Talk:Lennox Lewis
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"Lewis, ..., faced Vitaly Klitschko instead, knocking him out in six rounds to retain the title."
That sounds biased towards Lewis... Klitschko suffered gashes and was later on disallowed to continue by the ring doctor (being ahead by points). So Lewis didn't really knock out Klitschko.
It is a knockout by the rules. The fight goes down as a TKO-Technical Knockout. You have a point though, perhaps mention could be made of the fact that he was trailing in the fight when it was stopped due to a cut above Kilitschko's eye inflicted by a punch by Lewis. If it was inflicted by an accidental headbutt they go to the scorecards and Klitschko wins so you have to mention it was inflicted by a punch from Lewis.Quadzilla99 08:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
I put a more factual account in there when I edited the article. John
Although Lewis didn't lay Klitschko on the canvas, he did win by knockout. Confusing, ah? Not to us who understand boxing's rules. When the referee stops the fight, it is a knockout most of the time. Just like an inside the park home run in baseball or a goaltending in basketball:
Antonio wheres my head? Martin
- The fight was a TKO, which isn't the same as a KO. TKO can be allsorts, ref stopping the fight, corner throwing towel in, fighter going down three times and fight ending on 3 KD rule..allsorts. KO is always that, a knockout, fighter down for ten count. Orbtastic 01:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
How can he be both the 21st and 22nd WBC Heavyweight Champions (with Rahman in-between)?
[edit] One of the top five heavyweights of all time?
The phrase "...is regarded by many to be one the top five greatest heavyweights of all time" is not substantiated. Regarded this way by how many people? Where does he appear in the "best of all time" media rankings? Here are five heavyweights: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, George Foreman... is he really better than any of these boxers? No. But the point is that this statement is just not substantiated. It should be replaced by a statement like "...is ranked in the top five by the boxing historian so-and-so" or "...was voted as a top five heavywieght by the readers of ring magazine." (Neither of these statements are true, of course.) 69.231.80.104 05:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)Derek
Personally I don't like putting that phrase for anyone. Too much bias. Among the top heavyweights of all time, or considered one of the greatest heavyweights is usually appropriate. Maya Levy 06:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
