Lennox Lewis V.S. Vitali Klitschko

[guru]

lewis won the fight, i dont have a problem with the stoppage, but i do think the punch that caused the cut was lucky... only because it missed for the most part and cut VK with the creese(spelling?) on the side of the glove... it was kind of a fluke circumstance, you dont see often, but happened none the less...

[Upper Cut]

As long as Vitaly remains at the top, this topic will never go away :-(

[Bozo_no no]

lewis won the fight, i dont have a problem with the stoppage, but i do think the punch that caused the cut was lucky... only because it missed for the most part and cut VK with the creese(spelling?) on the side of the glove... it was kind of a fluke circumstance, you dont see often, but happened none the less...

Except that there were FIVE cuts, a clear sign of sustained and ongoing damage.

Granted the largest cut was caused by a glancing blow, but there were many other shots that landed on that spot worsening it.

The overall condition of his face was a direct result of the high % of power shots Lewis landed.

Vitali showed heart and courage in not going down from some of those blows, but in the end he ate too many big punches.

[AintGottaClue]

Except that there were FIVE cuts, a clear sign of sustained and ongoing damage.

Granted the largest cut was caused by a glancing blow, but there were many other shots that landed on that spot worsening it.

The overall condition of his face was a direct result of the high % of power shots Lewis landed.

Vitali showed heart and courage in not going down from some of those blows, but in the end he ate too many big punches.

the main cut was really what stopped the fight, the other 4 cuts were bad but there have been way worse, thats why people still bring up the fight in defence of vitali, without that 1 cut vitali woulda won that fight

[guru]

Except that there were FIVE cuts, a clear sign of sustained and ongoing damage.

Granted the largest cut was caused by a glancing blow, but there were many other shots that landed on that spot worsening it.

The overall condition of his face was a direct result of the high % of power shots Lewis landed.

Vitali showed heart and courage in not going down from some of those blows, but in the end he ate too many big punches.

i'm glad to hear you say that VK showed heart and courage, as there are haters on this board who still say he's heartless... he did take alot of punishment... i wish the cut from that glancing blow wouldn't have happened, so a clear winner could have emerged...

[guru]

clear winner, we all wanted

fluke, that cut was

bad shape VK was

winning on cards he was too

VERY tired was lewis

[Bozo_no no]

the main cut was really what stopped the fight, the other 4 cuts were bad but there have been way worse, thats why people still bring up the fight in defence of vitali, without that 1 cut vitali woulda won that fight

That's purely subjective to say he would have won if he didn't lose.

In the end, punches tore his face open, worsened it, and lead to the stoppage.

IF Vitali hadn't taken so many pucnches, he might have won. IF he didn't get stopped because of the gross condition of his face, he MIGHT have won.

Lewis just as easilly MAY have won had the fight gone on.

There's no sense in twisting things into "what ifs". There's too many different variables and outcomes.

[Bozo_no no]

i'm glad to hear you say that VK showed heart and courage, as there are haters on this board who still say he's heartless... he did take alot of punishment... i wish the cut from that glancing blow wouldn't have happened, so a clear winner could have emerged...

A clear winner did emerge.

When one fighter's face looks like a bloody pulp, and the fight is stopped, he loses.

That is what you, and many others fail to realize.

Stop bringing up the scoring.

It could have been 6 rounds to nothing for Vitali, he still had his face beaten into hamburger.

It was a deserving stoppage and loss.

Perhaps IF Vitali hadn't been hit so many times, and IF Lewis wasn't throwing and landing power shots, the fight MAY have been different.

The problem here is the lack of the ability of many of you to accept the outcome of the fight without adding "ifs" or "should haves".

[AintGottaClue]

Most lewis defenders keep bringing up that lewis was landign a lot of power shots, well so was vitali!!! more then lewis to be exact, vit took lewis's punchs and was still comign, both men were tired but lewis was dead dead tired theres no way he had enough energy to go on longer then vit.

[oldgringo]

Most lewis defenders keep bringing up that lewis was landign a lot of power shots, well so was vitali!!! more then lewis to be exact, vit took lewis's punchs and was still comign, both men were tired but lewis was dead dead tired theres no way he had enough energy to go on longer then vit.

Lewis was landing much harder shots in the 5th and 6th rounds. He hit Vitali with two huge uppercuts and a good right hand that had Vitali stunned.