Jrock56Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:32 PM UTC
Saved by the bell in his last fight. Great, but over rated fighter.
joseph5620Sun Aug 17, 2025, 12:55 AM UTC
I guess you forgot that Vitali lost to Lewis. So he certainly didn’t have his number. That’s also the oldest, least conditioned, version of Lewis.
brankobugarskiSun Aug 17, 2025, 12:18 AM UTC
Breadman keeps saying that head to head Lennox Lewis is a nightmare for everyone, but I keep remembering the Vitali Klitscko fight. I agree Lennox would trouble everyone else but he retired so he does not have to face Vitali again because Vitali had his number. He was even more physical than Lennox.
GMR EvansSat Aug 16, 2025, 7:41 PM UTC
Dempsey (or his people) also avoided Harry Greb, who wanted to fight him. Kearns said he wanted ‘no part of that seven year itch’. And Dempsey personally drew the colour line, announcing in 1919 that he refused to fight black challengers. And he made several racist statements both before and after his title reign. One of them
OregonianSat Aug 16, 2025, 4:54 PM UTC
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Agreed.
And Ward has no shot at beating AJ. That size difference is just insurmountable.
AJ is now a gatekeeper at HW but he’s solid enough to destroy a retired 42 year old who hasn’t fought in 7 years.