Was Lewis vs Vitali a good fight?

[The Surgeon]

Just watched Vitali Klitchko vs Lennox Lewis again there, inspired by the recent comeback!
Forgot about how tough Larry was on Lewis and how much of a **** Lennox was, he gave Klitchko NO credit and wouldnt even admit the guy had heart!


Anyway, i thought the fight HAD to be stopped those cuts were TERRIBLE!
That was the fight i became a Vitali fan in (tho im far from a fanatic) it was the making of him, battling a legend toe to toe through the blood and defiantly wanting the fight to continue, crushing talk of him lacking heart after the Byrd fight.

Prime LL beats him tho, and yeah i know out of prime Lewis did too.


Question tho, was this a classic slugfest between the two best big men on the planet as ive heard? Or as ive also heard said, a sloppy fight by two uncoirdinated lumps, one a robot and the other old and heavy?

Ur take? Do u rate it?

[WLAD OWNS]

Vitali/Lewis was a great fight

The doctor screwed over Vitali and stopped the fight

Vitali was clearly winning the fight 4-2....Lewis was hurt and finished at the end of the 6th and collapsed onto his stool.

Vitali would've KO'd Lewis for sure if the fight had continued

[The Surgeon]

Vitali/Lewis was a great fight

The doctor screwed over Vitali and stopped the fight

Vitali was clearly winning the fight 4-2 and Lewis was hurt and finished at the end of the 6th.

Vitali would've KO'd Lewis for sure if the fight had continued

Be fair tho Wlad that cut was crazy bad, he was given a chance but the fight had to be stopped

[WLAD OWNS]

Be fair tho Wlad that cut was crazy bad, he was given a chance but the fight had to be stopped

Vitali is a warrior...he wanted to keep fighting...the doctor should've let him continue.

one more big right hand from Vitali in the 7th and Lewis would've been on the canvas and finished.

[MANGLER]

Lennox was in bad shape and had to press for a KO every minute of every rd. VK came to fight and had to go for a KO ASAP before his cuts stopped him. Damn good HW fight.

[TheManchine]

Lewis was very dirty that night, he was using his head in clinches,

it was a great fight surrounded by controversy

[The Surgeon]

Vitali is a warrior...he wanted to keep fighting...they should've let him continue.

one more big right hand from Vitali in the 7th and Lewis would've been on the canvas and finished.

Yeah he is, game as **** but its the doctors and the refs Job to stop a fight in those circumstances man, Zab Judah wanted to continue on in the Tzsyu fight but it was the refs Job to stop it same thing

[Chunk..]

What makes me laugh is if the tables were switched and the fight was stopped because Lennox had the cuts to his face, the Vitali fans would justify the stoppage and say the ref did the right thing.

[wolfgang]

Yes it was a great, and was a great stoppage, stop posting the same repetitive **** in every thread about vitila and lewis, in if lewis had those nasty cuts and lewis was winning on pts you would have agreed with the stoppage, lewis was tired not hurt, lewis wasnt going to be ko,d in the next round, so vitale would have been tko,d or the fight would have been stopped if if the fight went on for a couple more rounds.

[Mr. Ryan]

It was OK, I thought it was too brief and lacked enough graphic drama to be particularly memorable but it was one of the few fights in which Lewis was in peril. That added to it's appeal.