my first post in this section...so, i'm a newbie here i was scanning in articles from old boxing magazines i have for a thread on the classic forum...and i came across the programme for the lewis v fortune fight, and was remembering it, so thought i'd post here... this was a big night here in ireland...a former, and recent, heavyweight champion boxing here...we {the group i was with} knew nothing of fortune, and were there to see lewis.....last time a heavyweight champion fought in ireland was muhammad ali v al 'blue' lewis in 1972. it was a funny fight, because being there watching it live fortune looked like he was doing superbly, better than it looked on the tv when we looked back on it at home... after the first round, everyone was impressed with fortunes style and effort...and all of a sudden there were lots of shouts towards fortune of 'go on son' and talk between folk 'this fellas alright'. anyway, it was a great night for me this night being there...and your man was part of that...glad i seen him live... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnvQIOwp3-k[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqJJDVlPnyk[/ame] here's a scan from the fight programme i got... This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
It could be argued that the stoppage was a tad premature Dougie but after seeing the slow mo of the shots that actually landed on Fortune at the end maybe it was a spot on call made by Francis , that was when Manny had just taken over training Lenny right ? Lennox would have certainly hurt J,U,S,T,I,N had it continued, maybe even more than just hurt ?. Gutsy display by the Aussie ,showed a lot of heart there but a six inch def is a lot to overcome when faced with an A+ fighter like Lenny Lewis.
That article is a great read , thanx for posting it up. Now time for me to run out of the Auzzi form .
