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'Absolutely gutted till this day that LL failed to rematch Vitali. I mean my avatar is from this night. I think Vitali would beat LL in rematch.'
Lennox was 37, had unified the title, which was his ultimate aim, & made shedloads of $, especially v Tyson. Why would he fight on? It was one of those instances, like Froch after Groves II, where retirement was just the obvious sensible choice.
Years later they did explore the possibility of a rematch, when it was clear Vitali had no realistic challengers, but Violet Lewis firmly said not & Lennox sensibly followed his mum's advice.
Lennox was 37, had unified the title, which was his ultimate aim, & made shedloads of $, especially v Tyson. Why would he fight on? It was one of those instances, like Froch after Groves II, where retirement was just the obvious sensible choice.
Years later they did explore the possibility of a rematch, when it was clear Vitali had no realistic challengers, but Violet Lewis firmly said not & Lennox sensibly followed his mum's advice.
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