Lennox knew his ass was gone in a rematch so did his fans. There's no shame in being outboxed by vitaly every man on earth did who stepped in the ring with him. Vitaly is missed greatly already.
50 posts a day, 7 days a week, over a 9 year period, and you expected to maintain a marriage? You're married to this site, and we are your children... Pops.
There's no shame in admitting an old, fat Lennox Lewis smashed in the face of a peak Vitali Klitschko and nearly destroyed his career.
Vitaly was a beast. We are lucky we witnessed the true changing of the guard that night. Lennox and his fans should hold their head up he had a great run with only a couple hiccups.
Vitali was a beast alright ROFLMAO Beasts don't quit on their stools when fighting powder puff punchers like Chris Byrd Lennox Lewis kicked Vitali's a$$ when barely 80% ready Name me one other world champion that defended his title against his #1 contender on 10 days notice. Don't bother looking there isn't one. Please don't mention Wlad either ROFL Why didn't he challenge Lennox to get revenge for his brother??? Instead Wlad took to the hills & dissappeared Only one more thing needed now is HRH to say ARISE SIR LENNOX!!!!!!!!!!
Lewis was prepared for a HW championship fight, while Vitali was prepared to face a nobody. Thus, Lewis had months of preparation while Vitali came in with 2 weeks notice. The fight heavily favored Lewis, who was in his absolute prime at 37 years old. Proof: Wlad is still in him prime at 39, Lewis has never been in any wars. He was not in bad shape, he only weighed 8 more lbs than Vitali. He was only 3 lbs more than his previous fight. Vitali picked Lewis apart and almost knocked him out at round 2. On round 6, Lewis knees buckled as he went to sit down. He had no more energy, Vitali also revealed his gameplan of taking Lewis into the later rounds and knocking him out in the post fighter interview. Lewis would not be able to go into the deep rounds with Vitali because he simply had bad endurance. Vitali didn't even plan on knocking him out early but was outboxing him so badly that he almost went at round 2. Lewis was saved by the doctors, he would not have lasted longer than 7-8 rounds. He was too tired to knock out Vitali, and his gameplan was to take him out early and it backfired. Lewis eventually avoided the biggest payday of his career as a rematch and retired, effectively proving that Vitali was simply the better boxer.
Being declared the loser isn't "crushing.." And Lewis had been off for 12 months, was a career high 256 lbs and nearly 38 years of age..... Thread closed..
you forgot to take note of all the HUGE shots that LL landed against Vitali. The huge shots that lead to the stoppage.