Lewis vs Vitali

[Ryn0]

Yes but didnt vitali land more? So why didnt rhino skinned LL get cut? I just answered it. He has tough skin. So the difference between the two was the tougher skin of LL.
But Vitali did say LL was the strongest fighter he faced and he wasnt talking about how strong his skin was!

It's a boxers job to protect themselves at all times right?

It's Vitali's own fault for not protecting his face, you can't blame the skin of the fighter.

For example, don't know how long you've followed boxing but Vito Antuofermo was a very good fighter but notorious for getting cut ALOT (so much so that he had an operation to file down his bone to stop from getting cuts) would you say that he would have beaten Hagler (the first time) and Alan Minter if he didn't get cut? You cannot just make a assumption like that. 'The only reason he lost to Minter and drew to Hagler was because of bad skin'

What a silly assumption to make.

[paulf]

Personally I felt Vitali was winning 4-2, *however*, Lewis would have KOd him or got the TKO in the next two rounds. The cut was just too bad to continue.

[RichCCFC]

I watched without biased HBO commentary.

Gave Lewis basically every round since 2nd.

[crold1]

All the Klit talk had me pull this out of the tape deck last night...really was a heck of a scrap. Both guys took sick bombs.

[Drunk Punch]

You're not the only one, I had Lewis comfortably ahead.

[crold1]

You're not the only one, I had Lewis comfortably ahead.

It was close in most rounds. Klit had LL hurt in the second; Lewis had Vitali almost out on his feet and holding on to stay up and the end of six. Lots of nasty hammers in between.

[King Of Ring]

if vitali didn't had that cut the fight after round 6 would be interesting