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Old 04-12-2004, 04:19 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by sTiMa34
No because that is some bullllllshit

Vlad gave Lewis a good fight and you keep bringing up excuses for Lewis. How can you call Vlad one of the most overrated boxers when he almost beat Lewis?
When did I say Vitali didn't give Lewis a good fight (and it wasn't Vlad for the record)?

I admitted Vitali was winning the fight against Lewis but my arguement always has been no fights are 6 round contests. I've seen fighters win 11 straight rounds and then get knocked out in the 12th. The way that fight was going, Lewis was gassed but Vitali was in a worse state and his face needed over 50 stiches from jabs. I've seen fights stopped on lesser cuts and agreed with the decisions to stop those fights (Belfort vs. Courture in the UFC for one).

Lennox Lewis no doubt half arsed trained for this fight. There isn't an excuse for that but a half arsed Lewis was still better. Hasim Rahman knocked out Lennox Lewis when he half arsed trained for that fight. Fair play to Rahman but that don't make him one of the greatest heavyweights of all time does it?
But like CyNick said, nobody forced Lewis to fight so him gassed isn't an excuse. It's still a fact he wasn't properly trained though.
Vitali got his face torn up by Lewis and was convincably knocked out against Michael Grant. Grant then fought Lewis and was absolutely embarrassed. Why hasn't Vitali got in the ring with Grant since his loss to avenage it?

As for Vladimir, he got his brains smashed in this weekend by a nobody and was also humiliated by Corrie Sanders - another nobody. Between the pair of the Dragos, they haven't beaten one single heavyweight I'd call world class and they were both battered by nobodies. Those are facts. Lewis got knocked out twice by nobodies but he came back stronger and not only avenged the losses but beat everyone they put in from of him. Again, a fact. If that's riding his dick then whatever.

The Russian brothers can't even be considered the best in the heavyweight division in the poorest state the division has been in for over 100 years.

For Christ sake base your opinions on more than 6 rounds of boxing please. I do.
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