Should Lewis have given Vitali a rematch?

[BornPunsher]

allways fun 2 see another fight but he does not need to do that ... he won .. but it would be great of him doin that ..

sry guys im tm new and im learning on this system

[Verstyle]

they were going to give 30 million dollars to fight vitali again for the rematch and he turned it down,now who do u guys think won in ther first match and which one is scared today,this shouldnt be that hard to figure out

[Bozo_no no]

Lewis should have retired after beating Tyson, because his hunger and eagerness to prove somehting left him then.

Vitali had his chance agaisnt a 37 year old Lewis coming off a year's inactivity, and he elected to go toe to toe and ended up losing because his face got punched into hamburger:




Lewis is a Hall of Fame fighter, and earned the right to retire whenever he wnated.

The lesson to Vitali: step up and make the most of a chance when you get it.

He's now 0-2 agasint the two best fighters he's faced by way of TKO losses.

[Pno]

Lewis should have retired after beating Tyson, because his hunger and eagerness to prove somehting left him then.

Vitali had his chance agaisnt a 37 year old Lewis coming off a year's inactivity, and he elected to go toe to toe and ended up losing because his face got punched into hamburger:




Lewis is a Hall of Fame fighter, and earned the right to retire whenever he wnated.

The lesson to Vitali: step up and make the most of a chance when you get it.

He's now 0-2 agasint the two best fighters he's faced by way of TKO losses.

and STILL hasn't been knocked down!!!!
that's world class!
and hall of famer

[j]

the real question is......

should rahman have given lewis a rematch?

[Foreman]

Yes, he should have given a rematch. If the Hagler-Hearns fight was stopped when the ref called time to have the doc look at Hagler's cut, everyone would have wanted a rematch. And Tommy would have given one.

Lewis's two Ko losses were more decisive losses than his alleged win over Klit. Yet people clamor over how Lewis got the better of Rahman and McCall. Huh? He is 1-1 against both.(really, he never beat McCall, that any commission let him into the ring that night is a travesty) Have a rubber match and then you can claim victory. Lewis was a very careful and calculated fighter when it came to picking his fights.

[Mike_R]

i think lewis put it best when he said "i proved i can beat vitali klitschko on my worst day".
because that's exactly what he did. lewis is smart, and he knew to get out on top and not succumb to the "next fight" syndrome so many great fighters fall victim to- and ruin their records and reputation. he knew he was done after tyson. that was the last important stop on the way to him. getting knocked around some by a 6 7" guy you had 2 weeks to prepare for, amid not really even caring about fighting anymore doesn't prove vitali could have beaten lennox on any other day.
lewis came out dry- he looked like total **** and he fought like total **** (for him) and he still won. that says plenty, quit hating.

[KidBlackie]

The shameful way Lewis ended his career tainted the fine legacy he had built up. Lewis should have never promised Vitali the rematch, then made him jump through hoops, then drag and delay and finally retire days before he was scheduled to be stripped. Lewis was ducking both Byrd and the Klitschos before he retired. He only agreed to fight Vitali because he knew he could get Vitali as a late sub and would hold a training advantage over him. Lewis got a gift and should have retired a gentleman instead of a cad.

[leff]

i think lewis put it best when he said "i proved i can beat vitali klitschko on my worst day".
because that's exactly what he did. lewis is smart, and he knew to get out on top and not succumb to the "next fight" syndrome so many great fighters fall victim to- and ruin their records and reputation. he knew he was done after tyson. that was the last important stop on the way to him. getting knocked around some by a 6 7" guy you had 2 weeks to prepare for, amid not really even caring about fighting anymore doesn't prove vitali could have beaten lennox on any other day.
lewis came out dry- he looked like total **** and he fought like total **** (for him) and he still won. that says plenty, quit hating.

could people please stop nagging about ll only having 2 weeks tp prepare cause so did VK and he made no excuses.

its worse fighting LL when prepared for boswell than fighting VK prepared for johnson.

LL won but he didnt beat VK.

[Mike_R]

2 weeks to train wasn't the point. the point is lewis got out and stayed out sooner than later, it was a smart decision. if they fought again vitali would be cut again. lewis managed to do it while looking horrible, if he was good to go in the same way he was against tyson or the rahman rematch- vitali at his best still could never win. the fact that vitali is considered 'the man' right now is a big reason why the vast majority of people think the heavyweight division is so weak. i like the klitschkos, don't get me wrong. i'd watch them before any other heavyweights right now, but lewis was out of their league. vitali also only had 2 weeks to train for lewis- but he was more physically sound because lewis hadn't been doing anything but partying and celebrating his tyson victory. because, again, that was all he had left to do in his eyes. then he found out he'd be defending against some short bum so he barely trained (like an *******), but then all of the sudden he has a klitschko on his hands which completely changes any sort of a fight strategy he had together.
lennox lewis is a ****y dude, and that is the main weakness he has ever shown me. but again don't get me wrong because vitali is really good. he's just not that good.