King offers Lewis £25million!!!

To be fair to Lewis, he took Vitali at pretty short notice because the other guy he was supposed to be fighting got injured.

I think had the fight gone on, Lennox would have won anyway, either by close UD or stoppage.

If he doesn't need the money, just stay retired.

There would also be complications with the training situation - would he be happy that Manny Steward would be training Wlad at the same time??

 

Vitali was beating Lewis until he sustained the cut.

 

Incorrect. Lewis was ahead, and landing the better punches. It was a good fight though but I doubt Lewis would have lost.

 

Regardless of the fact Lewis looked to be heading toward winning the fight the fact remains he busted Vitali's face up something stupid and the fight was stopped. TKO.

It was a great fight that proved Vitali was a far more interesting and potent force than his brother but he still lost to an aged champion.

 

King should offer Tyson half that amount to fight Vitali. That would also be a huge fight and one that could realistically be made.

 

Did you see how fat Mike was in that weird introduction thing they did for Vitali?

Mike could get hurt. People would pay to watch it though:-(

 

Lewis was behind on all three cards at the time of stoppage. I think he was on his way to KOing Vitali though.

 

Only on the cards. Irrelevant when the fight has no chance of going the distance.
It seemed likely to me that Lewis,although very fatigued, was on his way to stopping Vitaly if the cut hadn't done it for him.

 

I have to agree. Vitali spent most of the sixth round out on his feet, draped over Lewis. Vitali's best work was already done.

 

Lewis was pretty near stopping Vitali.

 

Yup. I don't think we will ever know for sure what would have happened, but all that matters is that Lewis did enough to earn the stoppage and force the win.

He should recieve credit for knowing when to stop...the fact that he beat a very good fighter like Klitschko in his last bout at the age of 37 just further adds to his legacy.

Beating Lewis now would do little or nothing for Vit Klit. A rewarding fight financially perhaps for Vitali, but resume wise it does very little for big brother K.

 

one thing about Lewis was on his way to beating Vitali

Lewis was fat and bloated ant tiring at that point

It was no forgeone conclusion he would have beaten Vitali had the fight had gone on - he was vunerable to coming physically apart himself.

He was relieved man when the doctor stopped that fight

 

hel i love that idea

 

Which Tyson?

You surely cant mean Mike - the Mike who lost to Kevin Mcbride I mean.

 

He's younger then popkins...