Was Lewis vs Vitali a good fight?

[Mr. Ryan]

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

You mean the doctor saved Vitali from being blinded, as per Ring ****zine.

Vitali was not clearly winning the fight because there were only two clear rounds, the second for Vitali and the sixth for Lewis. The referee and doctor were helped in their decision to stop the fight by Lewis' dominant sixth round. Maybe he would have earned himself another round with a better showing.

[BrooklynBomber]

Lewis would not survive the next round.

You could tell by the way he stumbled to his chair, very similarly to the way Peter stumbled to his after 8th round.

And even after Lewis was declared winner and during the interview with merchant, you could tell that Lewis was acting like a kid who just found out that the exam that he knows **** all about just been canceled and he got his grade automatically.

[S A M U R A I]

Sloppy but entertaining. I firmly believe that if Lewis would have continued hitting Vitali with those brutal uppercuts he would have knocked the giant out. I don't think Lewis was in any danger, despite being tired and too heavy for his own good at 256 pounds.



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[daggum]

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

my have the times changed. he gets a small cut against clottey and claims he is blind.

[Pullcounter]

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?

it was a sloppy fight and lewis just wanted to collect the paycheck and end the fight as soon as possible. a prime lewis probably would've been more patient and broke down vitaly.

[The Surgeon]

it was a sloppy fight and lewis just wanted to collect the paycheck and end the fight as soon as possible. a prime lewis probably would've been more patient and broke down vitaly.

I think Prime Lewis does the same thing just way more shaper and effective, he always fought big guys head on!

[sparked_85]

I think Lewis was going to knock him out in the next round.

I don't care how tough you are, you are not at your best when your face is falling off.

[Flawless 2]

Lewis was going to stop him anywayz. Vitali had to lift his head to see the doctor. 2 eyes Vitali was cut up by Lewis, 1 eye Vitali would have got killed

[Froch You]

It was a good entertaining fight. IMO one of the last great heavyweight title fights in recent history. Liakhovich-Brewster was good but those two were B level fighters. Lennox and Vitali were the top two heavies at the time IMO.

[rizkybizness]

It was a good entertaining fight. IMO one of the last great heavyweight title fights in recent history. Liakhovich-Brewster was good but those two were B level fighters. Lennox and Vitali were the top two heavies at the time IMO.

Sounds to me like you missed Klitschko-Austin