Comments Thread For: Lennox Lewis Shreds Klitschkos' Opponent, Heavyweights

[Superflo777]

who does everyone want the klitschkos to fight, aside from each other? no matter who they fight people are gonna be critics and you can't blame the klitschkos for that. thats just how our sport is. not every division can be stacked with elite and exciting talent at all given times.

i think theres a decent amount of heavyweights that can be in exciting fights but with the 201+ limit maybe guys dont come in as good of shape as they can. they take it easy in camp because they dont HAVE to cut weight. but again, thats not the klitschkos fault.

and on the other hand, maybe they're just that good. if you don't like it, don't watch. nobody is making you, afterall.

A well-written post.

[xAUGUSTUSx]

look at what he did to botha, grant, golota & ruddock.he crushed them. look at what he did to a prime briggs(5 rds with 4 knockdowns i believe). lewis wasn't afraid to vacate a title instead of fighting an inferior mandatory. how do you think ruiz ever got a title? how do you think holyfield got another title after? lewis didn't waste his time on duds like mormeck, sosnowski, kingpin, etc. he would have vacated his title if juan carlos gomez was his mandatory. lewis had great fights with ray mercer & frank bruno. holyfield & tyson wanted no part of him until they were broke & needed money.it's as simple as that. he was cautious against dangerous opponents like tua but who wasn't? considering tua knock out 4 former world champions. lewis made VOLUNTARY defences vs golota, bruno, grant, tyson, briggs, holyfield, rahman, mccall, vitali klitschko. that's 7 voluntary defences vs former world champions. he never took the easy path when he wasn't fighting mandatories. so anyone who says he ducked vitali or was overrated is either a bitter nuthugger or doesn't know very much about HW boxing.he is top 3 all-time.

So was Lewis 40 years old when he fought a prime Briggs. A prime Briggs was more willing to throw punches there for was more likely to get caught. Do you honestly think that the Klits would've had problems with Botha or Golota with his lack of heart. Grant was way too green for Lewis nd never really was a fighter just a good athelete. In all honesty Grant's probably more well rounded now.

A prime Briggs was'nt as big as the Briggs that Klitschko fought. He was more athletic when he fought Lewis and he did'nt have such a thick neck. Having a thick neck like he does now would help him absorb punches better.

[Grimmer]

Some rich Arab needs to make Lewis v Wlad for silly money in Dubai or something.

[Jim Jeffries]

Some rich Arab needs to make Lewis v Wlad for silly money in Dubai or something.

Lewis vs Vitali makes more sense (esp considering their history.) Wlad would obliterate Lennox at this stage.

[Superflo777]

So was Lewis 40 years old when he fought a prime Briggs. A prime Briggs was more willing to throw punches there for was more likely to get caught. Do you honestly think that the Klits would've had problems with Botha or Golota with his lack of heart. Grant was way too green for Lewis nd never really was a fighter just a good athelete. In all honesty Grant's probably more well rounded now.

A prime Briggs was'nt as big as the Briggs that Klitschko fought. He was more athletic when he fought Lewis and he did'nt have such a thick neck. Having a thick neck like he does now would help him absorb punches better.

Exactly and also don't forget the Vitali-Briggs fight would've been a TKO under most professional boxing referees.

[Jam Jars]

Tell us something we haven't known for the last 7 years.

[Shona Boy]

Lewis was just as prepared for his fight with Vitali as he was for his first fight with Rahman, that being said, he also took the fight on a 2 week notice, same for vitali obviously. If the Well preared version on Lewis showed up, I mean the one that was ready for Tyson and the Rahman rematch, Vitali would have tasted the canvas enroute to a brutal KO.

[B.R!ghteous]

Klitchko ended Lewis's career even though he won by TKO. Lennox, the Klitchko's are the most boring fighter's of our decade, but you had no answer for your Klitchko. Guess that early stoppage because of the cut saved you.

[Jedi Vader]

I knew you would come with Klitschko never fought Ruiz

So it's ok for you to reply to someone with 'Ruiz' but when I reply to you with the same thing, you don't like it?? THAT is a double standard.

just shows you compare Lewis to the brothers as well since they are close to equal fighters.

I look at Lewis' resume and then look at the Klits and there is NO comparison. To even suggest that shows that you have an inferiority complex for your Klits.

But IF Wlad or Vitali would've faced him you'd just go on and ramble about the brothers fightig old guys like Briggs or Rahman. Hater's double standards.

Why mention Ruiz then if deep down, you know he isn't up to scratch?

[elfag]

Awful article - author is obviously a huge hater of the Klitschkos. To say "he knocked out Vitali Klitschko in the sixth round in a title defense" is ridiculous. Lewis stopped him on cuts, TKO'ed him, but he wasn't even close to knock him out. If Lewis knocked Vitali out, then Cris Byrd did exactly the same thing - he knocked him out (cold) too, according to this author. What an idiot!

Than again, Lewis isn't much better - he was a great fighter (not on Ali or Louis level, but definitely top-10 of all time IMO), but he is jealous. He shouldn't say they are boring considering the fact he had a lot of boring fights as well.

This article is garbage, does the guy even read his own crap before he posts it?

"The frenchman was hopelessly outclasses and Lewis fees the Ukrainian brothers' title fights are poor a poor advert for the sport. "

Plus in his opening he says Lewis criticized the Klitschkos for their sub par opponents, which looking through the quotes he never did. That is suggesting he is saying the Klitchkos are choosing weak opponents and ducking better available ones, which anyone following boxing knows they have cleared out the division and it is not their fault everyone sucks. Lennox stated the same, that everyone sucks and that the Klitschkos are not exciting enough but he didnt criticize them for selecting bad opponents. The author is a reject.