Lewis vs Klitschko what do each need to do to win

Quite the contrary.

Vitali's lack of inside game is the key and Lewis knew that too.

In shape Lewis would have finished what he started to do in the latter rounds of their first fight.

But considering Lewis was past prime and fading it was a very tough task to do.

 

If 100% PEAK VITLAY could not beat 38 year old, Old-Man Lenny Lion, who was proper undertrained cos he had no respect for VitKlit And had never watched him fight - HOW in God's bloody name can he beat Lewis of 1997-2000?? :huh:huh:huh

ANYWAY to brutally DECAPITATE Vitlay's face again, Lenny Lion needs to do what he did at teh start of Rounds 3,4,5,6 - proper rough savage POWERPUNCHING-PRESSURE on teh INSIDE. Vitlay has zero inside game, always a ZERO.:ko :ko :ko

All Vitlay can do inside is hug like a *****, And Lenny has even more functional strength And is a brilliantly brutal brute in teh clinches with holding/hitting.:!:


Foreman Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook!:smoke

 

I think it always has to be plan b for lewis.

He tried and failed to outjab vitali.

Fighting on the outside vs vitali you need an exceptional speed advantage and lewis didn't have that.

The weakness for vitali is he is perhaps the worst inside fighter of the top 40 or so hw's. Even carnera was better on the inside.

As well as vitali's poor inside game, his slow hands give opening for people to get there (as we saw lewis and byrd succeed in).

Lewis isn't great on the inside and with his uppercut he's pretty much a one trick pony in the pocket, but vitali is a no trick pony so the edge is with lewis.

Lewis would have walk him down and beat him up to win.

The problem is lewis was past his prime and his reflexes or conditioning will have slipped considerably as we'd have seen in the rematch. He'd begin taking too much punishment on his way inside and after about 8 rounds he'd start fighting in a shell on the outside which is suicide vs vitali and vitali would have probably got the stoppage around the 11th.

Prime for prime lewis takes it but if the rematch would have come off, we'd have seen vitali take the crown from lewis.

 

What about the energy sapping, thudding, body punches?

 

That's a possible scenario - being past prime and having little motivation is not a good idea if you're going to fight a prime motivated good fighter.

 

Vitali is awkward and uses his height very well. Lewis was never the greatest brawler but he had enough of what it took to beat a guy like Vitali. Lewis just needed to do the same exact thing, and thats just put a ton of pressure on Vitali and take him apart.

If anything he could box less, and brawl more. Vitali never learned how to fight inside or brawl so Lewis would always beat him at that game. We've seen Lewis outjabbed by the likes of Frank Bruno so it would never been in his best interest to try and box Vitali. Just take it to him and break him down, just like he did in the first fight. The jab would only be used to setup his offense coming forward with big overhand rights, uppercuts and hooks on the inside.

 

The jab was ultimately the key for Lewis. I rarely have seen a harder one thrown. he literally was stopping Vitali in his tracks with it. But to win he also needs to get on the inside and make it a fight. The would need to throw straighter punches up the middle, rather than trying to loop them around Vitali's left hand. Vitali seemed to be pretty much waiting for that punch it was so predictable.

Not sure what Vitali could have done, but if he gets Lewis hurt like he did in the 2nd, he would need to finish him off. Otherwise Vitali's best option is to stay on the outside and box, but given how they fought in the 1st fight, Lewis likely won't have let that happen.

 

Lewis needs to be aggressive and turn it into a street fight, as he basically did in the long run. He's not used to such size and reach and was getting hit when he thought himself out of range. Shorten the distance and punch Vitali's face off earlier than he did in the initial encounter.

 

The thing is that when Lewis faced a guy of equal size, he always seemed to be able to win by turning it into an Irish brawl.

I suspect that he would do just that, and that it would work!

 

Exactly Jan. He stopped a few punchers early to. Guy could belt.

 

He never really faced an excellent brawler, and when he did he held or ran for his life, Holyfield, Tua, Tyson etc. Lewis would brawl with guys he knew couldnt counter or punch back well, but for the most part his brawls were pretty unimpressive in my opinion, save for the Mercer fight, which was close.

 

What he did was win all of them. He also stopped some peeps early (by unloading some bombs pretty much straight up) that would have been otherwise dangerous.