He had already beaten a prime Tyson, humilated a prime Evander Holyfield in their rematch and dominated and stopped Vitali. He had nothing left to prove, except fight Rahman perhaps for a third time to settle the score once and for all. I think when the history books are written, not rematching the rematch with Rahman will stand out as the only major shortcoming in his resume, perhaps preventing him from being ranked as a Top 10 ATG.
But this thread is about Lennox Lewis, not me. Stay on topic or make a new thread about whatever the **** it was you were blathering on about.
i'll do what i like, thanks. you know i've repeatedly shown up your fallacious arguments, which is why you're attempting your distraction tricks.
another attempt. definitely you, g. check back over the last few pages. it's all there, in grey and white.
My mistake, I missed one post by you waffling on about Lewis' waistline. Whose fault was his waistline? And regardless of his waistline, he hit Vitali flush with his hardest uppercut and he didn't budge. His waistline would not have hampered the power in that uppercut. Surely you can see that this contributed to wanting no part of a rematch, as a cut would not be guaranteed in a rematch? And if you believe that it was his sense of humour that made him come out with that shite excuse then you are seriously misguided. :hi:
...because he was like Daniel Plainview sitting on the lane with a bloody pin in hand and dinner getting cold behind him. :conf Simple.
First of all that and secondly, he felt that he was past it in the Vitali fight. This fight shouldn't have been close with how significant the skill gap was between these two. I wouldn't consider it ducking or running as Lewis had absolutely nothing to prove and he was clearly old enough to retire. His reflexes had deteriorated and so had his physique.
McCall was a former WBC Champion, Akinwande was former WBO Champion, Golota had out-fought Bowe twice and was #5 ranked Heavyweight, Briggs was Lineal Champion and #7 ranked Heavyweight, Mavrovic was undefeated EBU Champion, Holyfield was WBA and IBF Champion and #1 ranked Heavyweight and #3 ranked P4P, Grant was #3 ranked Heavyweight, Botha a former challenger for the IBF title and Tua was #7 ranked Heavyweight. Of all of them the only ones that could be classed as "has-beens" or "never-weres" are Botha and Mavrovic. I'm certain he did think Vitali would give him hell even if he turned up in shape and totally prepared, but when he hadn't he'd still won, he'd still taken everything Vitali had to throw and emerged victorious. He had nothing to fear from Vitali. Mercer did just as well against Lewis as Vitali did. After six round he was ahead on the cards, he had rocked Lewis in the 4th round, and he managed something Vitali didnt, he went to the final bell! Many thought Mercer had done enough to win after all the rounds had been fought not just half rounds before being stopped on cuts. Conveniently, Vitali-fanboys always seem to forget that.
so you admit he wasn't in shape? and he lacked the motivation to ensure he would be in the physical condition he would need to be to meet vitali again? that comes across as remarkably similar to my initial post on this subject. nice blather and waffle.