Because his rotator cuff was totally ****ed up and he would of been risking his career by continuing to fight. By your logic Solis lost fair and square to Vitali but personally I considered it an even fight until his knee blew out. I don't think the fight was stopped prematurely, I just think Vitali would beat Lewis eight or nine times out of ten. The only thing that saved Lewis was opening a cut early in the fight. Can he do that every time he fights Vitali? Don't think so and neither did Lewis.
:| . . . the guy retired, Vittles could not get the job done against a vulnerable ATG . . . TKO6 *****:deal
Here's a question. When Adamek beat Chambers all I heard is that Chambers would of won if he hadn't injured his arm early in the fight. Was Adamek's win legit or not?
Well you guys bring Byrd's "win" over Vitali. Was it legit or not? Another question. Was Vitali's win over Solis legit? Solis seemed to be doing okay until his knee blew out.
If you want to talk about Solis fight (since Vittles was in it) that is one thing, but to bring up another fight with no similarity besides the fact that one fighter was white and the other is black is totally out of place. It tends to led me to believe that Race is the sole motivation for your comments. We are not talking about Race or racism in boxing, we are talking about one fight and that is LL TKO6 over Vittles. Byrd is relevant because Vittles lost to byrd (quitting) and promised a rematch and never did.
I'm just trying to expose your racial double standard. Was Vitali's win over Solis and Charr legit or not?
What double standardatsch. Solis was so fat he crumble under his own weight and Vittles got the W and Charr was a c level fighter even by today's standard. I think Solis had the talent to get another shot someday but faded into obscurity. I never ever eluded to these fights not being legit. Back to your earlier irrelevant question, Adamek is my favourite heavyweight, I have said that dozens of times in the past, but i thought the fight was chambers (who i feel indifferent about at best) was close and could have gone either way . . . I really do not understand your question:huh. are you saying because I am not a fan of Vittles i am a racist? What does it mean if I am not a fan of Bhops, JCC or Tito's? It is a shame that for guys like you its always as simple as black and white:bart
vitali dominated byrd with 1 arm vitali dominated lewis with 1 eye lewis refused the rematch deal with it.
Byrd won RTD 9. Lewis won TKO 6. Vitali“s face was a bloddy mass. Nobody cares about scorecards after 6 rounds!!!!! Lewis had problems with Vitali“s style in the first rounds but he becomes stronger after round 3. Won TKO 6.
Lewis retired on top. Vits however never rematched after quitting in spite of Byrd being highly rated the next several years. What's worse, retiring on top? Or quitting and never rematching?
SRL v Duran2 people remember "no mas" and barely anything else Fans remember Rahman's head with a huge growth on it more than the fight it was in. Vittles will be remembered for losing the two biggest fights of his career (first quitting like a ***** and the Mangina) and riding the coattails of his little Bro . . . Deal with it:deal TKO6
Lewis ran like a scared ***** at the thought of rematching Vitali even though he stood to make a ton of money win or lose.