Vitali: "lennox is the strongest boxer of all time"

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Its a shame some of the fans of both guys cant be as graceful.

[Squizz]

No, they are giving a Canadian fighter credit.

This.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

that might be the last 'great' HW fight i remember

[Larry the boss]

its a shame some of the fans of both guys cant be as graceful.

very true.........

[New England]

Lol guys on here giving a british fighter credit??? Surely not... or was it just because vitali said it?? lol

british fighters deserving of credit are regularly praised on here
there have been plenty of great british fighters in both the contemporary and historic contexts



to say that they deserve an equal share of the total praise, however, is foolish.
the best fighters in the world fight in the states. if we praise them more regularly it's because there's more to praise, not because we believe the british fighters aren't worthy of praise.

a winning run gets you out of britain, does it not?
it's certainly not that way in the states.

i'm a huge fan of the way british fighters are raised domestically. it builds true fan-bases (there is only one ricky hatton)
huge, dedicated fanbases, that will travel the world.
but the fighters fight and aspire to better their careers for the opportunity to enter the "world level"
and that generally means fighting against world champions who live and train and fight in north america, particularly the united states.


for the record :
if vitali say's lennox is out of this world strong, i believe the guy.
lennox was an absolute dumptruck of a man once he filled out
an underrated boxer
and a tough guy through and through


nobody outside of the fools discredit lennox lewis because of his britishness.

brits are generally gentlemanly fighters
the best top to bottom fight card i've seen in a huge stretch was the "Magnificent 7"

[chav]

Did you see Solis fight Austin?

No way is he in Lennox's league.

The funny thing is, people used to talk **** about Lewis almost as much as they do about the Klitschkos now. But since he's been gone for awhile, all is forgiven.

I never said he was in Lennox's league, he's not.

I was always a Lewis fan and became a fan of Vitali after that fight..everyone is entitled to an opinion and if they want to talk **** about a fighter then let them carry on

[£-4-£]

Lennox and Vitali are both Hall of Famers. Lennox is an ATG. Vitali's not quite there yet.

[Joeyzagz]

This is such a jerkov session between the two fighters.

Old Lennox isnt the strongest(Max Baer/Foreman) and vitali isnt his toughest fight(Oliver/Mccall).

[Steak]

Altough I appreciate the interview, I must have missed the part where Vitali says "Lewis was the strongest boxer of all time".
just the toughest fight of his career.


soon this thread will end by someone going on a rampage with copy and paste posts.

[hugh grant]

Its good to see LL finally give Vitali credit as an opponent because i remember right after the fight being interviewed he was like a stroppy teenager.

Ali gave Frasier credit even though they were enemies as well. So its good to see. Vitali gives LL credit of course. But LL was a great champion. Has got to be one of the best of all time, if Vitali himself says it. But he keeps saying STRONGEST and not greatest.