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[B]'Lewis didn't have a chance against Klitschko, he was getting his ass whooped.
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I'm assuming you watched the fight? I hope.
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Twice.
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Lewis got his bell rung hard in the first round which threw him for a loop for a few rounds. If you watched the fight you would have noticed lewis slowly coming back round by round. he never really got his jab working too well, but he was slowly regaining somewhat control of the fight. if you do not rememeber this i suggest you go back and watch it closely. and did you not see the devastating uppercut at the end of the 6th round? klitschko was done. his eye was done. he would have went down in the next couple of rounds. they stop fights for a reason. not just to piss you off. he should be glad the ref ended it when he did to save him more permanant damage. 60 stitches? yeah what the hell are you talking about lewis was getting his ass whooped. they both were exhausted at the end of the 6th. both could have went down from a power punch (and klitschko almost did)
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Slowly coming back? He was gassed the entire time, it was starting to become even, but Lewis would have been opened up in the 7th or the 8th the way it was going. Klitschko's eye was not done, in case you didn't notice, the best cut man in the business had stopped the bleeding, not one time, not two times, not three times, but four times. When the doc came in and stopped the fight, Klitschko wasn't done, he could have gone on easily. Hell, did you see him run up and across the ring? I highly doubt Lewis could have done that because he was so gassed.
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i also cannot understand how people continue to find faults with lewis' attitude and sportsmanship. hes a professional fighter. he goes in the ring, and pounds the shit out of someone until either they cant take it anymore, or he cant take it anymore. its rather violent and barbaric. yeah, tyson is a bit crazy/violent/crude, but lewis? lewis' stigma is the fact he seems too nice. he plays chess, hes from england. he speaks clearly. hes not very daunting. doesnt strike fear like say a tyson.
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Nice description, but you forgot 'cocky asshole'.
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all boxers are arrogant, you gotta be. thats the game.
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Well, two guys in recent memory contradict that opinion, Micky Ward, and Arturo Gatti
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how pathetic would it have been if lewis would say 'yeah i was really wrong, i take back whatever i said, maybe im not the best' lol who does that.
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Or he could apologize for being a cocky asshole and just watch as damn near every sports publication will call him a gentleman and a true sportsman. One of the biggest problems with sports today is everyone thinks they need to be full of themselves to the extreme or else they aren't performing to their abilities. Hell, what am I thinking, everyone else has to be right. Guys like Johnny Unitas, Brett Farve, and David Robinson are just horrible people and athletes.
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and youre comparing ruiz to lewis? ok ruiz sucks. i dont see why anyone would say that, but ok. ruiz is completely awful compared to lewis. why do you think jones fought him? why didnt superstar jones go after lewis for his first fight? yeah, thats probably because he isnt an idiot. lewis is 6 inches taller, has at least 40 pounds on him, and has 14 inches of reach on jones. and why didnt jones want to move up to heavyweight for the LONGEST time? because hes not stupid. he knows hes going to get rocked. jones caught so much shit for not moving up to heavyweight. jones has even said he has nothign to gain from moving up. but money makes the world go 'round and we shall see what happens.
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Why did Jones fight him? He'd be a easy fight to test the waters, and he held the belt. Jones almost assures himself he'd win the fight before he even accepts it. So how could Jones assure himself of winning a Lewis fight? By becoming faster, stronger, and gain endurance, by watching countless tape of Lewis fights, by hiring sparing partners that are similar to Lewis (I forget who, but one guy fights almost identical to Lewis and is the same size), and by fighting smart which he is very capable of doing.