Is Lennox Lewis known for the most embarrassing knockout losses for a HW Champion?

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  1. Champion

    Champion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I personally find it difficult to say "No"
     
  2. Hattons Hook

    Hattons Hook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not embarrassing at all. Knockouts are part of the game.If i wanted to see an embarrassing KO id look up Wlads early years when he was staggering around like an overgrown drunk but there's no point really is there. You're a right boring b'stard aintcha.
     
  3. Boom1989

    Boom1989 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well, he was hit and went down. Unlike Wladimir, who went down without being hit.
     
  4. Earl-hickey

    Earl-hickey Boxing Junkie banned

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    change the record you pathetic moron
     
  5. shavers

    shavers Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, that record belongs to Wladimir for getting exposed, pummeled and humiliated by Corrie Sanders.
    And then again by Brewster, looking like a living dead after punching himself out...
    And off course Vitali quitting against midget and featherfisted Byrd, due to a shoulder injury, a injury Holyfield also suffered but he showed true champions ship heart and gutted it out for 10 rounds ignoring the pain.
    So the most embarrising losses belongs to the current champs...There you have it..
     
  6. Vidic

    Vidic Rest in Peace Manny Full Member

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    In all fairness that is probably Wlad.
     
  7. Smokin_Ace

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    Absolutely not, Lennox came back to knock both out in devastating fashion in the rematches. Both times he lost he was caught cold by single massive shots by big hard hitters. For an embarrassing knockout please see Wlad vs Corrie Sanders....
     
  8. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    **** right off.
    These days he's best known for slicing Vitali up like a master chef slicing an onion,then noising up Klittards for the rest of their sad lives by not doing it more convincingly a second time.
    Are certain Klittards known for being the biggest ****ing degenerate spastics on ESB?
    I personally find it difficult to say
    "No"
     
  9. Smokin_Ace

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    To be fair Vitali quit against Bird for the right reasons. Carrying on would have damaged his health and likely ended his boxing career. He was ahead on all the cards and simply make a good call on his health and remaining career
     
  10. shavers

    shavers Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He could easily have kept Byrd away for the remaining 3 rounds..
    That cost him a lot, basically setting him back due to the fact Usa networks recognised him as a quitter. It was first 3 years later against Lewis, he redeemed himself.
     
  11. chitownfightfan

    chitownfightfan Loyal Member Full Member

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    I agree, except he never KOd McCall. Watch the fight. McCall took everything Lewis threw at him and walked around in a cracked out stupor.:-(
     
  12. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    The second one (Rahman) is more embarassing as he was a seasoned champion at that point. He also failed to beat the count so was KO'd proper.
     
  13. Player3

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    That would be an enthathic SI.

    For those trying to deflect using Wlad-Sanders... Wlad wasn't THE champ, he was a glorified contender with a paper trinket, so that loss, while undoubtedly more embarrassing, doesn't qualify.

    To get one shotted into unconciousness by a C-level fighter while having a smug, goofy looking grin on your face...NOTHING in Heavyweight championship history compares to the humiliation of that moment.

    And yes, he IS remembered
    more (by casuals) for his losses to Rahman & McCall than for his wins over Holyfield and Tyson, and anybody that tries to convince you otherwise has no idea what they're talking about.
     
  14. FilipMNE

    FilipMNE Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LOL do you know Wladimir Klitschko???
     
  15. qwert

    qwert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, he's known as one of the greatest heavyweights as all time.

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