Lennox Lewis: A little selfish?

[dansweeney]

Lennox Lewis wanted no part of any top fighter when they were in their prime, holyfield was 5 years past it by the time lennox had the balls to fight him, then he wants to fight tyson 7 years removed from his last title reign, and when bowe was gonna fight him lewis DEManded purse parity, which is rediculous, bowe was the undisputed champion then. He even avoided Foreman like the plague because he knew old george would have starched him with one jab. then he retires because he knew he would lose a rematch to vitali(who sucks by the way).

[TheEvilSaint]

Lennox Lewis wanted no part of any top fighter when they were in their prime, holyfield was 5 years past it by the time lennox had the balls to fight him, then he wants to fight tyson 7 years removed from his last title reign, and when bowe was gonna fight him lewis DEManded purse parity, which is rediculous, bowe was the undisputed champion then. He even avoided Foreman like the plague because he knew old george would have starched him with one jab. then he retires because he knew he would lose a rematch to vitali(who sucks by the way).

the above statement is chillingly accurate.

[Bozo_no no]

the above statement is chillingly accurate.

No, it's not.

Bowe avoided Lewis in his prime, and did so on live TV. Once right after the Holyfield fight, and once at the press conference that he threw his title away at rather than fight Lewis.

Tyson fought Seldon instead of Lewis, paying Lewis 4 Million to step aside.

Holyfield was tied up a lot fighting 3 fights with Bowe, 2 with Tyson, and two with Moore.

He wasn't interested in fighting Lewis when Lewis didn't have a title, because there was little money and it was hight risk.

Once agian, to assert Lewis ducked Bowe, Tyson, and Holyfield more so than vice versa is pure ignorance.

[TheEvilSaint]

No, it's not.

Bowe avoided Lewis in his prime, and did so on live TV. Once right after the Holyfield fight, and once at the press conference that he threw his title away at rather than fight Lewis.

Tyson fought Seldon instead of Lewis, paying Lewis 4 Million to step aside.

Holyfield was tied up a lot fighting 3 fights with Bowe, 2 with Tyson, and two with Moore.

He wasn't interested in fighting Lewis when Lewis didn't have a title, because there was little money and it was hight risk.

Once agian, to assert Lewis ducked Bowe, Tyson, and Holyfield more so than vice versa is pure ignorance.

tyson offered 4 million to lennox lewis and lewis accepted. whos dodging who? the guy who offeres the bribe or the guy who takes the bribe, drops the belts, retires, and has the gall to say that people dodged him?

[Bozo_no no]

tyson offered 4 million to lennox lewis and lewis accepted. whos dodging who? the guy who offeres the bribe or the guy who takes the bribe, drops the belts, retires, and has the gall to say that people dodged him?

It would have been smarter to give up 4 Million dollars for doing nothing?

That's a lot of money to pay someone not to fight.

Bruce Seldon was a weaker fight, and Tyson was thinking it would lead into a Holyfield fight, one he thought he'd easilly win. There was discussions about the Holyfield fight long before Tyson fought Seldon.

You can't really blame Tyson, he wasn't very smart, and was being constantly screwed by those around him.

[TheEvilSaint]

It would have been smarter to give up 4 Million dollars for doing nothing?

That's a lot of money to pay someone not to fight.

Bruce Seldon was a weaker fight, and Tyson was thinking it would lead into a Holyfield fight, one he thought he'd easilly win.

You can't really blame Tyson, he wasn't very smart, and was being constantly screwed by those around him.

what would u take? a 4 million dollar bribe to NOT fight or a multimillion dollar deal TO fight? seems like lewis took the easy money... i guess he doesnt like earning his living.

[Bozo_no no]

what would u take? a 4 million dollar bribe to NOT fight or a multimillion dollar deal TO fight? seems like lewis took the easy money... i guess he doesnt like earning his living.

Tyson never had any intention of fighting Lewis. He was set on fighting Holyfield because he and his fans thought (for whatever reason) that it would be an easier fight for Holyfield.

He wanted to fight Seldon because he knew it was a walkover, and thought he'd do the same to Evander.

[hollister]

[QUOTE=Bozo_no_no]Tyson never had any intention of fighting Lewis. He was set on fighting Holyfield because he and his fans thought (for whatever reason) that it would be an easier fight for Holyfield.QUOTE]


What?

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What?

[lennon]

Lennox Lewis wanted no part of any top fighter when they were in their prime, holyfield was 5 years past it by the time lennox had the balls to fight him, then he wants to fight tyson 7 years removed from his last title reign, and when bowe was gonna fight him lewis DEManded purse parity, which is rediculous, bowe was the undisputed champion then. He even avoided Foreman like the plague because he knew old george would have starched him with one jab. then he retires because he knew he would lose a rematch to vitali(who sucks by the way).

Tyson was Lewis`s Mandatory in 2002, Holyfield was the WBA & IBF Champion at the time! You say he avoided every top fighter in their prime but yet you acknowledge that he faced and BEAT vitali.

[lennon]

um...no

He didn't "coax" anyone into anything. Who else was Rahman gonna fight and get that kind of money? He had to wait years fro McCall because he was frozen out by King.

That "draw" might be the single worst desicion in the history of the sport.

The only one guy who you could make a case for deserving a rematch was Mercer.

Mercer, yes it could have been a draw but remember Lewis was to fight for the title next, tyson vacated it and so he fought mccall for it, meanwhile mercer beat Witherspoon in december 96 but did not fight again for 2 years because he got hepatitis, so the rematch couldnt happen anytime, its not lewis`s fault it didnt.