T.K.O. in 6

wlad lost the title at 38 vs Fury didnt he? SO thats evidence that he shouldnt have been defending at that age. Seems you are backing UP MY ARGUMENT with that point.

MATE - I said please back up your argument, NOT MINE! I got all the evidence I need, you got zilch.

cheers. make a start again.

 

no factually wrong entirely, lewis had lost twice before. this one he won inside 6.

start again.

 

he got ko'd twice, in fights he was winning. factually correct. work on your comprehension.

 

When you are reeling about getting KOed, you are losing.

A bit like when your face is being torn off, you are losing.

You get it right, mate.

 

you're a brit moron, goodnight.

 

why you not answering for the 2nd time in this argument?

come on mate dont run away AGAIN.

At least u got a like from someone for running away.

 

Wlad was the exception, not the rule. Most heavyweights are much diminished by their late 30s, even Vitali was a shadow of the fighter he had once been.

The Vitali fight was far from "the first time in his career" where Lewis was losing a fight. Ray Mercer, just like Vitali, was ahead against Lewis after 6 rounds, and Frank Bruno was winning on points when Lewis stopped him in the 7th.

Any rematch with Vitali would never have surpassed the Tyson fight as Lewis's career high payday because Vitali was a nobody outside of boxing. No heavyweight fight in history made as much money as Lewis vs Tyson.

 

And Vitali had nothing left in the tank to keep him off, hence all the desperate clinching and falling into the ropes. What was he supposed to magically do next round that would have changed the tide?

 

Lewis was much more gassed out than Vitali. He couldn't even lift his arms up to punch anymore by the end of Round 6.

 

At the end of the round, Lewis is struggling to lift his left hand and has no strength left to throw a hook. Vitali took that uppercut like a boss, he had a titanium chin.

 

Litterally just before the bell rang to end the 6th round Lewis threw glancing jab with his left, a right uppercut and a left hook which hit clean - the uppercut noticably jolting Vitali's head up on impact. There was nothing wrong with Lewis's ability to throw a power punch at the end of that round.

 

He hit him with a hard right uppercut just before the left hook and that final left hook he threw was after the bell he heard the bell and never completed the punch, it was half a punch because of this. If you're talking about the left hook before the uppercut they were in a clinch he couldn't get leverage in the clinch.

You're grasping at straws to prove a point. With 13 seconds left to go in the right a Lewis right hook, that looked innocuous hurt Vitali. Vitali was forced to clinch, Lewis tried to back out and break the clinch but Vitali was holding on for dear life, Lewis went from one side of the ring to the other to try and break the clinch but Vitali was so badly hurt he refused to let go. The final seconds of the round sees Lewis throwing punches while Vitali is holding on, unable to fight back.

 

on his worst day ever, in his worst form and condition ever, old lewis stopped prime vitali in less time than it took him to stop bruno back in his prime.

vitali had everything going for him, the best cherrypick of lewis anyone ever had, handed to him on a silver tray, but he lasted just 6 rounds for his efforts in which his face was clinically ripped to shreds.

He did worse than bruno, but at least he tried.

 

This thread must have soo many salty vitali fans if it has over 500 pages. Are fans that obsessed with their favourite fighters nowadays.