Should've Lennox gave Vitali a rematch?

There should have been a rematch afterwards. As soon as the cut healed. It would have been huge. This was a very compelling fight. Any time you watch it, it is pure excitement. The ending with Vitali having the support of the crowd, but Lennox having the victory, and both combatants highly charged was absolutely huge.

 

Should it have been after the cut, after, the knee,after the shoulder, after the heart? LOL - Lennox could have been potentially 50 by the time Vitali got his **** together as his subsequent non-efforts proved.

 

lennox didn't/doesn't owe vitali ****....vit klit was a late repacement and had his one and only chance and his body failed him (sound familiar?) so tuff luck vit klit, your legacy will be a matter of what could have been instead of what was........maybe if you can get yourself together and put together a comeback....nah, forget it...............

 

Yes... It would still sell...

 

The fight was a great fight to watch from a boxing fans stand point. Lewis just fought the wrong type of fight thats all.

 

exactly. Its not like Lennox was in his early 20s. Everyone knew the end was nearing for Lennox. I wouldnt have complained if he did give Vitali a rematch, but he didnt have to. He would have beaten him again anyway.

 

I would have liked for him to give Vitali a rematch, but I am okay with Lennox calling it a career

 

Lennox Won..End of story...Will this Topic Ever DIE?

 

He didnt "Promise", tell me when he said, "I promise", he didnt, he talked to Larry Merchant about doing so if the money was right and that he would think about it blah blah. Vitali got that lost in translation and described that as a promise lol. Thats his problem.
In the ring Vitali screamed "rematch rematch", Lewis said "no problem", almost in a way to calm Vitlali down and say whatever as vitali punched his arm and acted drunkenly aggresive, he did NOT promise. Maybe vitali uttered the word promise but Lewis didnt. Vitali sure didnt behave like a gentleman in that exchange, his brother had to pull him away as he hit Lewis and a melee occurred. So vitali was one round up in the scoring woohoo, he was out on his feet in rd 6 and bleeding from 4 cuts.

 

There was no promise, vitali aggressively behaved ungentlemanly in the ring after the fight at the time you seem to think a gentlemans agreement took place lol, why not mention that in your ridiculous besmirchment of Lewis which this thread is.

 

thats a swing of one round, wow big margin, wow he really was winning big, a one round difference at the halfway mark.

 

nope he beat him fair and square no rematch.....look at lennoxs face after the fight and look at vitalis.....yes vitali was ahead on points but he was gonna get serouisly hurt by a huge power puncher/......vitali was lucky the fight was over cause it coulda been his last....period

 

Yes. Lewis said he would, told the press he would, and had 15M on the table for him....then he saw Vitali thrash Krik Johnson, and thought to himself, I don't think this HUGE reward is worth the risk.

 

Given the fact that 4 years later every thread about it STILL explodes, there is not a single part of me that doubt the deservedness of this rematch. For Vitali, that is. I can understand Lewis having no motivation anymore and not wanting to take the risk at his high age, he had nothing left to prove.

Larry Holmes ducked far more rematches in his prime against far lesser opposition.

 

Get your facts straight. He had to wait 3 years before being able to rematch McCall.

The Rahman rematch was immediate, and so what?

It is now his fault that he got back in the ring to prove who is the best?