Funny how Lewis fans justify.........

[Pullcounter]

Bottom Line..son is that Vitali was dominating the fight pre-cut & breaKIng even post cut.. Those are facts & almost everyone even the avid Klitschko hater will admit that this is exactly what happened. You GUYS all hold lewis to another level & make excuses for his performance that night. I got news for you guys...there were 2 top 10 alltime heavies in that ring that night..not one... & one wasn't allowed to continue & not granted a rematch. Klitschko wanted to fight in both instances to prove he was better than Lewis...period. He did not get afforded this opportunity...

LL turned Vitaly's face into hamburger. half of vitaly's face was hanging from bone and tendons. Even if you're a vitaly nut-hugger and give every round to vitaly, he still got stopped by TKO. LL won, fair and square.

So all WE HAVE to go on is 6 rds between them..a half a fight where Klitschko was winning 2/3 of it (fact) & landed 2/3 of all the punches that connected in the fight (fact)... lost on TKO at the end of 6th rd (fact)..would've won if the fight would've stopped 3 minutes later (fact) That's how thin the line was between victory & defeat & i'd beg to quip about the rules..what difference does another rd make when you've completed half the fight. Fight should've went to the scorecards at the end of 6 or called a no contest. 6 rds were in the books..said fighter that got Tko'ed was holding his own...landing & throwing more punches than Lewis every rd but gets told he has to lose because of concern for his health.

You're just repeating yourself. LL stopped vitaly. end of argument.

Well if you're going to stop it after said conditions award him the decision as he certainly earned it or let it go 1 more rd & that's what would've hap[pened anyways. They were taking care of that cut in between rds & trust me they all knew 1 more freakin' rd & IT WOULD be LENNOX who loses his title. I think there was a little corruption going on there where peeps didn't want that belt changing hands & they used that cut as an excuse to stop the fight. They were pobably banking on Lennox stopping him in the 5th or 6th rd & when that didn't happen...they stopped the fight as after the 7th rd.. it;d be Klitschko holding all the cards.

coulda, woulda, shoulda. THE FACT IS THAT LL STOPPED VITALY. /THREAD

[Joeyzagz]

For those who think the fight was stopped due to a "lucky cut" take a good look at this picture

[IMG]http://i19.***********.com/albums/b163/dantzu/Vitalibeatup.jpg[/IMG]

^^^There are at least 4 separate cuts on his face..., possibly more. Lennox hits HARD and If you dont go down from concussion your face is getting shredded! Just the way it is....

If I had beaten everyone I faced including the top guy from the next era, Id retire too! Who wouldnt? Espeacially at age 38 with mills in the bank?

[chav]

Vitali got beaten by Lewis. Klit fans ride the Lewis fight and try and somehow claim a victory even though their man wasn't able to continue. Good logic braniacs lol
Your man got "pizza faced" like a b1tch. I love vitali but facts are facts, you can't rewrite history to suit your agenda lol plebs

[Mersey]

Lewis beat Vitali fair and square.

No need to cry about it really is there?

[yessuh]

Vitali Klitschko vs Lennox Lewis

THE TRUTH

Vitali took the fight on just 10 days notice.

Vitali was clearly winning the fight 4-2 on all 3 scorecards at the time of the controversial doctor stoppage. Lewis was badly hurt and was staggering around the ring like a drunk, he barely survived the 2nd round. Lewis was getting outboxed, outworked, outlanded and was hurt several times in the fight.

punches landed

Vitali 156

Lewis 102


Lewis was exhausted, worn down and hurt from the accumulation of punches and was ready to get KTFO again, he collapsed onto his stool at the end of the 6th round, Vitali was clearly the fresher of the two, he was a man on a mission and would've KO'd Lewis for sure if the fight had continued.

All the fans at Staples Center cheered for Vitali and booed Lewis after the fight.

Lewis promised Vitali a rematch.

Vitali destroyed Kirk Johnson in 2 rounds and called out Lewis again in the post fight interview. The scared Lewis retired shortly after that fight.

Lewis turned down 30 million dollars for a rematch and retired like a coward because he knew he would get destroyed by Vitali.

Vitali dominated Lewis and scared his bitch ass into retirement.



George Foreman: "Vitali was winning the fight. Lewis got lucky. There has to be a rematch!"

Jim Lampley: "A lucky escape for Lewis who was clearly losing the fight"

Even Emanuel Steward was upset and pissed off at Lewis for blatantly ducking a Vitali rematch.

Lewis is scared to death of Vitali.

Great post.

Vitali Klitschko >>>>> Lennox Lewis

[BillyBoxing]

Justify what? He won the fight by stoppage.

Yeah, but it was a justified but ugly stoppage, because they stopped a disputed and great fight.
Only Lewis nuthuggers are happy with what happened.


That's why people asked for a rematch, everybody wanted a rematch except brit fans of course.
I wanted a remacth, ****!!!That fight and fans deserved a rematch.

It wasn't a robbery tough, but this fight was controversial, cuz Vitali was still ok to fight, dominated Lewis but had a vagina on his face.

Ok for the stoppage, but doctors stoppage aren't the greatest wins.Let's be honnest Brit mates.

[BillyBoxing]

Great post.

Vitali Klitschko >>>>> Lennox Lewis

I'm not sure about that, but for sure Lewis wasn't an unlucky mofo that night.
Lewis knows his retirement looked like a narrow escape.
That's dude is hating all day on the Klits.

Funny how Lennox was supposed to beat the lil brother and give Vitali a rematch but retired.

Lewis was 38 years old so I won't call him a coward.

[Jim Jeffries]

Lewis beat Vitali fair and square.

No need to cry about it really is there?

No argument here. The problem arises when Lewis fans (and Vitali haters) use this fight as "proof" that Lewis would've easily beaten Vitali because he was on a "completely different level."

There is about a 2 1/2 year stretch between the time Wlad beat Byrd (who Lewis never cared to fight) and lost to Sanders that I'd have liked to see Lewis fight him and I'm not sure why it took Kirk Johnson pulling out at the last minute for Lewis to face Vitali. But I certainly need more convincing that Lennox was indeed on this different level.

[Zn1]

No argument here. The problem arises when Lewis fans (and Vitali haters) use this fight as "proof" that Lewis would've easily beaten Vitali because he was on a "completely different level."

There is about a 2 1/2 year stretch between the time Wlad beat Byrd (who Lewis never cared to fight) and lost to Sanders that I'd have liked to see Lewis fight him and I'm not sure why it took Kirk Johnson pulling out at the last minute for Lewis to face Vitali. But I certainly need more convincing that Lennox was indeed on this different level.

not fighting wlad means vitali and wlad are all time greats and lewis is not ?

the reason Lewis didnt want to fight Byrd was cause it would of been a stinkfest.
how the hell do you sell a fight to HBO or w/e when Chris Byrd is involved.

oh look, HBO dont even want Klitschko fights anymore. OWNED.

Lewis in his prime is better than both brothers combined, including his actual record.

and Lewis never took 4 yrs out to recuperate like that ***** quitter Vitali.

[PrinceNaz88]

Why should Lewis of given a **** about giving Vitali a rematch??

Lewis had nothing to prove to anybody. He was the champion, he beat everyone he faced and he will go down as one of the greatest HW's of all time.