Should Lewis have given Vitali a rematch?

[zoo]

I think so.

[onikami]

No. Lewis does not need to prove anything to anyone. Been there, done that. As he said himself.

[Eyeh8you]

No. Lewis does not need to prove anything to anyone. Been there, done that. As he said himself.

I have to agree w/ the ******* snaggle tooth here. Lennox was gonna retire, now if he were to fight another guy after the 1st fight then YES, but he retired w/ his brain and legacy intact.

[!!Captain]

I have to agree w/ the ******* snaggle tooth here. Lennox was gonna retire, now if he were to fight another guy after the 1st fight then YES, but he retired w/ his brain and legacy intact.

Brain - yes, legacy is being questioned and will be until the big "what if the fight with VK continued?" is resolved. IMO it never will be, so I don't think he "cemented" his legacy as he could have.

[Solo322]

it's pretty clear to me that lewis won, so no, he doesn't have to give a rematch. but as a sportsman, an entertainer, and a competitor, i think he should, cause everyone wants to see it happen

[Pno]

Lewis won... LOLOL not by points at the time.. he retired cause he is scared of Vitali.

but wait, he did 'win'

[bpapa420]

lewis had nothing else to prove! He cut the hell out of vitalys eye and it was only a matter of time before vitay was out of gas.

[Pno]

if that was an ordinary HW match, Lewis would have lost due to the cut he put on VK's eye. It would have gone to the cards, and he would have lost. The only thing that helped him win was the fact that in a Championship match...
or is that only with headbutts? now I think I'm confusing myself.. I think I remember the commentators talking about it after the fight. As far as I remember, a champion cannot loose a belt if the fight is forced to go to the cards, due to injury. But otherwise in a non-championship fight, it goes to the cards...

any boxing rules buffs out there care to clarify?

[zoo]

When Joe Louis planned on retiring he took on Joe Wolcott as his last fight, but the fight didn't go Louis's way. Everybody who saw it knew that Wolcott won, but the SD went to Louis. At that point, Louis could have retired, but he didn't, instead he gave Wolcott a rematch and knocked him out.

That is the way I wish Lennox Lewis would have handled the situation.

[Truth]

I think Lennox knew he almost done after the first Klitcshko fight so instead of fighting him again and possibly losing he went out as champ.