Panda, you must not follow boxing as closely then. The meeting was not the next day, it was several months later after the fight, before Lewis retired. Here is a link to the story, Vitaly told this on the Rome show, if it wasn't true Lewis would have come out with some contrary statement, because this is pretty embarassing, to have your mother meet with your opponent to decide whether you should fight him:
Haye could beat any Klitschko if he teamed up with roach
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Panda, you must not follow boxing as closely then. The meeting was not the next day, it was several months later after the fight, before Lewis retired. Here is a link to the story, Vitaly told this on the Rome show, if it wasn't true Lewis would have come out with some contrary statement, because this is pretty embarassing, to have your mother meet with your opponent to decide whether you should fight him:
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says who? vitali?
look, vitali was a younger fighter who was in his prime. lewis must have only had 2 weeks to prepare for vitali as well? has to be the same for both
lewis was past his prime, vitali never fought a smart fight then, just look at his face, that told me lewis landed the better hits
lewis was about 85 percent of his best in that fight, i know you are his fan, but the same way I say the younger of the two brothers would beat haye with the older one being 50-50
you just have to admit lewis is better than the brothers, a prime lewis would have defeated vitali as an over the hill did in the past
No Lewis had more time to prepare, he was training for Kirk Johnson before Johnson got injured and they asked Vitaly to step in. Get your facts straight. Vitaly was not getting ready for anyone at that time.Comment
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he was still in shape
here are the facts
lewis was past his prime
vitali was in his prime
lewis won the fight
lewis retired rather than take beatings against people he could beat in his prime
why is it so hard for you to admin lewis was better?Comment
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Because he wasn't, Lewis gave Vitaly his best shots and Vitaly was still standing, had it not been for the cut, Vitaly would have won. Vitaly never really lost and only has losses through injuries and was never KD, has the highest KO% of any HW in history. Lewis was layed out twice, counted out, Vitaly is the better fighter.Comment
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Lewis was still standing as well, lewis defeated vitali, he inflicted cuts because of his punches. He ripped his face open, therefore a past his prime lewis was betterBecause he wasn't, Lewis gave Vitaly his best shots and Vitaly was still standing, had it not been for the cut, Vitaly would have won. Vitaly never really lost and only has losses through injuries and was never KD, has the highest KO% of any HW in history. Lewis was layed out twice, counted out, Vitaly is the better fighter.
look lets just agree to disagree bud....Comment
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That's fine with me, he won with the help of a ring side doctor, Vitaly was more than willing to continue. The crowd apparently thought the same thing because they booed the guy who supposedly "won".Comment
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just read the article u posted and it didnt prove anything.....Panda, you must not follow boxing as closely then. The meeting was not the next day, it was several months later after the fight, before Lewis retired. Here is a link to the story, Vitaly told this on the Rome show, if it wasn't true Lewis would have come out with some contrary statement, because this is pretty embarassing, to have your mother meet with your opponent to decide whether you should fight him:
http://www.klitschko.com/eng/Brother...s-Arreola.html
vitaly is a classy guy and what he actually said was that he spoke with lewis and his mom for an hour, not stating what they discussed, and was called by lewis the next day to hear there would be no rematch. vitaly thought it was his mom's decision
this is vitali's opinion, his mom never said he should run from vitali. vitali actually states he felt it wasnt lewis his own opinion so claiming lewis ran is neither confirmed by lewis nor vitali
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vitali was doing great in that fight but had the fight continued vitali probably wouldnt be boxing now
the fight was stopped for his own safetyComment
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Because the Klitschkos would never use their mother as an excuse for anything...Panda, you must not follow boxing as closely then. The meeting was not the next day, it was several months later after the fight, before Lewis retired. Here is a link to the story, Vitaly told this on the Rome show, if it wasn't true Lewis would have come out with some contrary statement, because this is pretty embarassing, to have your mother meet with your opponent to decide whether you should fight him:
http://www.klitschko.com/eng/Brother...s-Arreola.html

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What, you can't put 2 and 2 together? He had his MOM meet Vitaly and then he retired afterwards. It doesn't have to be explicitly stated, we know that Lewis asked him to meet him and his mom, his mom looked into Vitaly's eyes for a long time, and Lewis retired afterwards. We know what she told him "Please don't fight that scary Ukrainian, he'll knock you TFO" and Lewis listened to his mama.just read the article u posted and it didnt prove anything.....
vitaly is a classy guy and what he actually said was that he spoke with lewis and his mom for an hour, not stating what they discussed, and was called by lewis the next day to hear there would be no rematch. vitaly thought it was his mom's decision
this is vitali's opinion, his mom never said he should run from vitali. vitali actually states he felt it wasnt lewis his own opinion so claiming lewis ran is neither confirmed by lewis nor vitali

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