Comments Thread For: Seven Degrees of Lennox Lewis: Champ Discusses All

[pacquiaovmosley]

If Lewis will come out off retirement he should take some tune up fights before he face Vitali if he wants to win. Vitali has improve and he is active. Ring rush will be a big factor for Lewis.

[Neckodeemus]

Horsecrap. The problem for you is that the fight is easily accessed on Youtube. At no point is Vitali ever "holding on for dear life." He walked right through a massive Lewis uppercut that hit him clean on the chin. At the end of the last round, the HBO team note that it looks like LEWIS is too exhausted to continue.

Check it out, the last thirty secs sees Vitali falling in a lot, he takes a right to the body, after which he spends the last 15 secs falling in and takes an uppercut at the end of the round and Lewis also throws a left hook at the bell. It was a maul but Lewis landed some shots late and Vitali looked like a man who had shot his bolt and failed to capitalise.

As a few people have pointed out, though, the cut eye then brought about a legitimate finish and the problem since then is that too many people fail to appreciate that punches + cuts = TKO. This is not a fault on the part of Lewis, it is a sad indictment of the fundamental lack of boxing understanding amongst your modern fans.

And with that, I'm outy as I have stuff to do. See you guys in Sept after Mayweather has made a statement versus Ortiz!

[adamk1304]

Some of the posts here are ridiculous and lead to your average Klitschko fan being put in the same category as the more mentally challenged ones. I'm a huge Klitschko fan, but Lennox Lewis legitimately won that fight and to claim otherwise is insane. It may not have been an impressive win, but there was no controversy, the cuts were caused by punches. There is also no point in debating what "might" have happened after the 6th round. the extra 60 seconds recovery time could have made a huge difference to both fighters.

[Jedi Vader]

Some of the posts here are ridiculous and lead to your average Klitschko fan being put in the same category as the more mentally challenged ones. I'm a huge Klitschko fan, but Lennox Lewis legitimately won that fight and to claim otherwise is insane. It may not have been an impressive win, but there was no controversy, the cuts were caused by punches. There is also no point in debating what "might" have happened after the 6th round. the extra 60 seconds recovery time could have made a huge difference to both fighters.

There is a big difference Bro and that is you're a Klitschko FAN whereas the others are demented Klitschko nuthuggers with no ability to reason anything other that their hero is the greatest of all time and unbeatable.

[kayjay]

I belong among those who think he benefited from a shady decision in the Vitali fight, but ragardless of that controversy Lennox never did face "the more formidable of the brothers." Vitali doesn't have half the boxing skill or athleticism of his brother.

Otherwise it was a tolerably readable piece.

[ChopperRead]

Lewis ended his career being BOOED OUT OF THE STAPLES CENTER.

You'd think a great champion would want to make that right.

And he was BOOED AGAIN IN THE STAPLES CENTER when he showed up for the Vitali vs Corrie Sanders fight.

You'd think he'd want to come back and make that right.

And he does want to come back ... badly. He's still haunted by how his career ended, getting his ass kicked by Vitali and holding up the belts for a year while he quivered in fear at the thought of rematching a Vitali who would be fully ready for him.

He'd be back RIGHT NOW ... if Vitali wasn't around.

[madsweeney]

Yep, and after taking a shot in the second Lewis' legs wobble and he blocks the next one, takes a few steps back and gets out of range.

Vitali is unusual for a heavy in that he has some late KO wins but these came against modest opposition so cannot be automatically carried over to make the claim that he'd have KO'd Lewis.

Maybe you need a refresher on how crappy Vitaly was starting to look in the last 2 rounds. Yes Lewis was tired (he was fat and out of shape) but he was conserving his energy. Vitali was more interested in hugging, especially in the 6th.

[chav]

The issue here is the KlitPricks, they always try and somehow paint Vitali's loss as a win.

I'm as big a fan of Vitali as anyone, but he got TKO'd and in my opinion would have been stopped in the next couple of rounds. He might have landed more punches and been winning on the cards, but he fundamentally fcuked up and let Lennox cause that damage to his face which meant he lost.

No amount of keyboard bashing and posturing changes fact and records. Vitali got TKO'd.

Unlucky KlitPricks.

[ChopperRead]

This is the argument that never ends, and every time it's brought up, it goes on and on ... and that's LEWIS'S FAULT.

The fact is, the first fight was inconclusive. Each side has arguments that are valid, which is why this argument is never fully put to rest.

All of which means a REMATCH WAS NEEDED. Had there been one, there would be no argument.

But sadly, LEWIS promised a rematch and then, after dithering for a year, reneged.

And so, unless he comes back, we'll just keep arguing about this issue forever. Neither side will ever give in.

[madsweeney]

I belong among those who think he benefited from a shady decision in the Vitali fight, but ragardless of that controversy Lennox never did face "the more formidable of the brothers." Vitali doesn't have half the boxing skill or athleticism of his brother.

Otherwise it was a tolerably readable piece.

Is this the face of somebody that is up to going another 7 (pic is from end of the 5th) rounds!?!




Vitali is the better fighter of the two, Wlad is more accomplished but IMO (and a f'ing lot agree with me) he is the more beatable of the two.