Lennox Lewis vs Oliver McCall 1994 WBC title

Oliver McCall knocks out Lennox Lewis in 1994

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[kev1236543]

lewis was gone..jelly legs the lot,if it had carried on he would have been put down again..

[ELAREH1]

mccall ...jaw like titanium..best right hand in the business...fuckin fruit loop ..still fighting still knockin em out.......never been down...long live the atomic bull!!

[11nytram11]

@93stormer Lewis was going to fight Holyfield in 1992 but Holyfield lost to Bowe and retired. Lewis was going to fight Holyfield in 1994 but Holyfield lost to Moorer and retired again. Then Lewis lost to McCall. Both had to fight their way back to the top. Tyson turned to Holyfield cause King thought he would be easier opposition than Lewis but Holyfield beat him twice, avenged his loss to Moorer and finally made it to the scheduled fight with Lewis.

[11nytram11]

@93stormer He lost to Rahman & McCall because he got lazy & complacent.

He didn't have the rematch with Klitschko because the first fight proved his time was coming to an end and he didn't want to ruin his legacy by fighting on past his best.

Don King refused to let Tyson fight Lewis until 2002. Lewis had beaten so many of King's fighters and been on top so long that King never thought Tyson ready. The only reason the fight happened in the end was because Tyson needed the money.

[11nytram11]

@ELAREH1 Everyone ducked Akinwande? In 1997 Akinwande stepped down as WBO Champion and relinquished the belt so he could fight Lennox Lewis. They were both the same age and going into the fight Akinwande was undefeated. Lewis fought Akinwande at the height of Akinwande's career but Akinwande spent the fight clinching and running away.

[JasonMarshMusic]

@LastSeraphim I think his greatest weakness was his mind - he would come into some fights unprepared because he took his opponents to lightly. It cost him twice, once against McCall here, and again against Rhathman, and it almost cost him against Vitali Klitschko.

[MonaLisaNaked]

commentator: "lennox lewis's career is now in tatters." lol...he sort of made up for it, no?

[LastSeraphim]

As a boxing fan, this is my honest opionion...

Lucky punch? Yes;

Fight ended prematurely? For a title match, yes;

Did Lewis have a chance if the fight went on? Not likely;

Does Lewis have one of the weakest chin for a heavyweight champ? Yes;

To sum up, Lewis had physical advantage over most of his opponents. He was talented but if he was smaller, he would probably never had the success he did.

[dean24uk]

@kev1236543 he was stunned by the knock'down and he did look off balance, but he was up before the 8 count with his guard up, as the champion he should get the benifit of the doubt to fight on or not, the stoppage was premature, but mcall could well of capitalized and won if allowed to continue, but it should have been allowed to go on, to be honest,

[dean24uk]

lewis usually had big advantages over other boxers, height reach weight, there's not much between these two, lennox possibly met his match in mcall, even the rematch was interesting, but not in mcalls favour, lennox was a great champion, and a great sportsmen, mcall was just a beast with no fear or feeling of pain, lazy lennox learned from his only two losses, and he proved he learned from mistakes as he rematched and beat the only two people that beat him, 

[tommytemper]

lewis was about to go to sleep, the ref did him a favour, its wasnt a sucker punch, it was a sweet counter by McCall...