klitschko fan quote of the week!!

you owned you little *****.

 

bitchass.

 

I agree. I def. made great business sense to pick Tyson over Byrd or Ruiz. It doesn't change the fact that either of those fights would've been good IMO. I'd still favor Lewis by KO against either but both were very hard to look good against.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

I've heard similar in the past too, they actually believe this **** you know

Mendoza has made a few attempts to make quote of the week in the classic forum by the way, he thinks Lewis ducked Ruiz because Ruiz called Lewis a 'girl' and Lewis never fought him :nut

 

Ok.

Lewis opted to drop his belts rather than face Ruiz

He offered to fight Ruiz something like 12 weeks after the Grant fight. Grant AT THE TIME (which is what you have to judge fighters on for taking fights, not hindsight) was considered the far greater threat to Lewis. BECAUSE of, not in spite of, the Golota fight.

Ruiz/King preferred to take the WBA in court rather than in the ring. Lewis had to choose Grant or Ruiz basically. I think he made the right choice.


Lewis opted to drop his belts rather than face ..Byrd in favor of facing .. a washed up Mike Tyson.

Yep, he chose Tyson over Byrd. i agree. Money, history, the fact they were a similar age, and everything else really dictated that decision. Can you imagine the outcry if he'd chosen Byrd over Tyson????? "Lewis is STILL scared of Tyson, Tyson would have KILLED Lewis if they ever fought, Lewis is fighting Pitty Pat punching Byrd instead of Tyson because of his glass jaw..." etc.

Lewis Byrd would PROBABLY have turned out like every time Byrd fought a big heavy, with skill and true KO power.

Byrd v Wlad, Byrd v Ike are perfect examples. Vitlay doesn't punch like Wlad or Lewis or Ike. He's a grinder, not a spark out, 1 punch KO fighter.


but for sure they would have been tougher fights for him.

Not what people thought at the time. Especially the Grant fight.


Ok--but he ran from a huge payday and re-match with Vitali.

Theoretical payday. He'd already beaten Vitali once, why can't people see that? At 39, fighters can RUN from any of the guys they've already defeated if they want IMO. Especially when that guy couldn't even make it into Round 7.

Hey, but Vitali won the "peoples champion" belt that night, so what's the problem...

 

come on fighting weight. lewis wanted nothing to do with ruiz or byrd. neither brought money. neither brought excitement. and neither would do as much for lewis' legacy as the fights he did take. it's not really a ridiculous quote at all. don't encourage your "protege": he'll think he's good at this

 

I agree that he didn't want to fight them, but for all the right reasons. The way these bozos talk it's as if Lewis was terrified he'd lose to them despite fighting way tougher competition instead of them atsch

When you read the quote again it was "Lewis avoided Byrd like the plague at a time that WALDO dominated him" which is suggesting something entirely different to what we all know the truth was, which is why it's amusing.

These same thick ****s all bang on about Lewis not fighting Sanders, yet he fought the guy that beat him, it's pure stupidity, so I'll carry on taking the **** out of them I think