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2007-02-01 14:05:35 · 7 answers · asked by bribri75 5 in Sports ➔ Boxing
brad, i believe we are discussing klitch vs lewis, not byrd. in THIS fight, lennox was indeed lucky to get the nod and ran like crazy afterwards to retirement. he never, in my mind, defeated any fighter of any significance: tyson was over the hill and shot; holyfield was not his usual self and was probably fighting injured; tua imploded and just followed him around the ring; mccall and rachman just were begging to get knocked out; who did i miss? lennox doesn't belong on anyone's top ten list, although some on this website seem to be infatuated w/him. he was just a big man who, occasionally, showed marginal talent when placed w/the right(read shorter) fighters...and w/the greatest trainer in the history of boxing in his corner, how could he miss. w/klitchko he faced a fighter whom i believe was taller than he was and he wasn't used to that. in any case, he's a fraud(lewis) and i am glad he retired. i'm just sorry klitch didn't get the proper chance to spank him good in the rematch....i ain't no klitchko fan, mind you, but had tyson met lewis in the 80's, he would've gone the way of bruno and ruddock and been a wad of gum under mike's shoes as he stepped on him on his path to the top!
2007-02-02 06:18:06 · answer #1 · answered by The Dark Knight 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Let me ex plane boxing to some of you Lennox Lewis won the fight luck had nothing to do with it cuts are a part of the business and boxing is not a sprint it,s a Marathon what this fight did show is Lewis heart he never st oped coming forward after he was hurt I am not Lewis FAN but i WILL NEVER TAKE ANY THING AWAY FROM A fighter thank you for letting us see the fight again if it were not for the cut Lewis would have knocked him out in the next round
2007-02-03 14:08:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lennox Lewis was the most over rated fighter. He hand picked his opponents at times where they were vulnerable. He got knocked out by 2 bums, rahman and mcall. Should have lost against ray mercer, (bad decion). Ducked Riddick Bowe when he was on his game. Fought tyson when he was done, same with holyfield. Cought a lucky break against Vitali which seemed fishy to me. When they stopped the fight the cut was under control.
2007-02-02 05:34:10 · answer #3 · answered by nypokerplayer 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The cut on Klitschko's eye did not appear magically. Lewis put it there.
Let's not forget that the 'great' Klitschko quit against Chris Byrd.
Had this fight gone longer, Klitschko would have been stopped or quit again.
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Black Panther - I know we're discussing Klitschko vs. Lewis, but it's not insignificant that he quit against Byrd.
I'm no huge fan of Lewis, either, and I agree with your assessment of what would have happened to him against Tyson in the 80's, however, once Lewis opened the cut, he pinpointed it and kept making it bigger until the fight was stopped. It was boxing strategy, and it won him the fight legitimately.
2007-02-02 03:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
lennox was a sound boxer and he bought class to the game win, lose or draw.
2007-02-05 20:39:26 · answer #5 · answered by saxaphonist 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I dont think he was lucky. His eye didnt just go like that ..Lewis ****** it up.
2007-02-03 19:58:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
agree.....Vitali was mauling him in that fight.....Lennox's subsequent retirement left a bad taste in my mouth....HE SHOULD NEVER BE COMPARED WITH GREATS.
2007-02-02 02:20:56 · answer #7 · answered by jongcr 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋