Lennox vs Vitali, explain or just vote

what happened is that an old, out of shape, inactive for a year lummox lewis had trouble with vitali, but still won regardless.

 

Vitali made Lummox look old, but lummox won by a lucky cut. :smooch

 

Lucky, schmucky.

Vitali had a heavy, undertrained, inactive for a year Lummox in front of him, and still did not get the job done although his effort was admirable.

 

The cut was too severe for Vitali to continue.

Winning or not, the result was TKO 6 in favour of Lennox.

That said, Lennox was at the end of his great career and wisely declined the rematch.

 

I didnt watch the fight live. But after seeing peoples comments on threads I thought Lennox got his ass kicked. then after i watched the fight and noticed Lennox did loose the early rounds, but Lennox clearly was came back during the second half of the fight and had the momentum. It appeared that Lennox needed some rounds to adjust to Vitalis style and he adjusted accordingly; once he did that he started catching Vitali and would have kO'd him or won by unanimous decision. I think part of the reason why people made such a big deal of this fight was because Vitali certainly challenged Lewis more than other fighters while Lennox was still the reigning champ, but Lewis was still the better fighter that night imo.


Edit: After rewatching the figh on youtube again with volume down. Although Vitali had his moments early on, in the end it was clear that Lennox's punches were more destructive and had more power behind them. He was breaking down Vitali physically, and it was only a matter of time.

 

:good

 

Awesome thread. Totally revolutionary, never before seen on ESB material.

Wish I thought of this first. :tired

 

I give Vitali credit for putting up a good fight, but hey, the cut wasn't caused by a headbutt.

 

Without the cut , Vitali would've tkoed Lennox Lewis.
And lennox' decision to not give vitali a rematch was one of the smartest move in his career. (at least he ended on a good note).

 

Odd, my post said it was edited by someone else as soon as it was posted. :nut

 

:deal

 

Anyone knows what that members only inteview with Lennox says on the site that talks about boxing?

 

Lennox won. End of.