How many of you honestly think Vitali could have beaten Lewis...

Firstly,there is a problem with a wording of the title/poll

That aside,people should understand that winning/losing on cuts is legitimate.TKO victory for Lewis

Also,Vitali was not owed a rematch.People on these boards act as though that is the case,to this day even

Lastly,Vitali won the event.That renders this thread irrelevant

 

dr. stopped fight ,not corner...

 

..................Vitali retired for 4 years ....6months longer than clay...........vitali ko s clay in 9- 10 th round

 

any non-biased analyst saw that it was Vitali's night until the stoppage

 

Vitali may have been up a round or two, but the momentum at the time of stoppage was in Lewis's favor, I cant beleive the Klitschko fans boys are still crying about this loss, and you all have the nerve to talk **** about Arreola, you guys have been crying for how many years now?

 

At no stage was Vitali close to winning by stoppage - that simply.......deluded

 

1) WBA Champ
2) What does that have to do with LL vs Vit?

 

In the first few rounds Lewis looked ****ed. Vitali was landing some big shots & he did look as if he could have got the stoppage, Vitali was winning the fight don't forget. This is not delusional, it is a valid opinion.

 

So here's what really happened - an all time top 10 Hw came in overweight, trying to find out what he had left against a live underdog he didn't rate. He started slowly, got outboxed, hurt and looked old - he started to rally, land, hurt and damaged Vit till he couldn't continue. It wasn't an unfair stoppage - it was a mercy stoppage. Who would have gone on to win? INVALID Lewis DID win. Nothing else would have happened because nothing else did happen.

 

I was curious as to how BeestonBrawler views Haye in comparison to Vitali after reading his ridiculous comment.

 

Patrick no issue that Vit won the first few rounds - but you're confusing the fact that you were hoping for the stoppage with the fact that it was on verge of happening. It wasn't - LL was stunned but never ever in danger of stoppage.

I've said this many times - judge Vit on Vit not LL, he lost that's it.

 

Won't try to answer for Beeston but I don't think top 20'ish is an insult to Vit, quite the opposite.

 

I wasn't hoping for anything! Don't assume to know what I was hoping for. You can see the fight from whatever angle suits your agenda but what I saw was a very tired & overweight Lewis who was taking big shots in the early rounds & was lucky to see them out.

 

Considering Klitschko spent most of round 6 out on his feet and took about 20 seconds to get back to his corner I'd say no.

 

*raises hand*

I think he could have beat him had they fought a couple years earlier too.