I doubt it, one man would have a hard time getting to the gym, the other being Vitali couldnt even make it out of training camp. I perdict we wont see either man in the ring ever again, if we do it will be a losing effort for either fighter.
A rematch isn't needed anyway, the worst version of Lewis beat a prime VITLAY which tells you all you need to know - and lets not forget about Lewis's record in rematches :shock: Lewis retired because he didn't need it any more, simple as that. Scared of a bum like VITLAY? Some people need to get a grip, VITLAY had his chance and lost.
DURING the actual 6th round it was Vitali that was out on his feet and at the end unable to lift his arms to throw or defend himself as he was hit by uppercuts at the bell, he had just staggered across the ring to that corner only staying up by holding onto Lewis`s waist while falling forward pushing Lewis with his shoulder as he [Vitali] tried to regain his balance. The sitting arrangement between rounds is irrelevant. There were 2 cuts above the eye, one below and the mouth was ripped open. Lewis didnt promise anything, he never said "I promise a rematch" he talked about considering it and when Vitali got in his face all drunkenly about it and hit him on his arm while screaming "rematch" Lewis replied merely with "no problem!" that is not a promise by any definition other than by someone that speaks pigeon english :tong If he fought again he would of only fought Vitali, he didnt go off and fight someone else, he was old and the only reason he was still active was because he was contracted to give Tyson the rematch that Tyson requested, that was now never going to happen so he retired to get married which he did soon after and which is something he didnt want to do while still boxing, Lewis had been champ variously since 1992, this fight was 2003, Lewis was almost 38, Vitali was 31.
Yep, Lewis was forced into a corner by VITLAYS ***** antics after the fight. It was laughable and just showed VITLAY up to be the **** that he is, he meekly surrendered V Byrd and he did the same against Lewis - until the fight was over, then he started acting tough. Pathetic. He got owned and he knows it.
Funny enough, this is the way it was! The crowd in attendance claimed Vitali the 'People's Champ'!! They thought he was robbed after beating Lewis for six rounds. :thumbsup
The scorecards at the end were all in favor of Vitali 4 rounds to 2, there was still 6 more rounds to go, and Vitali's vision was getting worse. I like neither fighter, but Vitali was in worse shape physically going into the 7th round, he wouldve had to knock Lewis out in the next 2 rounds, or his eye would of been completely closed, because Lewis would of been targeting that eye for the rest of the fight.
this thread again :nut Pigeon english? wtf i dont understand why u needed to respond several times to this same post. Obviously, u couldn't pick up my sarcasm and notice the dude in my avatar. here is what i think about this fight: lennox wasn't mentally ready for this fight but vitali was supercharged. it showed early. when lennox got hammered the first 2 rounds, he woke up and let loose. had the fight continued, lennox would have won a UD or it just would have been stopped on cuts in a later round. i dont think vitali would have gone down at all. lewis was really lucky though. i still think had that cut in the 3rd not happened, vitali would have won a UD. i would have picked vitali to win a UD in a rematch too. lennox knew it was time to go so he did the right thing. go out on top
That's called a moral victory. Too bad it's basically meaningless. The Jamacian bobsled team got it's share of cheers and support too. :yep