So what that Michael Spinks was a former light heavyweight!

He didn't stumble. When the ref waive dit off, he was standing on his own power.

 

He stumbles when he gets up and lurches to the right.
Lennox Lewis vs Oliver McCall 1 // "Whose Moment of Glory" (Full Fight Highlights)

Being standing doesn't mean you are fit to continue,many ,many fights are called off with the loser on their feet.

 

His leg wobbled a little bit ? So you're agreeing Lewis still didn't have his legs underneath him ?

Lewis still didn't have his legs underneath him and couldn't walk in a straight line after 12 rounds the referee is well within his rights to stop the fight.

I don't know what your argument is exactly ? other than the commentators being shocked ?

But yet even after reviewing footage Gil Clancy see what I saw that Lewis was still out of it when the referee stopped the fight.

And your reply to that is that Gil Clancy is an idiot ? Really ?

 

Michael Spinks was a good heavyweight. He built himself up with Mackie Shilstone. He used his boxing skills, quickness and that useful awkwardness to be effective.
Spinks was Tyson's most famous win but not his best in a pure boxing sense. When they were both in the ring that nite Spinks knew he didn't belong in there.

 

He has his legs by the time that it was stopped. He's got a ten count, and he was stable by the end of ten.
My argument is what is right.

Yeah, Clancy talked himself into being the opposite side of everyone in the venue and on the broadcast team.

 

Almost everyone who watched except apparently Gil Clancy thought he was fit to continue. It shocks me how things are re-written years later.

 

I'm not concerned with anything being re-written,I'm concerned with what my own eyes show me on You Tube.

 

I don't know what you're looking at TBH.

Lewis got up at the count of 6 and didn't have his legs underneath him and was wobbling.

Lewis then leans into the referee to steady himself.

And then right before the referee stops the fight Lewis's left leg wobbles indicating he still didn't have his legs underneath him 12 seconds after the knockdown.

Perfectly legitimate stoppage.

If McCall had landed another hard right hand whilst Lewis is still wobbling. He could've done him serious damage and then everyone would've criticised the referee for not stopping it.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with the stoppage Lewis gave no real clear indication to the referee that he was fit to continue.

And if anything the stoppage helped Lewis's career anyway because he joined up with McCall's trainer after that in Emanuel Steward and become a better fighter.

 

His legs wobbled a bit then he steadied by ten.

 

Which was different than what everyone in the world thought at the time except apparently Gil Clancy.

But, you have the right to see what you saw.

 

No they didn't.

Lewis leaned on the referee to steady himself and then his left leg wobbled.

Clearly his legs weren't steadied.

We're not going to agree this I believe the stoppage was legit you don't let's agree to disagree.

But let's just say this Lewis losing whether you agree with the stoppage or not did wonders for his career so with hindsight Lewis losing was the best thing for him.

 

I don’t downplay Tyson’s win over Spinks because he was a light heavyweight. I downplay it because I don’t think Spinks had any intention of actually trying to win that evening

 

Well, a lot of that had to do with the fact that he found himself in the ring with Tyson. Tyson, too, sometimes showed little interest in competing, though that’s hardly an excuse for him. Spinks often looked the same in his fights—starting slowly. Yet, he did land at least two solid right hands on the attacking Tyson—one of them a sharp, well-timed overhand shot. It simply didn't matter in the end.

 

And you also.I've seen fighters in worse condition,allowed to continue and some in better shape stopped by the third man,the bottom line is, the referee was the closest to the action,and was looking right into Lewis' eyes,had the fight been allowed to continue I think Lewis would have been ko'd,but that's another matter.

I'm a Brit so no McCall bias here.