I don’t hate any man. VLADD had retired with his feet up on the sofa for 18months, was flown into wembley by a matchroom helicopter full of loot and still took Joshua life and death. Flew straight back home to his sofa and never fought again. Whyteleafe was a one armed novice.
Nonsense. While they were a couple of Lewis' more famous victories, by that time, he'd cleaned out the division, Mercer, Tua, Golota, the at the time considered heir apparent Grant, Mavrovic, Briggs....... Not to mention revenging his defeats, (the McCall return and his mental state was of no fault of Lewis) The man was a genuine gold medal winner, and the last undisputed heavyweight champion. To disparage his résumé and/or achievements is ludicrous.
How is stating that his two marquee wins, in Holyfield and Tyson, were against past it opponents, controversial? I literally didn't know anyone disputed that. Strange cat. Mercer, Tua, Golota all good but not top class. Grant was a hype job and everyone knows that. Mavrovic a tough guy but nothing more. Briggs was nothing special either. I think you mean avenging his defeats - not exactly difficult as they were against poor opposition. Lewis was a top level boxer, but it's not like he had spectacular wins against top class opponents who were at the top of their game. Joshua doesn't have that either, granted. Fury does, though, as he outclassed Klitschko who was on a tear and had it all his own way in Germany, and Wilder was a killer in his prime. Lewis has more good wins over a sustained period, but fail to see anything top drawer. He was losing to Klitschko and only won on a technicality. The punch he threw grazed the skin with the material of the glove; in other words, it was a blessing in disguise that the punch only just made contact with the material of the glove. He would've been knocked out in that one had Klitschko not suffered that bad luck.
Lewis only got knocked out by fighters he over looked. Doubt he'd over look Joshua if they were in the same era.
Bad luck? Lewis punched him in the face repeatedly, until his skin split open, that's a genuine method used to win a boxing match mate, not "luck". And he would have been knocked out had he not won in a legitimate fashion would he? Absolutely no way to prove that, that's just supposition. Lewis is an ATG Joshua is a decent fighter, well marketed.
Yeah. Normally what happens, but not in this case. You should remember there's footage out there for any of your claims to be refuted if inaccurate. We're in 2023. This content is protected No British pundit in disagreement with the assessment that I offered, but here's you, some random on the internet disagreeing with knowledgeable boxing men. Timestamped video for your perusal.
Jim Watt, Colin Hart, Barry McGuigan, all in agreement and slow motion replays support what I just said - fairly simple. Grow up.
Is this the same unlikeable Lewis that won the prestigious SPOTY award in 1999 The same award Bruno never won and that AJ is very unlikely to win.
Mercer, Tua and Briggs and even the Golota that battered Bowe would beat AJ in my opinion. As for you comment stating Vitali would have knocked out Lewis?? I suggest you watch the 6th round of that fight again. Lewis won that round big and Vitali was practically staggering back to his corner from memory. The fight was turning and for me Lewis would have got Vitali out of there in the next couple of rounds. That fight should actually have been stopped earlier with that cut in my opinion.
As it happens I watched this very fight again the other night. And you're 100% right they thought the punch was a slashing blow and pure fluke it caused the extent of damage. From memory Jim Watt said it would normally land flush on the bone and not normally cause anything like that kind of mess. From memory also, the pundits thought both fighters were blowing out their backside at the end of the final round but didn't think Lewis had much left in the tank. Lewis's post-fight interview showed the kind of arrogance that made him unpopular in the early days - not one ounce of respect for Klitschko.
It is there for you to devour at your leisure. [url]https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1853[/url] Anyone who thinks Joshua is anywhere near to Lewis is crazy, Lewis was world class while Joshua was British Level/EuropeanLevel at best. Not even close and you are having meltdown fella. Eat Joshau pie with custard and face facts.