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I think they'll say that Lewis ducked Klitschko. It's not just a matter of them saying so for it to be true. As evidence for this;
1) Let's take it as said the way Larry Merchant and all the analysts said it that Lewis was very lucky.
2) Then we have the supposed return date of Dec 6th 2003.
3) next we have Lewis' demand that Klitschko get his eye cut examined by Lewis' own surgeon IN LONDON to make sure that it won't go again and ruin the fight.
4) That being done and the cut passed, Lewis delays signing , keeps putting off decision.
5) Klitschko eventually sees there's no fight and arranges a fight with Kirk Johnson, whose place he'd taken in the Lewis fight. He destroys him in the second rd.
6) Now we have Lewis still delaying, so that the WBC give him a time period to sign or else be stripped.
7) He still won't sign, and retires the morning of the day on which he was to have been stripped.
The evidence shows that he was nervous about rematching Klitschko, snd when he saw what happened to his original opponent Johnson, he made it definite. From the public Larry Merchant interview, he showed a huge streak of real malice which constantly showed up with every succeeding Klitschko fight, when Lewis would contact the opponent and give him tips on how to beat Klitschko. Useless tips I might add.
Don't forget that up to the time Klitschko fought the World Heavyweight Champion on 9 days notice, and was actually beating him, he had lost only one fight, a retirement after the 9th rd against Chris Byrd when he was so far ahead that he couldn't lose on the cards unless KO'd. AND, that except for one earlier fight, Klitschko had won every other fight by KO.
In fact Lewis was wise not to have rematched him, since he won every other fight in his career, mostly overwhelmingly, with only 3 opponents total not being stopped.
I believe that a very good case can be made for saying that Lewis ducked Klitschko.
1) Let's take it as said the way Larry Merchant and all the analysts said it that Lewis was very lucky.
2) Then we have the supposed return date of Dec 6th 2003.
3) next we have Lewis' demand that Klitschko get his eye cut examined by Lewis' own surgeon IN LONDON to make sure that it won't go again and ruin the fight.
4) That being done and the cut passed, Lewis delays signing , keeps putting off decision.
5) Klitschko eventually sees there's no fight and arranges a fight with Kirk Johnson, whose place he'd taken in the Lewis fight. He destroys him in the second rd.
6) Now we have Lewis still delaying, so that the WBC give him a time period to sign or else be stripped.
7) He still won't sign, and retires the morning of the day on which he was to have been stripped.
The evidence shows that he was nervous about rematching Klitschko, snd when he saw what happened to his original opponent Johnson, he made it definite. From the public Larry Merchant interview, he showed a huge streak of real malice which constantly showed up with every succeeding Klitschko fight, when Lewis would contact the opponent and give him tips on how to beat Klitschko. Useless tips I might add.
Don't forget that up to the time Klitschko fought the World Heavyweight Champion on 9 days notice, and was actually beating him, he had lost only one fight, a retirement after the 9th rd against Chris Byrd when he was so far ahead that he couldn't lose on the cards unless KO'd. AND, that except for one earlier fight, Klitschko had won every other fight by KO.
In fact Lewis was wise not to have rematched him, since he won every other fight in his career, mostly overwhelmingly, with only 3 opponents total not being stopped.
I believe that a very good case can be made for saying that Lewis ducked Klitschko.
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