Vitali Klitschko's Best Win after 4 year layoff???
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Don't be ******, you know what I mean. I'm not dissing Vitali and losing to him wouldn't tarnish everything Lewis accomplished. There is no shame in losing to ATG Vitali Klitschko.
Boxing historians criticize Lewis a lot for getting brutally KTFO twice. Vitali would've KO'd Lewis in a rematch and it would've negatively affected Lewis' historical ranking. Lewis turned down 25 million dollars and retired because he knew he would get destroyed by Vitali in a rematch.Last edited by Klitschko2011; 10-31-2009, 04:35 AM.Comment
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Historians don't really criticize him. He was a first ballot HOF'er. He is known as beating everybody who he stepped in the ring with. And, if he would of lossed to Klitschko and later Vitaly proved to be ATG then there would of been no shame in that since Lewis was passed his prime already.Don't be ******, you know what I mean. There is no shame in losing to ATG Vitali Klitschko.
Boxing historians criticize Lewis a lot for getting brutally KTFO twice. Vitali would've KO'd Lewis in a rematch and it would've negatively affected Lewis historical ranking. Lewis turned down 25 million for a rematch and retired because he knew he would get destroyed by Vitali in a rematch.
For example there is no shame for Tito loosing to Roy. It didn't tarnish Tito legacy. It didn't tarnish Whitaker legacy in loosing to Trinidad. Ali legacy didn't get tarnished for loosing to Berbick. They were all passed there primes. Just like how Lewis would of been in the rematch.Comment
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Tito, Whitaker, Ali = shot fightersHistorians don't really criticize him. He was a first ballot HOF'er. He is known as beating everybody who he stepped in the ring with. And, if he would of lossed to Klitschko and later Vitaly proved to be ATG then there would of been no shame in that since Lewis was passed his prime already.
For example there is no shame for Tito loosing to Roy. It didn't tarnish Tito legacy. It didn't tarnish Whitaker legacy in loosing to Trinidad. Ali legacy didn't get tarnished for loosing to Berbick. They were all passed there primes. Just like how Lewis would of been in the rematch.
Lewis was 37, that's not old for a heavyweight, he was still going strong. Vitali is 38, came back after a 4 year layoff and is still dominating.
Before their fight, Lewis said he trained hard, was very motivated, in good shape and wanted to keep fighting for a long time.
Lewis was coming off the big KO win over Tyson. It was arguably the biggest win of his career. In the Lewis/Tyson post fight interview Lewis stated "I'm like fine wine, I get better with age."
Vitali RETIRED Lewis.
Lewis has been ducking Vitali for over 6 years. He is scared to death of Vitali.Comment
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Lewis was old WTF is you saying? Are you really saying Lewis was in his prime.Tito, Whitaker, Ali = shot fighters
Lewis was 37, that's not old for a heavyweight, he was still going strong. Vitali is 38, came back after a 4 year layoff and is still dominating.
Before their fight, Lewis said he trained hard, was very motivated, in good shape and wanted to keep fighting for a long time.
Lewis was coming off the big KO win over Tyson. It was arguably the biggest win of his career. In the Lewis/Tyson post fight interview Lewis stated "I'm like fine wine, I get better with age."
Vitali RETIRED Lewis.
Lewis has been ducking Vitali for over 6 years. He is scared to death of Vitali.
He was inactive for a year after he beat Tyson.
Lewis usually for all his fights he weight under 250. But, he was didn't train properly for the Vitaly. That is why he weight-in 255lbs a career high. He was old and out of shape... And, he still won FFS...Comment
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Vitali didn't look great against Gomez even if he knocked him down like 3 times. If I remember that fight correctly, Gomez fought very awkwardly and did cause Vitali problems early in the fight. But then Vitali figured him out and destroyed Gomez.
I'd say Gomez gave Vitali the toughest fight out of the three, because Vitali swept Sam Peter(Peter should be embarrassed most of all because Arreola clearly put up a better fight and didn't quit.)Comment
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