard for every fight

There is a big difference between fighting a 12 round world championship fight and fighting a clubfighter on the undercard. The preparation for a championship fight is much more rigourous and you'd have better sparring partners.

Lewis was coming of 2 of the best wins of his career when he squared off against Vitali so he obviously had a lot left.

[Ray*]

Holmes's era isnt any better than Vitali's in reality....Thats why holmes wasnt really respected that much.

[Steak]

There is a big difference between fighting a 12 round world championship fight and fighting a clubfighter on the undercard. The preparation for a championship fight is much more rigourous and you'd have better sparring partners.

Lewis was coming of 2 of the best wins of his career when he squared off against Vitali so he obviously had a lot left.

Kirk Johnson had already been knocked down and DQed against a former Lewis sparring partnet, John Ruiz.

Cedric Boswell was undefeated and pretty well respected at the time. he wasnt a clubfighter.

It had been a year since the Tyson fight, and Lewis was even heavier than the time he lost to Rahman.
Vitali was the same weight as ever.

[Bea5T]

This current one is the worst ever

its not even close

[Bea5T]

Lmao @ people Actually defending this ****

Its pathetic

only people who have nothing more important to do with their lives like the current heavyweight division

**** is pathetic

[BattlingNelson]

Kirk Johnson had already been knocked down and DQed against a former Lewis sparring partnet, John Ruiz.

Cedric Boswell was undefeated and pretty well respected at the time. he wasnt a clubfighter.

It had been a year since the Tyson fight, and Lewis was even heavier than the time he lost to Rahman.
Vitali was the same weight as ever.

Are you saying there's no difference in preparations?

Lewis was only like 5+ pounds over his weight in the Tyson fight. for such a big man it's nothing. It's very normal that HW's gain weight during the course of a career as do other fighters.

[Welter_Skelter]

Lmao @ people Actually defending this ****

Its pathetic

only people who have nothing more important to do with their lives like the current heavyweight division

**** is pathetic

I wonder what THAT makes the people who never stop COMPLAINING about this ****, then????

Which is more pathetic? watching something you like and defending it.. or watching something.. you don't like .. and then complaining about it???

Get the FUCK out of here you Spaz..

[BattlingNelson]

I wonder what THAT makes the people who never stop COMPLAINING about this ****, then????

Which is more pathetic? watching something you like and defending it.. or watching something.. you don't like .. and then complaining about it???

Get the FUCK out of here you Spaz..

Nice one welt.

[Steak]

Are you saying there's no difference in preparations?

Lewis was only like 5+ pounds over his weight in the Tyson fight. for such a big man it's nothing. It's very normal that HW's gain weight during the course of a career as do other fighters.

it was 7lbs. its not a huge amount, but Lewis had shown in the past that he fought better when he kept his weight down. I think more than anything it was his age and year long layoff.

If anything, Vitali looks to have trained harder. he was fighting an undefeated unknown, who had a good reputation as a puncher. Lewis was scheduled to fight someone he knew he would have an easy time against.
a man whos already on the top fighting someone who doesnt pose much of a threat is not going to train as hard as someone searching for a title, imo.