Lennox Lewis vs Zeljko Mavrovic 1998.. Points to ponder and a what if!

Given the way the last few rounds were going, I doubt it. Lewis was landing all the clean shots then. Mavrovic's best round was earlier in the fight, when he had Lewis on the ropes and landed some decent shots, then Lewis came back with a monster right. I can't believe Mavrovic did not go down in this fight. He took bomb after bomb after bomb. Late in the 11th, he took an absolutely horrendous right hand and stayed on his fight. Insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-nNsAFWcX4

 

Mavrovic is somewhat of a minor national hero in Croatia. He put up a much better effort than expected, was supposed to fall over in the first few rounds but fought his heart out and gave Lewis a decent fight.

The thing that pretty much ruined his career was his adherence to macrobiotic dieting and lifestyle. Needless to say, it was an immensely re****ed nutritional program for a boxer, and he ended up weighing like 20 pounds less than he should have, hence why he looked like a stick. His career was ultimately cut short by a muscle disease that forced him to retire. He's even more of a stick nowadays, at 180 pounds. His commentary of Klitschko fights is hilarious though.

As for Lewis blacking out, I've seen that mentioned several times in debates over at BoxRec, though I'll have to look for specific info.

 

The bigger question is: How did Mavrovic even get a title shot without beating a single top 20 contender?

 

Yeah, weird, nobody has ever run up an undefeated record against unheralded opposition and gotten a title shot before. Not how things work in boxing!

 

Mandatory. Probably because he was the European champion for 3 years.

 

He was ranked number one by the WBC 27-00 and European Champion . How many top contenders had Fury beat when he got his shot?

 

You think Lewis won it? Is there any doubt!

Here are the score cards.

judges: Tom Kaczmarek 119-109, Franco Ciminale 117-111, Bob Logist 117-112

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Lewis won fair and square

Lewis hasnt KO'd Mavrovic only because Zeljko had iron chin

Mavrovic was Euro level and no better than Axel Shulz (Shulz and Dannel Nicholson actually beat him at amateurs).

Mavrovic could've won a belt only against the likes of Valuev, Maskaev of Lyakhovich.

He would have never had a chance against Holyfield, Tyson or Klitschkos

 

Mavrovic or Helenius...who wins "Worst Hair Style of any HW in History" belt?

 

I love it!:good

 

p4p it's Paulina F*gginiagi though in some of his fights

 

The crucial word was THINK!


You would need a PRIMARY SOURCE to confirm that and I know you have no idea what that is!

 

It also goes to show that the lighter heavyweights can take the best shots of the super heavyweights, what did he weigh? 215lb? Maybe it's not so easy to write off the likes of Marciano and Louis in these fantasy fights...