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By Cliff Rold - 1,959 days.
Chop it up and it comes out to five years, five months and change. That’s the amount of ticks on the calendar it took to get from the February 6, 2004 retirement of Lennox Lewis to June 20, 2009 and Wladimir Klitschko’s stoppage win over “WBA Champion in Recess” Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1, 17 KO). Saturday’s won’t be a date etched in fight fan memories forever. There more likely will be many who would just as soon forget what ended up a one-sided and methodical affair. [details]
Chop it up and it comes out to five years, five months and change. That’s the amount of ticks on the calendar it took to get from the February 6, 2004 retirement of Lennox Lewis to June 20, 2009 and Wladimir Klitschko’s stoppage win over “WBA Champion in Recess” Ruslan Chagaev (25-1-1, 17 KO). Saturday’s won’t be a date etched in fight fan memories forever. There more likely will be many who would just as soon forget what ended up a one-sided and methodical affair. [details]