Interessanterweise hat auch Vitali sich zu dem Thema geäußert (in dem Interview gehts zusätzlich noch um Arreola und den Bruderkampf)....aber vor allem der Part über Lewis ist sehr interessant, wie ich finde.
ROME: You mentioned Lennox Lewis and that fight in 2003. Many had you winning that fight but you suffered that devastating cut. Do you find yourself looking back to that fight and what happened that night?
KLITSCHKO: “I appreciate it, Lennox Lewis gave me a chance to prove my skills against the strongest fighter in the world, Lennox Lewis, the legend. He was very strong. I’ve never got (been hit with) as many punches as in the Lennox fight. It was not an easy fight. Everybody thought I was ahead on the scorecards, but I had a huge cut above my eye and the doctor stopped the fight. I’m more that sure that if the doctor didn’t stop the fight I’d have given my best to beat Lennox because it was my goal and dream to be world champion.
“Lennox Lewis inside the ring promised to give me a rematch, and in the next fight I had a very impressive knockout. Lennox thought about it, discussed with his family and decided to announce his retirement. Everybody wanted a second fight against Lennox Lewis, but right now Lennox Lewis is in retirement and I have to fight other fighters from the new generation.”
ROME:He seems to be the one guy that when he retired, he stayed retired. In the back of your mind, do you hold out hope that maybe you could still fight him? Have you ever engaged him in the conversation to get him to come out of retirement and fight him once again?
KLITSCHKO:
“I’ve talked to Lennox Lewis. I tell him, ‘Lennox, keep your word. You’re a gentleman. If you promised me (a rematch), you have to keep your word.’ One time, he invited me to his office in London and said, ‘I want to talk to you directly, no lawyers, no managers, just you and me.’ I came to his office and in the room was Lennox Lewis and his mom. I talked to Lennox for one hour, his mom looked at me and scanned his eyes for a long time. It was very funny. After that discussion, the next day Lennox Lewis called me and said, ‘you know what, I don’t want to fight you.’ It’s my personal opinion that that wasn’t the opinion of Lennox Lewis, but the opinion of his mom.”http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=21050&more=1Scheint so als wenn auch Vitali mit dem Thema abgeschlossen hätte und auch wenn er den Eindruck hat, daß es an der Mutter von Lewis liegt, die Klitschkos boxen ja auch wegen ihrer Mutter nicht gegeneinander.
Eigentlich will jetzt eh keiner mehr den Kampf sehen....so ein Kampf wäre heutzutage nicht mehr seriös.
Das schöne ist (auch für beide), daß man über diesen Kampf immer noch redet und auch in zig Jahren immer noch reden wird.
Ich denke beide haben auf jeden Fall großen Respekt voreinander....Lewis wird wissen, daß dieser Kampf einer der härtesten seiner Karriere war und Vitali sagt ja auch ganz klar, daß Lennox für ihn eine Legende ist.
Auf jeden Fall hat dieser Kampf gezeigt, daß Vitali auf Augenhöhe mit den Besten war
Übrigens hätte ich Lewis nicht die 3. Runde gegeben, nur weil dort der Cut passiert ist. Das reicht meiner Meinung nach nicht um eine Runde zu gewinnen
