Comments by "Dylan Burston" (@dylanburston7453) on "Boxing Stars"
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@aviad4878 Because he was 40 years old, his wife was threatening to divorce him, he was planning on retiring before the fight, and he beat Klitschko in the worst shape of his career with 2 weeks to prepare. He had nothing to prove, and he was clever enough, not as ego driven or desperate for money for him to continue way past his best like he saw with his hero Ali, and his contemporises like Holmes, Evander and Mike. Do you think every fighter who wins a couple of rounds before a stoppage is entitled to a rematch? Bruno was up 7 rounds when Lennox turned it around with one punch, Briggs won just one round less than Vitali and it was stopped after 2 knockdowns and a slip.
Lennox ripped half of his face off, and was gaining momentum and Vitalis output had all but disappeared. The only thing different between this fight and bruno is that a different man stopped it.
Vitali was gassed and going to lose an eye due to the damage done by Lennoxs punches.
If it were a headbutt, then its a different story. But Lennox targeted that cut to force the stoppage, and had won rounds 4 and 5 and Klitchko was just standing there taking shots, most of them unanswered
It was a TKO stoppage due to the damage Lennox caused. I dont see how thats not a legitimate stop. The doctor stepped in to save Vitalis eye, just like how the ref would step in to save a fighter whos taking to much damage.
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@LaStOnE_leFt Search for the channel office hancho boxing. he has a loads of videos, and most have one or two stories/boxers from asia in them, who can go into more detail than i can, if youre intrested
As for my personal picks, you have pac man, as youve already mentioned, inoue, as someone else has.
Shinsuke Yamanaka had 12 title defences at bantamweight just over a decade ago.
Yoko Gushiken has 13 title defences at light fly.
Myong Woo-Yuh has 17 title defences light flyweight as well. a WR
Basically, from 1970is to the late 90s, alot of long title reighns were happening in the lower weight classes and alot of records were being broken.
We just never see any of the fights in such low weight classes over here in the west, so the fighters never enter the public eye much.
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@jay7949 I dont think he needed to retire. just give his body time to recover instead of putting on and losing 30lbs of pure muscle in less than a year. Once he moved back to LH his fast twitch muscles had been affected, so he didn't have the stupid fast reflexes he used to. If he'd let his body get to the right weight more slowly and given it more time to recover and adjust, he could have had a few more years instead of getting KOd by tarver.
The Calzaghe fight is one of my favourites in all of boxing history, but its sad to see roy get out worked so bad by a fighter who had broken hands and was roughly the same age, despite being a huge Calzaghe fan myself. Sky did a interview with the world champions of the golden age of super middle (Calzhagie, Rjj, Eubank, Collins and some other bloke) and roy was speaking to joe about the fact joe was undefeated, and the whole reason roy went to get HW is because he was no longer undefeated due to his DQ loss and wanted a record, so went after the HW title. It wast a carefully planned career move, but a attempt to cement himself in the record books for hs drive to becoe great.
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@Guinea54 Tyson ducked Lewis at least twice before their fight. Cant give you exact dates off the top of my head, but Tyson paid Lewis 4 mil to step aside in 1996 to fight Bruce Seldon, promising Lennox a fight after. But he vacated the WBC, where Lennox was his mandatory and fought (and ate) Evander Holyfield instead. Tyson had the worlds best (worst in hindsight) promoter in the sport, and was the most popular fighter on the planet. He had full control over who he fought. He ducked Lennox for near 6 years. He sparred Lennox as teenagers, when Lennox wasn't even a full on heavyweight yet, and within a few rounds Lennox had him figured out.
He beat Ruddock in 5 minutes, something that took Mike 2 nights work to properly do.
Lewis took care of his body, Mike didn't.
Lennox surrounded himself with friends and the greatest trainer.
Mike surrounded himself with yes men and Don King.
Lennox Beat Evander twice
Mike did not.
The only top HW's Lewis didn't fight were Bowe, and that wasnt his fault, and George Foreman.
Its Tyson's Fault he wasn't at his best.
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