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[obretsam]

Телек телек подскажи и всю правду доложи. Кто на свете всех сильнее? :?:

[LIL]

КЛИЧКО!
УРА ЗЕМЛЯКУ СЛАВНОМУ!

[CatMan]

Телек телек подскажи и всю правду доложи. Кто на свете всех сильнее? :?:

Обретсам, Вы форум читаете прежде чем писать?

http://forum.russianamerica.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5870

[AlexQ]

Чертовски обидно :( :( :(

Так все хорошо начиналось...

Будем надеяться на матч-реванш... :roll:

[CatMan]

"He is a great fighter. I won this fight in points," Klitschko said. "I want a rematch. I showed everybody that I can fight Lennox Lewis."
An entertaining fight ended on a sour note when the ring doctor ordered it stopped after the sixth round. Klitschko was winning the bout on all three scorecards.

Klitschko, bleeding badly from a cut over his left eye, jumped off his stool in disbelief, yelling "No, no, no" and going across the ring toward Lewis as if he wanted the fight to continue.

cnn. 06/21/03

[AlexQ]

http://espn-ak.starwave.com/media/box/2003/0622/photo/a_lewis_frt.jpg

http://espn.go.com/boxing/s/2003/0621/1571361.html

Don't tell the fans Lewis technically won

By Tim Struby
Special to ESPN.com


LOS ANGELES -- When is a win not a win?

Just ask the near-capacity Staples Center crowd Saturday. Despite a smattering of support during his entrance and a TKO at the hands of champion Lennox Lewis and referee Lou Moret, it was Vitali Klitschko who raised his arms to a roaring ovation at the conclusion of the fight. Battered and bloodied, but showing the heart of a true warrior, Klitschko was the moral victor in a brawl that was supposed to be a walkover for the reigning heavyweight king.

For Lewis, who raised his belts to a cascade of boos, it was more like the Heavyweight Implosion than Heavyweight Explosion. There was certainly a ticket's worth of explosive action, but Lewis fought with the speed and grace of a tranquilized elephant. Coming into the bout at his heaviest weight to date, 256 pounds, the British bomber took a beating of his own. The first two rounds were all Klitschko, a man who has on many occasions been confused for a cadaver in the ring, and supposedly was the perfect opponent for the slick style of Lewis. Such was not the case. The Ukrainian heavyweight was far from flashy, but aggressively pursued Lewis, connecting steadily and solidly.

Perhaps Lewis thought he was facing Kirk Johnson, the portly Canadian puncher who dropped out two weeks ago due to an injury. Maybe it's the 37 years that are catching up to him. Perhaps it was rust from the layoff of more than a year since he dispatched a decrepit Mike Tyson in Memphis. Or maybe, he thought this was a remake of Ocean's Eleven, when he faced off with the younger Wladimir Klitschko on the silver screen. Whatever the case, Lewis's lackluster performance did little to silence critics and solidify his standing as the greatest heavyweight of his era.

Lewis was able to connect with a third round right cross that opened a gruesome gash over the left eye of Klitschko, but while the door opened, the sluggish champion was not able to step quickly in and take the opportunity to capitalize. Lewis had little of his trademark movement and footwork. He plodded through the fight, and although he won two of the six rounds on all three scorecards, he was unable to avoid the slow yet pointed attack of the determined Klitschko, and was clearly hurt by the barrage of power shots.

And what of the future? The result has once again thrown the heavyweight division into a state of confusion. Lewis's talk of taking on Roy Jones Jr. and ending his career as the undisputed king of the heavyweights is no longer valid. The size, the weight, the last-minute change of opponent will not stand up -- the truth is that Lennox Lewis has been exposed and his legacy is in jeopardy. He is not the fighter he once was, and his weaknesses were visible to the fans cheering for Klitschko. A rematch is the only recourse for the champion if he wants to restore his credibility.

As for Klitschko, the valiant Ukrainian, he may have lost the fight, but he won the respect and admiration of the entire boxing world.

[AlexQ]

http://i.cnn.net/si/boxing/news/2003/06/21/usfront_lennoxt1/vitaly_t1_ap.jpg


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/boxing/news/2003/06/21/lewis_vitaly_ap/
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vitali Klitschko was bloodied but still willing. He had given Lennox Lewis all he wanted and more, yet after six rounds he sat bleeding on his stool as a ring doctor ended his chance of becoming heavyweight champion.

Klitschko hurt Lewis during six brawling and sometimes brutal rounds, exposing him as an aging fighter. He answered questions about his heart and talent, while raising many about the future of the heavyweight champion.

About the only thing he didn't do Saturday night was win the heavyweight title. That still belonged to Lewis after the fight was stopped because of a bad cut over the challenger's left eye.

"He is a great fighter. I won this fight in points," Klitschko said. "I want a rematch. I showed everybody that I can fight Lennox Lewis."

An entertaining fight ended on a sour note when the ring doctor ordered it stopped after the sixth round. Klitschko was winning the bout on all three scorecards.

Klitschko, bleeding badly from a cut over his left eye, jumped off his stool in disbelief, yelling "No, no, no" and going across the ring toward Lewis as if he wanted the fight to continue.

Lewis was tired, but more than willing.

"If the fight went on, I would have knocked him out," Lewis said. "There is no way he could have finished the fight. He was just deteriorated anyway."

Klitschko hurt Lewis in the early rounds and was more than holding his own in a fight that magnified both the ring rust Lewis had from not fighting for a year and the unmistakable fact he was a 37-year-old heavyweight in the ring.

All three ringside judges had Klitschko winning 58-56, but ring doctor Paul Wallace looked at the cut and ordered referee Lou Moret to stop the fight.

"I can see very well," Klitschko complained. "I don't know why the doctor stopped the fight."

The crowd at Staples Center booed wildly, and Klitschko held his arms up in victory and pointed to his heart. It was his heart that had been questioned when he quit on the stool between rounds against Chris Byrd after injuring his shoulder.

"Right now I feel like the people's champion," Klitschko said. "I did not want them to stop the fight. My strategy was to take it into the seventh or eighth round and my strategy was working perfectly."

Klitschko went into the fight a 4-1 underdog and wasn't even supposed to be the best fighter in his family. That honor belonged to his brother, Wladimir, who worked his corner against Lewis.

But the 6-foot-7 Ukrainian came out and traded punches from the opening bell, rocking Lewis in the second and third rounds and hitting him with almost every left jab he threw. Lewis looked tired and old, but did enough to come back and land uppercuts and right hands.

"We are big guys and any punch is going to hurt," Lewis said. "I do give him credit. I gave him a chance to fight. He has an unusual European style. I was just getting my second wind."

One big right hand appeared to open a cut in the third round that proved to be the undoing of Klitschko. Because the cut was caused by a punch and not a head butt it didn't matter that Klitschko was leading on the scorecards when the fight was stopped.

Wallace said he stopped the fight not because of the blood, but because Klitschko's eyelid was covering his eye and he had to move his head to see.

"When he raised his head up, his upper lid covered his field of vision," Wallace said. "At that point I had no other option but to stop the fight. If he had to move his head to see me, there was no way he could defend his way against a punch."

The normally mild mannered Klitschko, who speaks four languages and holds an advanced college degree, was visibly angry and had to be restrained by his brother at one point.

He's not likely to get a rematch, assuming Lewis continues to fight. Lewis is eyeing a possible bout with Roy Jones Jr. later this year that could mean huge money for both fighters.

Jones would have to be encouraged after a fight between two big men for the WBC title. Klitschko was trying to become the tallest heavyweight champion ever and the two fighters combined for a record 504 1/2 pounds between them.

Lewis weighed 256 1/2 pounds, the heaviest of his career, and he appeared soft in the middle. For one of the few times in the 6-foot-5 champion's career, he was punching up at an opponent.

"I knew his condition was not good, he's very heavy. He couldn't fight hard," Klitschko said. "I know I was hurting him with my punches."

Klitschko landed a big right hand 1:45 into the second round that shook Lewis, whose chin had been questioned after being knocked out by Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman in other title fights.

"He woke me up," Lewis admitted.

Lewis had a vast edge in experience, coming into the fight with 15 wins in 17 title fights. He had been off a year, but seemed to be in his prime at a time when most fighters are in decline.

Lewis became only the third heavyweight champion his age or older to successfully defend a title, but he looked every bit his age.

Still, he came on to win the sixth round and he was more than willing to trade big punches in the middle of the ring with Klitschko. The fight was marred by a lot of holding but it excited the 15,939 fans gathered for the first title fight in Los Angeles in nearly 45 years.

"It was only a matter of time. He was deteriorating. The referee saved his face," Lewis said.

Both fighters appeared tired, but Klitschko was the fresher puncher as the fight continued. But after he was cut midway through the third round it seemed only a matter of time before the fight would have to be stopped.

The ring doctor looked at the cut after the third round and allowed the fight to continue. But the cut reopened and was bleeding badly in the sixth round. The doctor went over to the corner and ordered the fight stopped.

"I was getting to him. Just look at his face," Lewis said. "I was going to stop him."

Klitschko was fighting for a major title for the first time and fighting in the United States for only the second time. Klitschko spent much of his career fighting on cards in Germany with his brother, and his record was littered with a string of unheralded opponents.

Klitschko was a 4-1 underdog against a champion who looked devastating when he stopped Mike Tyson in the eighth round a year ago.

Many in boxing wondered if Klitschko had the heart or the talent to stay in the ring with the heavyweight champion.

They weren't wondering after he gave Lewis everything he had and more in a fight he had taken on two weeks notice.

The way the fight unfolded won Klitschko not only fans in the arena, but one from across the ring.

"He's a legitimate No. 1 contender," Lewis said.

Lewis, who earned a reported $10 million, improved to 41-2-1, 32 knockouts. Klitschko is 32-2 with 31 knockouts.

[obretsam]

Телек телек подскажи и всю правду доложи. Кто на свете всех сильнее? :?:

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прошу прощения но в отделе спорт это не работает :(

[baron_no_fear]

хохли отсосали,слабы на передок.

[Zam]

Ура!
Л.Льюис официально подтвердил свое согласие на матч-реванш с В.Кличко

Поединок запланирован на 06.12.2003

[Alex1776]

"Поединок запланирован на 06.12.2003"

Суки, прямо на ДР поставили... С другой стороны может это и хорошо -- потребую у жены заказать бой в качестве подарка, $55 сэкономлю. :twisted: