Prime Lennox Lewis went life and death with Eurobum "Bread Hustler" Mavrovic

Is that why Vitali walked away from a rematch with Charr?

 

I went to the Mavrovic fight.. Lewis was a bit off with timing etc, but Zeiljko fought hard and pushed a good champion to the wire,,, Mavrovic was never a cruiserweight, he boxed always around 220 up.. He is actually 6 foot 5 in honesty.. It was a frustrating fight to watch at times but at no time did the Croatian look out of his depth... Zeiljko is not a better fighter than Vitali, he is a different fighter... Lewis can't handle a safety first counter puncher too good, he boxed Klitschko differently ... Zeljko was never a bum.. He beat a lot of very credible fighters on the way to his title shot...

 

no way was he a bum. he had good power and an iron chin. and he would of done more if it wasnt for alot of injuries and his illness.

 

Mavrovic was "bread bulking" before the fight Lewis.

 

Lewis hit Mavrovic with bombs.

Mohawk just had a great chin, he wasn't carried.

 

I actually rate Lewis very highly but the thread title is hilarious

 

Mavoric was only 214 pounds when he fought Lennox who weight close to 250 that night .

He held his own against Lennox and made him struggle .

Goes to show you , a massive weight advantage over your opponent sometimes don't mean a damn thing .

 

Mavrovic's bread>>>>Ariza's protein shakes.

 

He still lost. Maybe because of size disadvantage :!:

 

Lewis' skills are overrated but his effectiveness is not overrated. I wouldn't say LL went life and death with Mav but the Croatian put up a better than expected fight.


Kind of a where are they now image ( joke )

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...F11DDA58D7084EAD5471E5BCE7491&selectedIndex=1

 

Mavoric did a lot better against a prime Lewis than a peak Vitali did..........

 

Lewis went full distance with Mavrovic, Billups and shot Ocasio, yes.

But he also KO'd Ruddock in 2, Golota in 1, Botha in 2 and much more other KO's.

Every boxer has his ups and downs.

 

Mavrovic was no bum!

Maybe LL underestimated him a bit, but ZM was a tough cookie.

 

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Mavrovic was a very mediocre fighter with a padded record. He was slow, uncoordinated, no jab, no defense. Only redeeming quality was his ability to take a punch. He was a smaller, sickly poor man's Mariusz Wach. His success only came because Lennox performed so poorly(the later claimed he had been in a sauna room for too long and had become dehydrated). You are right that Mavrovic had some illnesses leading into the fight that had him out of action for almost a year and would send him soon into a premature retirement.
He would've lost, in most cases decisively, to just about every fighter you mentioned. The younger Klit would've beaten him quite easily in my estimation, most likely pitching a shutout and then most would say he just beat up some eurobum(rightfully so). He certainly wouldn't have had to take anywhere remotely close to the ridiculously high 44% connect rate that Mohawk landed on Lennox.

 

actually your right :hey:hey:hey