Oliver McCall vs Lennox Lewis 1

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by smallsteps, Sep 4, 2011.


  1. smallsteps

    smallsteps Member Full Member

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    McCall was very focused for the first fight.I just rewatched the fight, MCcall was all business.Lewis landed 1 or two good right hands and about 6 or seven stiff jabs to MCcall in the near 2 rounds the fight lasted.Lewis and McCall started trading punches about 5 punches each and lewis got caught flush and went down hard,Lewis got up wobbly as everyone has already seen this fight will know.MCall should get more cred for this legit win.Lewis's worst loss and true loss while was being serious and not lazy like in the rahman fight.
     
  2. Nosbor

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    Lewis should have been given a chance to continue. IMO he was hurt worse against Rahman.
     
  3. Hamilton

    Hamilton Member Full Member

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    I don't think he beat the count against Rahman.
     
  4. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    no way for a undefeated heavyweight champion to lose hit title....
    quick stoppage....
     
  5. thesandman

    thesandman Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Quick stoppage no doubt, but very very poor fight plan from Lewis thinking he could KO a man with a concrete head. Lewis was hurt badly. I've seen fighters hurt worse be allowed to continue though, but it's a minor argument really. A fair and legit loss to a guy that had a plan (McCall) and followed through with it.

    A good loss to have, he was a much better fighter for losing this fight and getting Steward in his corner.
     
  6. exumspate

    exumspate Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lewis was still young, the ref saved his future, may have been a drastically different future had he suffered a beating like Ray Mercer put on Tommy Morrison...

    Lewis being a warrior always threw haymakers when hurt, McCall was the one guy that tactic would be a really bad idea against...
     
  7. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    mccall has an over rated chin..... lewis is the only guy he fought that could punch...throw in frank bruno..... other than that he has a **** resume of guys who can crack......
     
  8. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    getting hit with "1 punch" and the fight being stopped..is a little different than getting hit with 14 unanswered punches like morrison - mercer....
    the ref did nothing but ruin a fight before it got started..**** stoppage

    good thing they didnt stop the fight with bert cooper and michael moorer after round 1..and he suffered 2 knock downs...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrs65JZzMIk[/ame]
     
  9. Cachibatches

    Cachibatches Boxing Junkie banned

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    Lewis could have continued. Another Don King fix.
     
  10. Big Red

    Big Red Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought the stoppage was fine. You can't be stumbling when the ref is seeing if your ok to continue, Lewis was almost falling over.
     
  11. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    ****ing mongloid :lol:
     
  12. BoxingFanNo1

    BoxingFanNo1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Spot on.

    Spot on.
     
  13. exumspate

    exumspate Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If my memory serves me, Lewis was ko'd both times he got knocked down and protested both stoppages, two different refs. As pointed out above, he was counted out the second time around, not much to protest...Versus McCall, he stumbled backwards into the ropes which stopped him from going back down, then stumbled to the side and then into the ref, who then stopped Lewis from falling down and then stopped the fight...Watch it again, it was a good stoppage...
     
  14. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    so anytime you stumble, fights over?

    ever heard of recuperating powers?

    arturo gatti wouldnt be the legend he is if they stopped everyone of his fights because of a knockdown...
    heavyweight champions of the world who are undefeated, have to be given the benefit of the doubt after getting punched one time and being knocked down one time.... it was a ****ing horrible stoppage
     
  15. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    ok **** sucker...tell me why you think mcall has such a great chin?
    because of his WARS with

    Mike Tyson?
    Ray Mercer?
    Razor Ruddock?
    Evander Holyfield?
    George Foreman?
    Tommy Morrison?
    Riddick Bowe?
    Michael Dokes?
    Tim Witherspoon?

    oh wait, he some how managed to fight NONE of them

    must have been these killers he actually fought

    Tim Morrison (tommys brother)
    Orlin Norris
    Juan Carlos Gomez
    Timur Ibragimov
    Fres Oquendo
    Sinan Samil Sam
    Jesse Ferguson
    Francesco Damiani


    you know **** about boxing...im sure you heard mccalls chin was granite so many times on here that you just use that as your own opinion...now **** off and try to learn something on your own