Comments Thread For: Vitali Klitschko: Our Fight, It Made Lennox Lewis Retire

[Mr. Invincible]

That's just a bogus statement & flat out lie... every opponent since Lewis has gone in to A bout with him UTILYZING this as there ONLY gameplan for winning.

You must've missed the point.

If that's the only way to beat Vitali, his opponents may be thinking this but none have expressed it. Saying that is their only game plan is the complete lie.

My piont was that prior to Vitali being cut by Lennox, there was no signs that he was vulnerable to cuts and Lennox didn't think before the fight that he could win that way and impliment that into the game plan. It just happened and to me he got somewhat lucky if it was in fact caused by a punch.

[jimmy1569]

You must've missed the point.

Nope... you must've missed mine.. perhaps i should've put a at the end of it.

[jimmy1569]

What you call his loss against Rahman then? Robbed the victory? Lol.

He beat the 10 count both times.. only to have the ref state to him that.... he's all but ktfo... better luck in the rematch & hopefully you come into it with a chin guard in place or a flatout chin transplant.

[Left Hook Tua]

As a fact he didn't. He said several times prior to the fight that he wasn't anywhere near retirement. Try again.

P.S. Lennox was 37 amd Vitali currently dominates the division at 40+ years of age.

yeah i'm sure a 37 (turning 38 in 2 1/2 months) who just made his biggest payday in the tyson fight had no plans on retiring.

because every boxer ages the same.

[jimmy1569]

Dereck will wake up before he gets to that part of the dream.

Dude.. welcome aboard... you seem to be one of the very few who actually GET it around here... refreshing to say the least!

[Mr. Invincible]

Nope... you must've missed mine.. perhaps i should've put a at the end of it.

Ahh, got it. I was wondering.

[Superflo777]

He beat the 10 count both times.. only to have the ref state to him that.... he's all but ktfo... better luck in the rematch & hopefully you come into it with a chin guard in place or a flatout chin transplant.

What do you mean buddy? I was talking about the Lewis vs. Rahman I fight.

[MJ223]

Yup.... With a W

[jimmy1569]

He usually is respectful. But he wasn't during and after that fight with Lewis. He kicked Lewis, then Lewis helped him up. He then tried to start a fight with Lewis after he knew he had lost, which was childish. Then he claimed headbutt etc.

Perhaps it is hard for someone like him to be gracious in defeat when he is so used to winning. It may have been a crappy ending, but it was legit and Vitali acted like a child.

The only reason Vitali kicked him was because Lennox wrestled him down.. he was acting in self defense until LL went & did an about face once he saw how mad Vitali was & made it look like he was being a sportsman by helping him up... one of the many roughhouse tactics he was using against Vitali throughout there bout... including all that hitting & holding which for the most part is what developed the cut into what it was.. LL had in his repertoire.. the stitching of his glove to actually CAUSE the cut luckily & then feasted on it in close quarters while he was holding Vk's arm & hitting him with the other & his braids.. even though it was tied neatly.. didn't help the cut heal.. that's for sure.. so please don't talk about Vitali's demeanor during & or after the fight when LL'S behavior was less than stellar.

[Mr. Invincible]

yeah i'm sure a 37 (turning 38 in 2 1/2 months) who just made his biggest payday in the tyson fight had no plans on retiring.

because every boxer ages the same.

Well unlike you being a mind reader, I didn't get a chance to ask Lewis in the midst of him saying that he was at his prime best and at the peak of his powers and something about being like fine wine and getting better with age.

Yea, you remember.

Vitali ended his career. Face it like we have to face Vitali's cuts defeat.

Why do you think Lennox waited to retire after he was being forced to fight Vitali again or be stripped of the WBC belt when Vitali destroyed Kirk Johnson?