Lennox Lewis - ''Anthony Joshua doesn't want to fight Deontay Wilder''

Wrong

Lewis picked vitali because he was all about the money. Not because he didn't see Ruiz or Byrd as meaningless fights.

Second
Pride made him agree a rematch. He knew he got beat that night. He knew that he would of lost a rematch. And there would of been **** loads of cash on the table for that fight. That fight could of broke ppv figures back then. It would of been a bigger fight than Wilder Vs Joshua fact.

So he threw more than 50 mill away. So let's not go changing record books here Lewis.

Lewis retired at 38.
Vitali at 41
Wlad 42

 

If you listened to that interview you know your blatant bias agenda driven drivel is going to crumble rather soon when more details start to emerge.. Actually the more FW opens his mouth.

And since when is Froch a "Matchroom Insider"? At the heart of operations is he? Works in the Matchroom offices does he? Has his own parking space at Matchroom HQ?

You really do talk absolute cobblers, Froch just works on Sky and is ridiculed for his boxing opinions most weeks and all of a sudden is a "Matchroom Insider" and should be listened to, Why? Oh right because his opinion ties into yours.

But I should ignore FW, ignore him stating he has confidentiality clauses about purses, openly admitting he advised Finkle on AJ/Wilder negotiations, the negotions that collapsed?

Ignore FW might have had a slight conflict of interest when you consider now FW's own fighter is said to be on the verge of a deal with Wilder.

So I should ignore facts from FW's own mouth and just concentrate on a few Ex fighters opinions who are not involved and haven't been involved in any actual negotiations?


You need to take a break from these boards, you really have gone in to a full Hearn/AJ hating meltdown.

 

I believe they shall unless someone like Fury beats Wilder first. Nevertheless still good for AJ as it makes fight with Fury even bigger. Wembley may not be big enough.

 

TKO 6

 

Exactly it would of been an epic rematch.

Vitali won the event

 

Lewis/Vitali wasn't a big fight then. Vitali was good, I'm a big fan of his but he wasn't a big draw. In fact Lewis took a pay cut by agreeing to fight Vitali then instead of later in the year as they had agreed before. This again proves Lewis wasn't just about the money. He could of fought any one as a late replacement for Johnson, but he chose his top contender and was willing to be paid less than he could of been for a Vitali fight.

"Lennox Lewis has taken a hit of up to $8m (£5m) by agreeing to defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title against the huge Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko instead of the injured Kirk Johnson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on June 21.

Had the fight been held, as planned, in November, and properly promoted as an American pay-per-view event with the cable network HBO, he could have expected to make the higher purse."

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/jun/10/boxing.johnrawling

As for your 2nd point, your only repeating what I already said. I said pride made him agree the rematch, so I guess we agree here. Maybe he would of lost the rematch, I wouldn't of been confident of his chances at his late age but we can only speculate in regards to what would of happened and why Lewis finally decided to retire. It's been done to death on this forum and every other boxing forum.

 

You missed the second bit of the article

"Lewis is also rumoured to have been offered and rejected a $20m guarantee from the American promoter Don King for the fight, doubtless reason ing that it remained sensible to keep control of his own destiny."

20 mill for vital 1?

Rematch would/could of been a lot more. That's 2003 millions baby not 2018

So we agree Lewis would of lost.

 

I think everyone of you who side with AJ is a *****. It's the only way the **** they say can possibly speak to you and make sense to you. The fact that you think **** like Shirley Winkle are cute jokes seals the deal.

Take your pick, you're either a ***** or your real ****ing dumb.

Most of you are insecure as **** and wear that **** on your sleeve everytime you communicate with anyone....***** that you are.

 

Joshua vs Fury will Never be more lucrative than may/pac

 

Lennox Lewis was an ATG and nearly 40 years old fighting the best in his division for over a decade.

LL > VL

Lewis also never ducked anyone.

 

Who is VL????

 

Good on Lennox Lewis for going public on this.

I am sure the Hearn dic riders will still be defending the duck, and regurgitating his IFL interviews...but that doesn’t change the facts

Hearn doesn’t want the fight and is blocking it.

 

Firstly "rumoured" isn't fact.

Plus even if it is fact we don't know any details of that deal, when was the fight for even, doubt it would of been as a replacement for Johnson pulling out, likely it would of been later in the year like the Vitali fight was meant to be. Nobody just offers 20 mill for a fight on short notice, was King going to rent out a venue and put together an under card together in 2 weeks for PPV fight, not a chance.

Plus Lewis hated King he did everything he could to try and not fight for him, why would he give promotional control of a fight he could of easily made without him to a man he distrusted?