Lennox vs Vitali, explain or just vote

Good sound post, KO. Both men deserve respect--it was a hellava' fight and the better man won (with an asterisk).
It was great seeing two super-heavyweights go toe to toe.
Lennox was great--Top 3 ATG-- and Vitali was summarily underrated.
Meanwhile, can we all just move on?:beat

 

And you are a walking example of him being UNDERrated.

The only round that Vitali CLEARLY won was the 2nd.

Owned? This must be some bizarre new meaning of the word "owned" that I have not seen before. :roll:

 

you made that up, because no video angle shows that it was the laces. It was clearly the knuckle part of the glove.

 

its interesting how the same people who complain about lewis beating what they describe to be fighters on the decline like Holyfield and Tyson dont give lewis credit for beating a prime 31 year old fighter who would go on to be regarded as THE champion at a time when lewis himself was declining at 37 years and 9 months old after having over a year out the ring and at his heaviest weight.

 

All I can say is that I saw sunshine on Vitali's face when the fight was waived by the ref. It was only split second as Vitali tried his best to contain his real feelings.

All those NO, NO, NO bull crap in the ring were hypocrisy at its best.:twisted:

 

Absolutely 100% correct. He was like the kid in the playground passively getting the **** beaten out of him, and when the fight gets broken up starts getting brave and throwing punches again cos he knows the other guy ain't hitting back no more.

VITLAY = big girls blouse.

 

You damn right. I know how he felt, because when I was a kid, I got brave too against bigger guys when I know the teacher is there to break up the fight immediately

 

Yep it's happened to all of us at some point or other I suspect. Shame for VITLAY it happened in front of the whole world :rofl

 

It was vitali who was out on his feet at the end of rd 6, getting hit , trying to hold himself up by holding onto lewis`s waist and not defending or throwing back. The referee was looking very closely at Vitali after he staggered across the ring holding onto lewis`s waist into the corner where he got hit with more uppercuts as the bell rang, he had a look on his face as if he was looking around to see where he was and asking what day is it.

 

No, I agree with the judges. But just because someone won a round does not mean they "owned" the other guy.

Losing decisively? One round scored the other way (as Harold Lederman scored it) and it was a draw on the cards. Hardly decisive.

Bottom line, Lewis stood up to all Vitali could throw at him. Vitali couldn't withstand all that Lewis threw at him. result - Lennox TKO Vitali.

The scorecards are only relevant if it goes to the cards, and even then the winner is who won the majority of the 12 rounds, not the first 6. We have all seen fighters hopelessly behind after 6 and still win, and Lennox wasn't even that far behind. He also won the final round on all 3 cards, pointing to him being in the ascendancy.

 

...And at an advanced age of 32 atsch

 

So for you, Rafa Marquez did not really win against Vasquez (1st fight)?

 

Lewis TKO6 Klitschko... guess what, nobody gives a **** whether you consider it or not, Lewis won:yep

 

Lucky cut?

It has been proven conclusively several times that the cut was caused by a punch. Then several rounds of punches to the same spot made it worse until the fight was stopped. How the **** is that lucky???

If the cut spontaneously appeared before Lennox threw a punch in the first round, THAT would be lucky. But Vitali's body couldn't take the heat therefore he lost by a 100% legit stoppage.