Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko I

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  1. soxfan57

    soxfan57 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1. Why would Vitali Klitschko be a replacement for this fight? Why would he accept the role as a replacement in 2 weeks notice? Why would Lennox Lewis figth Vitali on 2 weeks notice? Wouldn't this fight have been even more epic if it had much more time to promote?

    2. The announcers mentioned many times that Vitali wasn't given much of a shot. Why is this? How'd you feel pre-fight bout wat wud happen? What were the vegas odds?

    3. Round 2 was unbelievable. Easily best heavyweight round I've ever seen.

    4. The argument for lewis is that lewis was "coming on"...Lewis was dead tired; my bet woulda been on Klitschko stopping him.
     
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  2. kickbxn5

    kickbxn5 Active Member Full Member

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    1) I cannot remember for the life of me who LL was supposed to fight instead. If you had a chance to fight for the heavyweight Championship of the World and you were ready, wouldn't you?

    2) The media was biased against Vitali. They remember him most as the guy who quit on his tool vs Chris Byrd.

    3) True

    4) LL was way out of shape and would've probably lost if it weren't for the cut. He totally underestimated Viatli.
     
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  3. Uppercut83

    Uppercut83 The Quitschkos are bums Full Member

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    My bet would of been on Vitali being scarred for life losing half of his face :yep
     
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  4. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    I think Vitali accepted the fight on 2 weeks notice because that was the fight he had been chasing for so long. The plan was for Lewis to face Kirk Johnson on for Vitali to face someone on the undercard with Lewis and Vitali meeting next if they both won their fights. When Johnson pulled out Vitali took the fight.

    Vitali was also hanging onto Lewis by the 6th round, that uppercut really hurt him. Both fighters were really fatigued by that point.
     
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  5. Charles White

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    Kirk Johnson was supposed to fight Lewis, but got injured in training camp right before the fight.
     
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  6. maximumsg

    maximumsg Active Member Full Member

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    Klitschko woop him plain and simple lewis got the luckiest stoppage of his career in that fight, and he knows it thats why he retired instead of having a rematch.
     
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  7. Charles White

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    Vitali was supposed to take on Cedric Boswell.
     
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  8. surreal deal

    surreal deal Liverpool via Krypton Full Member

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    Kirk Johnson.Vitali beat him up instead at a later date.

    Oh,ok.
     
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  9. Uppercut83

    Uppercut83 The Quitschkos are bums Full Member

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    Lewis TKO 6

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  10. soxfan57

    soxfan57 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What were vegas odds for thsi fight?
     
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  11. Finn73

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    The 2nd round was stunning. Vitali should've closed the fight in this round...
     
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  12. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    :goodThanks, didn't know that.
     
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  13. Uppercut83

    Uppercut83 The Quitschkos are bums Full Member

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    Vitali should be grateful he got to share the same ring with an ATG like Lewis and accept his beating with class.
     
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  14. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Slightly off topic, but a UK bookmaker is giving odds for a Lewis-Vitali rematch.

    http://www.coral.co.uk/sbuk.go?page=grouppage&groupid=182794^&lang=20&sid=20&ms=&type=0
     
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  15. soxfan57

    soxfan57 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis wouldn't take a vitali fight unless he felt he had over 50% chance of winning IMO. That's what would make this fight epic if it happened.
     
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