Vitali of the Lewis fight vs Tyson from rudduck 1

well it depends does "injury" count as a loss?

 

I would like to believe that Tyson could win this, but I just don't know how he's going to land flush and regularly on Vitali. Lennox Lewis was old when he won that fight, no doubt, but he had enough arm length and the right style for establishing a landing pattern. I don't think Mike could reach him or at least not with any regularity. in the mean time, he'd be eating a lot of shots. Not saying Tyson wouldn't win, but I just don't know how he'd do it.

 

Vitali KO's any version of Tyson.

 

exactly :deal

 

Tyson would have a field day against a low hands defense and Vitali's lack of power imo

Mike beat allot of men between 6'4-6'5 and Chisora was only 6'1

It is, as is a concussion caused by a punch

 

Vitali wasn't at his best in the Lewis fight. He was sloppy, way too aggressive, wild, wasn't breathing with his punches, and making sloppy, sloppy defensive mistakes.

He nearly overwhelmed Lewis with youth, strength, and enthusiasm, and that was compounded but his reach, straight punch proficiency, and height. Had he been disciplined, focused, and clinical, Lewis wouldn't have come roaring back so many times.

Tyson isn't going to initiate clinches to make the cut worse. He's going to keep throwing. He's not going to try to establish a jab that isn't working, and take 5 rounds to abandon it.

He'd stop Vitali on his feet, just landing too many punches.


Lewis-Klitschko was a fun, fun fight, but not a great performance by either man. Both were stationary, sloppy, and aggressive, with a serious pace problem. Tyson would have walked in and let his hands go, and he had the speed and combinations to do serious damage to a stupid opponent looking to mix it up without the ability to do so.

 

Au contraire, it was Vitali's greatest performance...

... and Lennox's best win.

 

I disagree 100%.

Lennox's best win, imo, is Holyfield, the best heavyweight on the planet, fresh off of putting Moorer away and taming the beast. Lewis beat him twice.

Vitali's best performance is Peter. He was flawless. The ring generalship was otherwordly. A world champion only managed to land a handful of punches, and was beaten beyond soundly.

His greatest performance being the fight where he brawled with an aging legend, got diced up, repeatedly cracked with bombs, gassed out, and won four rounds before getting stopped because said aging legend mangled his face? I actually find that a comical sentiment.

Most entertaining performance, maybe.

 

We'll differ on this one.


Evander was a good win, but he posed less of a risk to Lewis IMO than did Vitali. Vitali, despite lacking the achievements and resume of Evander, was a much stronger head-to-head challenge for Lennox, and given Vitali's subsequent dominance, he was, IMO the best scalp Lennox had.


From the point of view of Vitali, Lennox was the greatest opponent he ever faced, and despite losing (TKO 6 !), he did aquit himself very well and could well have won the bout. He proved that he could be competitive with the best.


Hence, my earlier contention that this was both men at their finest hour.

 

Wasn't Lennox seen at a Buffet days before the fight?

 

It's easier not to make mistakes against a Peter level opponent than it is against a Lewis level opponent

 

True,

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Vitali is more like 6'8", and 250 lbs. A fair number of those other guys who were 6'4" + took him the distance and one of them even beat him. They also weren't as good of fighters as Vitali.

And still lost the fight, despite facing a 41 year old Klitschko who wasn't at his best.

 

damn i hate watching that fight :|