Why does Lewis get a pass for blatantly ducking Vitali rematch?

[hugh grant]

I d liked to have seen a rematch where they trained to face each other. If im.not mistaken vitali took fight at short notice

[SUBZER0ED]

Lewis had a long and celebrated career.

He was past it in the first Vitali fight and was caught off guard by a ringer who at the time was thought to have no heart and just be a big stiff dummy.

Lewis did what great fighters do and found a way to win.

Remember that an unprepared Lewis got sparked by Rahman and Mccall, but an unprepared lewis still manages to force a stoppage on Vitali.

I understand Vitali wanting a rematch but Lewis was within his rights to retire, he realized he just didn't have it anymore.

"...first Vitali fight"? It was the only fight vs Vitali.

[SUBZER0ED]

Vitali was a replacement for Kirk Johnson that pulled out of the fight because an injury and the fight was better than expected But at the end Lewis broke Vitali's face even though he was brave enough to want to keep fighting. Vitali lost to Byrd due to some shoulder injury that he decided to quit in the ring and it took some stock away from him.

Lewis retired and never came back, so I do not know how that was a duck?

Yeah, calling retirement after a long career a duck is just silly.

[djtmal]

Truth be told he didn't need a pass

[Willow The Wisp]

if this was wilder would wilder still be undefeated?

I was kinda wondering when that comparison was going to pop up. My pick, having seen all of the aforementioned fight live and many of then in training.......Nah. who cares?

I will say that.....Nah. no I won't.

[Bennyleonard99]

Yes it was a blatant dodge. Lewis waited too, hoping Vitali lost to Sanders and Kirk Johnson. Then when Vitali battered both, then Lennox quit because he didn't want to fight Vitali again. I think it's safe to assume Lennox felt he got lucky and Vitali was only getting better while Lennox was declining by the month.

The media was always anti Klitschko and anti Eastern European so Lennox ducking Vitali was excused and ignored.

[Gary Coleman]

People still making excuses for Lennox.

Floyd rematched Maidana. Roy rematched Tarver.

[hugh grant]

And Lewis barely trained and looked like shhhhhhhit and overweight

Traditionally, I believe the guy called up as replacement is disadvantaged.
But Andy Ruiz replaced jarrel Millar for Josh and didn't do too badly. Bakole against parker, not so good for bakole