Lewis/Grant > Klitschkos entire career

[Joeyzagz]

Lennox Lewis was the last great ppv Heavyweight. I wont even include the 1.1 million buys Lennox drew with Holyfield or the 1.8m he drew with Tyson, for now lets just discuss the numbers he did against a virtual nobody like Michael Grant: 380,000 buys.

Its sad that if you add all of Vitali and Wlads ppvs together, it still wouldnt equal 380,000 buys. Pretty much all of their fights are on regular HBO or espn, and they are at the top of their game.

Lack of big names should be no excuse for the K-bros failure to sell a fight either. Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and Tyson could all sell fights based on their own merit and didnt need a loud mouth like Haye on the other side just to peak the people's interest.

The Klitschkos are a drag on the sport, and their hasnt been a legitimate Heavyweight champ since Lennox Lewis.

Discuss.

[Klitschko2011]

Vitali beat up Lewis and scared him into retirement. That's a FACT.

[HipsterRan]

Still cant understand why people think the klits are the problem with the H/W/D , thats what this thread is really about !

[NakiFan]

The Klits are the problem, If there was only one of them, and we had one unified champ, who took on the best contenders the division would be a bit more interesting, the Klitschkos mean that will never happen, Vitali should have satyed retired.

[Joeyzagz]

Klitschkos are a drag on the sport because they will never fight anyone ranked higher than #3.

What if George Foreman refused to fight Ali in 1974 and only challenged those ranked below him? Hed probably have his Title stripped.

[NakiFan]

I always say, imagine if in order for lennox lewis to give someone like briggs or golota a fight he demanded that the fight be in london, that he got all the money, that he picked the ref, that he had 3 rematches, and that he picked the judges, people would have gone nuts, when klitschkos do it its okay.

[Joeyzagz]

Vitali beat up Lewis and scared him into retirement. That's a FACT.

Its not Lennox's fault that Vitali has skin like construction paper, and was bleeding all over the place.

The real reason Lennox retired is because he had nothing left to prove. He beat every single opponent he ever faced at heavyweight, and amassed 15 title defenses. Vitali has spent too much time crying about his 2003 match, to come close to 15 title defenses.