Comments Thread For: 21 Things You May Have Forgotten About Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko

[JimRaynor]

This was fight was endlessly debated, with Lewis fans finally having enough and just replied with TKO6.

I do think if not for the cut Vitali would've went on to defeat Lewis, probably by late KO. I also reckon that if Lewis agreed to the rematch he would've been sparked by now the much more confident Vitali.

In any case Lewis was 37 and in the twilight of his career, he had nothing else to prove and good on him for retiring when he did. As unsavory and unsatisfying his last win was, it was still nonetheless a win. Instead of chasing money he solidified himself in the history books by not adding any unnecessary L's, and going down as a true ATG worthy of the top 10.

[MulaKO]

I like Raskin and glad I opened to read the article
Very good read and brought back some good memories

[493dart]

Lennow Louise was an over rated fraud. Vitali had the beating of him and the manner in which the cut was caused by Lennox Louise's cheating was disgracefully unpunished. Only desperate brits recognise the fight as a win for Louise - the same man who took Tyson to court to stop him taking a warm up fight mwaning Tyson had boxed hardly any rounds over a four year period leading up to that fight. A prime Tyson would have tooknout Louise in less than 2 rounds.

Put down the crack pipe and the liquor you casual . Lennox is the GOAT . FACT. Tyson paid a large sum of step aside money to avoid Lewis. FACT. Manny steward said Lewis is the greatest he ever trained . Tyson was over-rated. Look what happened when he fought quality fighters = lewis , holyfield, etc...and Bowe threw away a belt to avoid the GOAT !!

[richardt]

Lewis cheated “by throwing an illegal/dirty punch”’with the intention of causing a cut”? Is that what the absurdity of your above comment is supposed to imply? Lewis an “overrated” fraud? Even more absurd - ducked no one and defeated every fighter he faced. Holyfield, Tua, Tyson, Golota, Ruddock, Morrison, Mercer, Rahman, Bruno..beat ALL significant HWs of that era..with Bowe the lone exception bc Bowe blatantly ducked Lewis. Prime Tyson v Prime Lewis - see Prime Tyson v Douglas! I can only hope your above post was a joke and meant to be as comical as it is!!

Exactly! What's amazing is that guy has an IQ so low that it is hard to imagine how he can breathe, let alone use a computer. Good thing breathing doesn't actually require an IQ far above a dead Frog or he would be fucked.

[NC Uppercut]

Wonderful read for the day!

[vital1983]

Vitali had em if not for the cut stoppage, Lewis knew it, and the exchange with him & Larry Merchant was quality, both fighting over the microphone, a fight in itself.

[landotter]

I thought the same thing, but I read it and thanks to the author for the memories that he brought back.
The fight was a battle between to giants of the sport, who both had long, and distinguished reigns during their career/era.
I remember Klitchko, hurting Lewis several times, and like he said in the post fight interview if not for the huge cut he would've defeated Lewis.
Lewis did show a massive amount of heart in this fight, because he was getting rocked by a proven knockout artist (Dr. Steel Fist).

Both men had moments in their careers which had the public and their peers questioning them, and something about this fight ended that. Honestly, it may have counted as a loss for one man and a victory for another, but in my opinion both warriors won this night.

[IAMTHAT]

Absolutely gutted till this day that LL failed to rematch Vitali. I mean my avatar is from this night. I think Vitali would beat LL in rematch.

[pollywog]

I saw Lewis come charging in with his head, make contact with Klitschko's eye and opening up a cut that Lewis then exploited cos he was getting beaten up...

I can't unsee that!

[1Eriugenus]

'This was fight was endlessly debated, with Lewis fans finally having enough and just replied with TKO6. I do think if not for the cut Vitali would've went on to defeat Lewis, probably by late KO. I also reckon that if Lewis agreed to the rematch he would've been sparked by now the much more confident Vitali. In any case Lewis was 37 and in the twilight of his career, he had nothing else to prove and good on him for retiring when he did. As unsavory and unsatisfying his last win was, it was still nonetheless a win'.

It wasn't debated much at all. I can understand Vitali was upset but a fighter can be the last person to know how bad a cut is, after all they don't give you a mirror in your corner (unless they combing your hair like AB). A boxer will know if blood is flowing down & obscuring his vision, like Tim Tszyu, but not how deep a cut is. The ring doctor said afterwards 'Vitali's eye was one of the worst things I've ever seen & I've been in Nam' & 'if we didn't stop it & Vitali took one more hit on the eye socket then his eye & all the jelly around it would be sloshing around on the ring floor'. They had no choice but to stop it. How is it 'unsavory and unsatisfying'? It is clear Lennox did the damage with a punch, not his head. Yes, he followed through with his forearm. If you think that is a heinous offence you literally would've disqualified Rocky Marciano in every fight he had & Larry Holmes & Ali in probably half of their fights.