The Lennox Lewis that fought Vitali Klitschko.

[legend]

Vitali didn't get cut on a piece of paper, it was Lennox's fist. It's odd that when a guy gets cut from a punch that the puncher is somehow not credited with causing it. Rahman and McCall gave rematches for the money.

he was cut by the side of the glove, not from a direct punch. it was a "freak" cut that doesn't happen very often. watch the fight, and watch that punch in slow motion, it's not like lennox cleanly connected, itwas pretty much a freak accident.

[UnderControl-]

I think Lewis would have knocked Klitschko down because he could hurt Vitali (so he did, so did Sanders). There were 6 more rounds to go (if not for the stoppage). You cannot see all punches with that kind of injuries, you cannot avoid getting hit hard for six more rounds.

Man, the Lewis - Klitschko bout clearly devided a nation, huh?!

[FeelTheA-Force]

Lennox was in a decent shape. Sam, Lamon, Brew, and Hasim would have ZERO chance.

but your boy with the WBO heavy weight belt,. wud be able to beat LEWIS rite???

[Floydko1]

The version of Lennox Lewis that fought Vitali Klitschko some year ago was old and out of shape (I think so). Do you think some, or any, of the current heavyweights could have beat that version? How about Samuel Peter, Lamon Brewster, Hasim Raman again ... ?

Depends really,

Lewis really was not in great shape for that fight either was he mentally ready 4 tht fight but he did beat a good boxer in Vitali whateva way u look at it,

Brewster had no chance he would have been BLEW out the ring by Lewis,
Samuel peter also he a one trick pony,
Rahman had a chance sure jst like the lewis first fight but yano what happend to Rahman when he faced a FULLY trainned Lewis he got Knockd out,
Prob Wladimir had the best chance
prob

[Banderivets]

I think Lewis would have knocked Klitschko down because he could hurt Vitali (so he did, so did Sanders). There were 6 more rounds to go (if not for the stoppage). You cannot see all punches with that kind of injuries, you cannot avoid getting hit hard for six more rounds.

Man, the Lewis - Klitschko bout clearly devided a nation, huh?!

Lewis might have won, but I dont believe he would ever put Vitali down. Considering he took the best shots Lewis could come up with withouht going down, and the fact that he NEVER went down in his carier, I dont see him going down...

If anything that fight would be stopped from Vitali getting a beating.

But I just dont see his ass touching the canvas.

[ejk22]

I do not know what would have happened if the fight was allowed to continue. Vitali probably would have lost his eye and for that reason alone it was a good stoppage. However Lewis was having difficulty with his legs. He was exhausted. I do not believe Lewis would have knocked Vitali down or out because Lewis hit Vitali with one of the most devastating uppercuts I have ever seen and Vitali was not fazed and continued pushing forward. No freaking way was this fight going to go the distance. Either the fight would have been stopped anyway later on because that cut was getting worse or Vitali might have TKO'd Lewis. Lewis did a smart thing by retiring because rematching Vitali would have meant Lewis having to work out hard in order for him to get back into shape. At that point in his life he did not need it. He already defeated the one man that he was measured by in his career (Tyson) and made a ****load of money in the process. A rematch with Vitali would probably have brought in big bucks for both, but Lewis decided against it.

[UnderControl-]

Lots of interesting views. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[ROSEWOOD]

The version of Lennox Lewis that fought Vitali Klitschko some year ago was old and out of shape (I think so). Do you think some, or any, of the current heavyweights could have beat that version? How about Samuel Peter, Lamon Brewster, Hasim Raman again ... ?

Nope...he would simply JAB, JAB, POWER PUNCH their ass the whole fight...you need equal arm lenght or a lucky punch (like Rahman) to handle LL. He had truly started to run away with the HW class and he ****ed up the division when he dipped..