Lennox Lewis' win over Vitali is the best of the decade!

[Klitschko2011]

This photo here demonstrates the disparity between the current era and Lennox's era.

Vitali is arguably the best Heavyweight in boxing right now, but when he went up against an elderly man of the previous era he got pizza faced! Lennox was an absolute badass.

Lewis was 37, that's not old for a heavyweight. Vitali is 38, came back after a 4 year layoff and is still dominating.

Before the fight, Lewis said he was very motivated, in good shape and wanted to keep fighting for a long time.

Lewis was coming off the KO win over Tyson. In the Lewis/Tyson post fight interview Lewis stated "I'm like fine wine, I get better with age".

Vitali dominated Lewis and scared him into retirement. That's a FACT!

[ShatteredGlass]

1. Lewis was 37, that's not old for a heavyweight. Vitali is 38, came back after a 4 year layoff and is still dominating.

2. Before the fight, Lewis said he was very motivated, in good shape and wanted to keep fighting for a long time.

Lewis was coming off the KO win over Tyson. In the Lewis/Tyson post fight interview Lewis stated "I'm like fine wine, I get better with age".

Vitali dominated Lewis and scared him into retirement. That's a FACT!

1. You are the guy who REPEATEDLY says that 36 year old holyfield was, and i quote "old and shot" when lewis beat him

2. He was the fattest of his career, officially, thats a fact

[Kris Silver]

I never said that it was stopped due to vitali outworking lennox. What a dumb ass reply back to my comment.

Yes you did, you didn't say outworked, but you said the below:

the bout was stopped because he was getting worked by vitali. Luckiest win off all time yes...greatest HW win of all time...hell no!!!!!!!

If you didn't mean that then fine, but that's what you said, so don't kick off as if you were being mis represented, that quote is accurate, and it was fair to remind you the thread title was best HW win of the decade, not all time as you say. So that's hardly a dumb reply. You made a dumb initial post and I'm having to re-iterate that to you. Ok. Chill winston.

I implying that he was lucky, in a sense, because that freak accident in which lennox lewis' thumb caused the horrible cut, eventually lead to the fight being stopped. **** like that never happens in boxing..so yeah he was lucky in that sense.

Vitali was working Lewis and lennox had a few nice rights, only because Vitali clearly couldnt see those punches comming due to the cut. That cut never happens and Lewis doesnt win. Its over and it doesnt matter anyway, but to call that a great win, and even worse, one of the greatest wins is ****in ****** as hell. Next you guys are gonna say Byrds win over Vitali was one of chris' greatest wins.

You didn't imply well, just say that then. It's a common critique it was a lucky win. I don't think it was really. What happened happened. You can look at it another way, Vitali threw almost everything he had and still couldn't KO an old out of shape Lennox, and instead got progressively hurt himself.

Oh, and I'm a reasonable Lennox fan but not major. So don't put me in some groupie box or something, I'm just trying to be objective and discuss the topic at hand.

[sleighty]

Assuming it had gone the distance....and i say Assuming because you cant be sure Lennox wouldnt have knocked him out or vice versa. It would have been close on the cards. I dont like Lewis but ive watched that fight.....loads of times and each time i feel Vitali was blowing and was getting hurt by Lewis' shots whereas his were landing but not as effective.

Its tough, i wouldnt say best heavyweight win of the decade there is a lot of competition for that.

I feel Lennox was out of shape, had underestimated Vitali and yet by round 5 he was gaining the upper hand, and like i say i wasnt his biggest fan by any stretch of the imagination. Who would have won a rematch it would have been very interesting to have seen but sadly we will never find out.

[#1Assassin]

That win for Lewis is looking better and better, as Vitali defeats opponent after opponent.

none of them any good though..

[The Hammer]

none of them any good though..

You won't give the Klitschkos credit no matter what they do. You racist bastard.

[ShatteredGlass]

You won't give the Klitschkos credit no matter what they do. You racist bastard.

JEEEESUS, calm down tunney.

[Joeyzagz]

Lewis was 37, that's not old for a heavyweight. Vitali is 38, came back after a 4 year layoff and is still dominating.

Quitali dominating only makes Lewis look better.

Lennox Lewis defeated every man he ever faced professionally(including Quitali), so his career is complete.

Quitali on the other hand has to live with the fact that he quit on his stool against Byrd and that he failed against an overweight, bloated Lewis. Quitali at his best was still not enough to match Lennox at his worst. And that will be Quitalis legacy.

[Khalid X]

Yes you did, you didn't say outworked, but you said the below:



If you didn't mean that then fine, but that's what you said, so don't kick off as if you were being mis represented, that quote is accurate, and it was fair to remind you the thread title was best HW win of the decade, not all time as you say. So that's hardly a dumb reply. You made a dumb initial post and I'm having to re-iterate that to you. Ok. Chill winston.



You didn't imply well, just say that then. It's a common critique it was a lucky win. I don't think it was really. What happened happened. You can look at it another way, Vitali threw almost everything he had and still couldn't KO an old out of shape Lennox, and instead got progressively hurt himself.

Oh, and I'm a reasonable Lennox fan but not major. So don't put me in some groupie box or something, I'm just trying to be objective and discuss the topic at hand.

you only quoted half of my sentence to make my statement seem that way. It's easy to spin peoples comments....hell the media makes tons of money off of it.

No one in their right mind would say the fight was stopped because Vitali was outworking Lennox, and If you re-read my reply, you would see that I was making two seperate points and not tying those two together.

I felt that Lewis was lucky that it was stopped (one point) and stated why he was lucky (because he was getting outworked and would have eventually gotten UD if the fight continued), and not that the fights stoppage was a result of vitali's dominance. If you would have quoted my whole reply then its clear thats what I meant.


I mean its no point, because I see your gonna believe what you want, so this is my last reply on this.

[Kris Silver]

you only quoted half of my sentence to make my statement seem that way. It's easy to spin peoples comments....hell the media makes tons of money off of it.

No one in their right mind would say the fight was stopped because Vitali was outworking Lennox, and If you re-read my reply, you would see that I was making two seperate points and not tying those two together.

I felt that Lewis was lucky that it was stopped (one point) and stated why he was lucky (because he was getting outworked and would have eventually gotten UD if the fight continued), and not that the fights stoppage was a result of vitali's dominance. If you would have quoted my whole reply then its clear thats what I meant.

I mean its no point, because I see your gonna believe what you want, so this is my last reply on this.

I found that quote in it's entirety misleading then, if you didn't mean that then sorry aight. I can see what your saying about that fight. I just personally don't think it's luck with these things. I mean was Khan lucky when MAB got cut and TKO'd? OK Khan was dominating more but it was the 4th round, as early as possible, to not get a no contest. Maybe MAB woulda wised up. Was Calzaghe lucky Roy Jones got badly cut? Same applies as he was dominating more than Lennox was of course.

But, what I'm saying is these things happen in boxing. If your getting hit too much and get cut, then in boxing you risk losing. You make your own luck sometimes.

Vitali was rocking Lennox's head back but couldn't finish the job, bottom line. Lennox was getting wise, landing his own bombs more, had a second wind and the fight was going his way, whereas Vitali was running on adrenaline and was fading slightly as it went on, I thought. It'll always be a contentious fight though with varying opinions.