Rewatch the fight and do a slowmo just before the OH R. Lewis butts Vitali in a clinch, then in the next clinch, Vitalis right brow is visibly swollen and appears to be ready to split. The OH R comes 20 frames later and opens it like a fire hydrant.
Lewis already wanted to retire, when he realised that suing the bankrupt zombie corpse of Tyson into a rematch wasn't going to work. :deal
Yeah and Roy Jones ran Calzaghe out of boxing... Archie Moore ran Marciano out of boxing... you're a special kind of spastic.
Don't waste your time. It was a punch. Vitali or his camp never claimed otherwise. No one claimed otherwise. This idiot claims it was a butt and super Klitschko nuthugger Bretchko claims it was from thumbing. Make your mind you you pathetic little bitches. Shot fat Lennox Lewis TKO6 Prime Vitali QUITSCHKO and there is not a damn thing you nuthuggers can do or say to change that fact.
Obviously depends on the nature of the fight. There is a reason Klit-Lewis is debated while one side ass kickings aren't. If your future/health are at risk, then the fight should be stopped. A boxing match doesn't mean more than someone losing their vision in one eye.
Of course. But a lot of the times, I'd be lying if I didn't say that kind of ending didn't tend to leave a really bad taste if the fight is competitive.
This. :deal Lewis beat Vitali fair & square in a brutal war, but everyone wanted to see another round & a non-cuts stoppage.
A shot Lewis who was coming the marquee win of his career. A fat Lewis who put on 6-10 extra pounds because he was supposed to fight a 260 lb Kirk Johnson who loves to hug and impose himself on the inside. Lewis was 36, coming off his best and most decisive win. Wlad is currently 35, and considered prime, not even close to shot. Vitali is 40 and hasn't had a six pack since his return 3 yrs ago. Is Vitali shot and fat. Is Wlad shot? Yeah Vitali quit after he was dominating Byrd, and shouldve took the pain for 2 more rds. He could've easily cruised to a UD just jabbing Byrd from the distance. So yeah, call him a quitter for that, but he came RIGHT back and showed how big a quitter he was while beating the **** out of Lewis for six rounds, while blind in one eye.
if the cut was created by a punch yea because you hit him so hard you tore his face off and he couldnt do the same you mangled his face how can the fight go on? you wont be able to fight again if he keeps mangelin your face and dangling meat off your eye socket let them fight on sure after the protection of fat and tissue has been removed off your face theyres only one more form of protection the bone and then later the bone breaks in your face during the fight and pokes you in the eye the skin is protecting some **** if its been ripped off your face bad things are going to start happening to you you shouldv done a better job demolishing his face
Zombie Tyson is not really Lewis's best win. However, there is a good argument Rahman II is Lennox's best win & best performance prior to Vitali, considering the circumstances.
Of course it's a legit win. If I punch a guy in the street and his face rips open, I'd like to think I won the fight.