Lewis Klitschko post fight press conference just uploaded

Look at all that damage Lewis did to Vitali in only six rounds.

He punched holes in that guy's face. Multiple cuts above the eye. Multiple cuts below the eye. Nearly punched his lip off.

Vitali's sitting there with 60 stitches in his face holding it together.

I don't think we've seen that much damage inflicted on someone's face in a heavyweight fight in the 20 years since.

And the fight was only half over.

Just brutal.

 

Oh, so just like Vitali did retiring instead of fighting Rahman. Scared of the mandatory contender, because he could lose due to his body breaking down.

 

It doesn't. It just shows the fighters can retire whatever they want. So either they both are cowards and quitters or we just accept the fact that health is more important than boxing.

Byrd was tailor made for Lewis. Wladimir was a white carbon copy of Lennox with harder punch, weaker chin and no inside game and schooled Byrd twice. Lennox would probably do the same.

He was scared to lose. Just like in your view Lewis was scared to lose. Using that logic, Vitali was afraid he would lose because of the injuries, Lewis was afraid he would lose because he was old and he didn't have it in him anymore. Both were scared of their health.

Hard to tell because Lewis actually fought Rahman and Vitali didn't.

 

Lewis was already old and had zero motivation to keep going. Even if the first fight was competitive, he still clearly won.
It’s difficult to stay motivated at that stage in Lewis’ career.

He clearly enjoyed being the reigning inactive undisputed champion for one year, despite holding the belt(s) hostage, and deserved that enjoyment for all he achieved.

 

TKO 6

 

Wow this is a gem right here.

 

Lennox really got to leave the sport on his terms.

An aging fighter with his final legs, up against the man of the time in Vitali. A man who cannot be stopped. Lennox stood there and used his forged armour of war as protection to sustain maintain and force out a TKO. Both were exhausted in them rounds. God gave Lennox the victory as he did Usyk. These things go as they are meant to, as written by the almighty gods of war. Think about the last 24 years of HW boxing. Really it's been Lennox, Vitali, Wlad, Fury & Usyk. It's the British Ukrainian war that history doesn't know about. Fury will end the chapter by retiring hand in hand with Usyk 1-1.

 

Lol! Yep. Been waiting and looking for years for the full post presser of this fight. Even after all these years I still remember Vitali saying “A rematch would be VERY INTERESTING” and also remember Lewis trying his best to be dismissive of that fight by saying “I’ll bust up the other side of his face” arrogantly. Told Vitali and others he’d rematch him… then didn’t like what he saw from The Johnson and Sanders fights so decided to call it a day. Definitely was there rooting for those guys though wasn’t he!

“The LION”

Why would you tell someone and millions of fans you’d rematch him, and then not?? Simple… because you knew the true score of that Situation.

Kind of like why would you actually phone up Corrie Sanders, someone you’re not even really friends with, but someone who’s a dangerous lefty counter puncher with nasty hand speed and power… and basically plead with him to Go After Wladimir and let your hands fly and ruin a potential 100 million dollar mega fight with Wlad??? Lol I think we know.

Anyway too bad the rematch never happened. Would’ve been a proper passing of the torch and Vitali deserved that imo. Especially after the effort he gave.

 

The oldest, heaviest, and worst version of Lewis beat the top contender, shredding his face stopping him in 6. I'm sure he was terrified.