Relax dude many many poster write "**** off newbie" to new posters. It happened to me many times when I first came on this board.... kind of a "welcome to ESB".....
U do realize he lost in that fight right? dominated? what? he was ahead by a point maybe two, in the end he still had his face ripped off and lost deal with it *****
Chef - ok np. Now at the risk of blowing the fight i want to see (Vk vs Dh) in terms of politics - I LIKE Vitali. UA needs sorting out in so many ways and I would vote for him. There I said smth nice Now inside sports - i'm back to not being a fan. Pele Reid KO2. - Just joking but that aint no thigh!
if not for the Vitaly fight people would already forget Lewis lol, the only reason his name ever mentioned on ESB is because of the Klitschkos. I never saw people discuss him in any other thread/topic. Same goes to Byrd.
well, I come to ESB almost every day and the truth is the only reason people mention Lewis is the Klitschko fight. Lewis still gets like 10 threads a day here, but his name is only mentioned next to Vitaly or Wlad. I don't think I ever saw a thread here with people actually discussing Lewis' other fights or his skills or whatever. He only appears in the Klitschko related threads. I guess, he is a symbol that Klitschkos could be beaten. At least in theory. Without Vitaly he would be another Floyd Patterson, a forgotten champ, who nobody even mentions anymore.
Scar, you're looking at this too objectively. With reason and common sense. That's not what this thread, this fight has become. It's a farce really. If I wanted to be sensible, I'd say Vitaly did far better than expected at the time, rattled Lewis early - hurt him a lot in Rd 2, Lewis stopped boxing and just started fighting, Vitaly got cut, Lewis saw an opportunity and did what you'd expect of an aging champion. He took it, mercilessly. Vitaly had his chances, did well, but unfortunately came up short. Both guys hammered the bejesus out of each other for 6 rounds. Vitaly had his chance in RD2, and didn't take it. He gave Lewis a chance to get back in the fight, and Lewis took it. What more can you say? Was Vitaly unlucky? Sure. Was it a legitimate win for Lewis. Yes. I can have a discussion about whether or not Vitaly should have changed tactics after the cut, how come Lewis with a supposedly shaky chin turned into a face first brawler against a younger, fitter, taller man with a huge KO% - why Vitalys defence is great when he leans back and away unless you're in a with guy who has a huge reach, and is strong and willing to take a punch - why I think at that time Vitaly was better than Wlad and much more. but it's been done over the years, and now you're just left with, well, loonies. Who are entertaining to wind up and watch them go.
Vitali too he had a fight on the undercard from Lennox Lewis. But I heard the rumor too in germany that Kohl (the promoter of the Klitschkos) payed Krik Johnson to step aside and put Vitali in. They thought Lewis would not win the fight because he could not prepare for the awkward style of Vitali. After Vitali´s loss to Lewis he fought Kirk Johnson so I think the rumor is true and it was the way Universum worked in these days. I gave a **** about words from Sdunek. He is a liar and was the head coach of Universum Boxpromotion. For example: Sdunek said, it was not true that Boytsov had a "heart-OP" in his youth. But now Boytov himself said, it is true. I gave a **** was this man is saying.