Lennox Lewis: "Haye Deserves His Shot At Vitali"

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  1. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You got no game and have been exposed as an idiot. :yep
     
  2. Champion

    Champion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lewis weighed 250 for Botha, Tua and Tyson.

    254 for Rahman.

    I only see Brits come up with this "overweight, out of shape" theory. Is this how you want to take shine off Vitali's performance?

    5 mere pounds are absolutely nothing in the heavyweight division. None.
     
  3. MVC

    MVC Boxing Junkie banned

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    TKO6, Deal with it Klittards.
     
  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Expensive business, getting ranked by alphabets. Where were Chisora and Charr ranked by the WBC?
     
  5. irishny

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    Vitalis performance?
    He lost in 6 rounds.
    Ive never seen a group of fans so proud,and so keen to bring up a fight where their fighter got stopped in 6 rounds.

    Quit with the "5 pounds" bull****.

    He was heavy for those other fights too! He was getting older in those fights,and could afford to carry some extra weight,as he could beat those people even with some extra luggage

    A prime Lewis fought in the low to mid 240s. Jeez, one of his seminal fights when he destroyed Ruddock, he weighed only 227!

    He was heavy in Rahman 1 and he came back lighter because he wanted to make a statement as he clearly hadnt trained too hard for the first fight, and was 7 lbs lighter in the next fight.

    Listen, if you want to live in a fantasy land where Vitali took it to a prime,in shape Lewis who was fighting regularly, then fine. You do that.

    The rest of us will live in the reality,where Lewis was old, at least 10 lbs heavier than he should have been and hadnt fought in a year.
     
  6. BadDog

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    okay then live in reality where huge heavyweight is old at 36 and fat at 5 extra pounds.
     
  7. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    He was 37,nearly 38 and I dont know where you're getting this 5 lbs bull****.

    He was about 15 lbs heavier than he was in his prime.

    He was 30 lbs heavier than he was when he obliterated Donovan Ruddock
     
  8. Champion

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    That's the thing, there is more to this. You see this fight is still such a popular topic after all these years.

    Vitali is also the only fighter who earned a sticky thread on this forum. He's that popular.

    So he could beat all these other great fighters and carry some extra luggage but could not do so for Vitali, who was a labeled quitter and eurobum?
     
  9. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    ...great fighters?
    Botha? Tua? A past prime Tyson?

    Good,world level fighters,who deserved their world title fights,yes. Great is going a little far.

    And lets not forget,he came in noticably heavier for Vitali than in these fights.

    Also I think you're being very harsh of Vitali, give the poor guy a break, hes gone on to have a very successful career.
     
  10. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lewis must be suffering from blindness:patsch
     
  11. BadDog

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    What prime? when he was KOed by Rahman? or Mccall? shoo already. Being 247 didn't help him to get outboxed by above average Mercer too.
     
  12. JAB5239

    JAB5239 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Irish, they don't get it because they don't want to get it. They're being purposely obtuse. It part of an agenda to hate on Lewis or hero worship Vittles.
     
  13. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Sure, around the time McCall landed that shot, that was near prime id say.

    Ive no problem saying Lewis got beaten.

    I dont have to perform mental gymnatics like you do for Vitalis defeat.

    I can accept good fighters get beaten from time to time.

    Although he did come back and get wins over both those fighters.

    So essentially hes beaten every man hes ever fought.

    Can Wlad and Vitali say the same?
     
  14. irishny

    irishny Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I know, its sad.

    Whats even worse is that I like the Klitschkos, I think they're great fighters.

    Ive made plenty of money over the past few years betting continuously on them.

    But their hardcore fans......thats a different matter
     
  15. BadDog

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    corrected