Why did Lewis refuse the rematch?

maybe he thought vitali looked really ugly with his face falling off his skull ; so he did not want see that again. they say that killing a man will haunt you all your life. i have to imagine maming a mans face is a similiar nightmare.

 

Here come the inevitable "face falling off" drama queens.

The superficial cuts did not bother Vitaly, so why do they bother you? OH YEAH; Damage control!

 

Vitali will have his legacy after he's bored beating down every fighter who steps into the ring with him

Lewis retired because he achieved everything, in my opinion the only thing you could have against him is that he never gave Vitali the rematch, which doesn't question that he's one of the best HW's of all-time

 

Lewis did not refuse initially. He backpedaled when Vitali was cleared to fight by the doctor. Then Lewis watched Vitali destroy Johnson and wanted no part of it.

 

So people could argue for 8+ years about it.

 

lewis was scared, vitali was just bigger and more skilled boxer, even lewis mother knew that.

 

He was past his best and was no longer as motivated having secured his legacy. He had not fought in a year going into the Vitali fight, his longest period of inactivity and was no longer looking for what he regarded as competitive match ups. Hence why he was looking to rematch Tyson and get in an easy defence against Johnson.

Why would Lewis be too scared to rematch an opponent who almost beat him, when he rematched McCall and Rahman, 2 fighters who did what Vitali could not and actually legitimately KO and beat Lewis.

Age and lack of motivation were the biggest deciding factors. Had he simply wanted to avoid Vitali he would have done a Bowe and dumped the WBC belt and gone for Byrd's IBF title or Ruiz's WBA title.

 

How do you see Ortiz/Berto II going?

 

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cuz its aaahhh very clear Lewis won da fight. TKO6.

 

50 years from now at least once a week a post considering Lewis-Klitschko will be made on ESB

 

he retired because he was old and unmotivated. 36 is too old to be up with the best combat athletes in the world. It can kill you.

Death is not an option in life. Why risk ending up like Ali and others?

The Klit boys should tae a leaf from Lennox's wisdom and retire now too IMHO, they will be turning into similar ***ends in a few months.

 

Because his best years were behind him and he decided to retire with lots of money and good health.

Lets hope that when Vitalis skills have badly eroded with age he can still find a way to win against a very dangerous opponent and also know when to retire at the right time and not hang around like Holyfields ghost...