Vitali Was Pre-Prime and Injured When He Fought Lewis

[Larry the boss]

[Grand Champ]

What I remember most was Vitaly being pissed as FUCK when the doctor's stopped the fight, then going over to Lewis yelling REMATCH! about 3 times

[UglyPug]

the fact is we simply do not know who is better head to head. . . i just don't see how any real boxing fan can be satisfied with how that fight ended, i really don't. . . without a rematch we do not know who is the superior man in the ring.

sure, under the unified rules of boxing lewis won the fight. . . but the ability to "look closer" is what separates the real boxing enthusiasts from the laymen, casual, " beer and popcorn" fan. . .

[latinbrawler316]

pre prime, past prime, during there prime it doesnt matter vitali owns lennox even lennox admitted it

[Poet682006]

"look closer"

And when you look closer what do you see? Vitali getting his face beat in by Lennox's fists.

[Froghead99]

Vitali was indeed pre prime, and took the fight ON TWO WEEKS notice. Two ***ing weeks!

Prime Vitali beats Lewis.

[Johnwoo8686]

If a slow, old, fat Lennox busted up Vitali like that what do you think a prime Lennox would do? Like Mayweather said, either the Klits opponenets have size but no skill or they have skill but no size. The last time the better brother fought a guy with size and skill he got his face busted open.

[UglyPug]

And when you look closer what do you see? Vitali getting his face beat in by Lennox's fists.

what i saw was a fight vitali was controlling, but where lewis was working his way back into the fight - what i saw was perhaps one of the best HW fights of all time taking place until unfortunate circumstances brought it to a halt. yes, i did see lennox land some hard shots that badly cut vitali. . . what i would hope any real boxing fan would want is a rematch to determine who the better man is. . . that's jsut me, though. if you're happy with the result of the fight, then cool.

obviously lennox didn't feel he could compete with vitali again, so he retired. if he's happy, and his fans are apparently happy - what can ya do?

[Barry Halls]

I'm so tired of you ******s... This is unbelievable, Pre-Prime?

Read up on some physiology and just as important, use your goddamn eyes.

[Sadistic]

This is a fact. Vitali was pre-prime. Sure he was undefeated...so was Ali when henry cooper knocked him unconcious. Vitali didn't reach his prime until afterwards when he gained the mental edge and when he had lived in the U.S. and studied boxing longer. It wasnt until after he got in the ring with Lewis that he realized that no one could ever knock him down. Sure Lewis cheated...we all know that, sure it should have been a TD win for Vitali...but you can't go back in time and make things right. What should be noted is that Vitali didn't really reach his prime until later. He and his trainer state this. Wow...lewis cheated to win a controversial fight againt a pre-prime vitali on 2 weeks notice...good job.

Excellent post!

Green K sent