Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine) vs Lennox Lewis (England) | KNOCKOUT, BOXING fight, HD

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He entered to the strains of the Eagles Hotel, California.
So will it be heaven, or will it be hell?
Corbett and James J. Corbett before Lennox comes forward and lands the right hand.
Lennox Lewis is not in and out.
Although his trainer, Emanuel Stewart, insists George Foreman don't mind the high guard.
Nataly trying to land a looping right hand over the top.
Lewis doesn't believe that Klitschko can improvise.
Klitschko is being much more aggressive.
Klitschko with a right, Lewis is with a left.
Klitschko parring with his punches, but throwing punches as Lewis.
Dominable when throwing more than 30 jabs per round.
He's 30 jabs in this round, unless he speeds up the pace.
George, what is Klitschko holding?
He's just gonna start squatting after a while.
Hard right hand to the ground.
Lennox Lewis is doing the old catch.
Two good jabs by Lewis, now there's a looping right hand.
Lewis lands to end the round.
As we go to Nataly Klitschko's corner, where trainer Fitz Fedunik will be speaking German.
Our interpreter is Jens Halleck.
Did he hit him good?
A looping left that didn't work, but a right that did.
By CompuBox numbers, Klitschko, through 73 punches, landed 23.
Lewis 18 out of 39.
Klitschko has got to get back and just counter that right, that jab, one time.
Hard right hand landed by Klitschko.
Make him afraid of it.
This is a far cry from the Lennox Lewis.
Left hand lands for Klitschko.
Lewis momentarily stunned.
And Klitschko trying to launch the right hand again.
Lewis just can't seem to wake up.
You come in the ring dry.
Awkward short arm shots.
He's beating Lewis to the punch.
He rips him again with the right hand.
Lewis momentarily wobbles.
And Lewis is still wobbling as the count goes after him.
But it may be too late.
Nations forward increasingly cut Klitschko.
This is what a fight could tell off on Klitschko because that's a big hit and you get tired yourself.
Big left hand by Klitschko.
Lewis wobbling again.
Suddenly it looks as though Lennox.
Hard left hand.
Lewis stops Klitschko in his tracks.
That eases the flow.
This is Groddy Ward.
Effect on Klitschko.
That's Lennox Lewis.
And Lennox Lewis' left thigh is enough.
Natalya Klitschko is roughing Lennox Lewis up.
There's a big grip over the eyes.
You've got to take it to him now.
You almost got him.
You did it very, very well.
You almost got him.
Here's the big punch that changed that round.
A strength to the left of Lewis it seemed.
Lennox Lewis said that he didn't see any skill level in Klitschko now.
Lennox Lewis walking unevenly to the ring.
Daniel Stewart told him to do it.
Using the left hand, taxing.
He's bleeding pretty good there.
Lennox Lewis under the left eye.
And now Vitaly bleeding by the left eye as well.
And Vitaly's cut is over the eye.
A heavyweight championship between big men.
Doesn't throw it all that often.
That cut is bad.
Klitschko is hurt.
And hurt a lot.
Left hook by Klitschko.
And his big right hand.
Lewis is taking the hardest shot.
Big jab.
Forcing Klitschko back.
And Lennox Lewis is rushed.
But Lennox Lewis.
Once you see an eye like that.
The eyes of many here.
Joe Sousa will be working on Vitaly Klitschko.
Gavin will be working on Lennox Lewis.
Lewis.
If you ask me, he's just not in shape.
So 256 meant what it sounded like.
Lennox Lewis once again.
But by the fight.
And Vitaly Klitschko's leg is ripped off.
Let's see if we can catch the punch.
Right there.
You saw the punch.
It is some epilogue.
Round 4 begins.
All out war.
Harold Lederman.
How do you have it so far?
Don't take long, Harold.
I'll get you.
2 to 1.
29-28.
Vitaly Klitschko.
Especially the third with the right hands.
They fall down together.
Referee Lou Filippo is not concerned.
Much more than this guy.
17 out of 28 jabs.
Ali misses with a right hand.
Telephone call.
All Lennox Lewis have to do now is stay on that line.
He can't even see up on that side.
And Lewis dabbing the eye.
Dabbing the eye.
Beginning to regain some of his...
Lewis breathing with his mouth open.
Big men have a difficulty fighting at this pace.
I'm sorry, but the corner has got to take a good look at this guy's eye.
I know it's a World Heavyweight title match.
One shot, he can do it, too.
One right hand.
Long ways up there for Lennox Lewis trying to throw that right hand.
Right hand landed for Klitschko.
Lennox almost taking advantage of the Klitschko
to pound Vitaly to the belly.
Sloppy left hook by Lewis.
In close, he brings the right hand.
Left hand right onto the damaged eye by Lewis.
Lewis appears to be really tired.
We've never seen this Lennox Lewis before.
All right, you're coming on good now.
You still got that round, but you're coming on good.
Don't stand still so much.
You have to move more. Use your left hand more.
The danger he's in with his eye that badly cut.
But in the fourth round, Klitschko got off 66 punches.
He's done an excellent job of staying away from that big open move.
Every time a Lennox Lewis hits him, he hits him back.
Right hand staggers Klitschko momentarily.
One hand is open.
You cannot hold and hit.
If one guy's holding you, they have to break.
Lewis trying to land a haymaker.
Nataly lands another right hand across the top.
Lewis is down for him.
Lewis leaning against the rope.
The conditions for an upset.
One good right hand and Lennox Lewis is on the canvas.
Well, Nataly's certainly ahead on points.
And the way he's throwing punches, he might stay that way.
Lewis beginning to sharpen up his punches and landing.
And other than this to be good with the right hand,
Lennox is just winging, looping haymakers.
Deep breath.
Give him some water.
Nataly Klitschko, left eye cut,
while he's winning the fight on points.
Lennox Lewis is trying to deal.
Just throw the right hand and come back with the hook.
Between rounds, hard right hand by Nataly Klitschko.
So as long as a minute and a half between rounds,
and that's got to be a help to Lewis,
as exhausted as he looks at the end of these rounds.
Lewis plaguedly under-conditioned for the fight,
or so it would appear.
Trying to take advantage through a blinded left eye.
Oh, but an uppercut.
Good job.
And Lewis.
Belief of Lewis and his trainer,
at a pace this feverish,
and that he can't go the distance.
Hold it, hold it.
Oh, boy.
It wasn't for that eye to go,
when Evander Holyfield had the same feeling about Riddick Bowe,
and he wound up losing.
He can come back, but you blow your eye,
that's the end of everything.
That was a low.
He didn't want the fight stopped.
Who stopped him?
Harold Letterman.
Okay, Larry.
Dr. Paul Wallace,
did you fight on the advice of Dr. Paul Wallace?
And Larry...
New weight champion of the world,
Lennox Lewis.
Thank you.
