Lewis will knock out Rahman in the 5th. Anyone else watching this fight? The three undercard fights are going to good as well. Joppy vs. Eastman Ahunanya vs. Lyakhovich Martin vs. Holewyne
I didn't see the first one, but I have a hard time believing Lewis will "KO" anyone. He ran like a girl against Holyfield (twice).
I really really really despise Lewis, but he was clearly the better fighter in the first bout. Rahman landed one rockin punch and it was lights out for Lewis. I just don't see Lewis letting that one rockin punch hit him square on the chin this time. Lewis in the 8th but I'd love to see Rahman win...especially since i'm here in the UK!
will there be any doubt? Lewis already is probably in the top 5 or 6 all-time among heavyweights. I really don't see any competition out there. tyson is past his prime. Who can step up to the plate?
Actually he landed several good rights on Lewis..I was watching a breakdown of the last fight and they were showing the replays in slow-mo of how many of his rights scored damage to lewis. I think Lewis is still the better fighter but just had a hard time with Rahmans style/form....if Lewis just has the attitude,like alot of people,that it was just a lucky punch he'll go down again.If he did his homework and is taking this fight seriously then it's his fight to win. Just because everyone else is going with Lewis...I'll say Rahman in 6
any Rocket Fans in Houston gonna get the fight? anyone going to a Breast Lounge or a Sports Bar to watch? rH
rockHEAD - Ill be at Baby Dolls, Colarado, Treasures or Riveria. I know you go there alot, so see ya later.
Nov. 18, 2001 SportsLine.com wire reports Lennox Lewis floors Hasim Rahman with this powerful right in the fourth round Saturday night.(AP) LAS VEGAS -- Lennox Lewis said it wasn't possible for him to lose a second time to Hasim Rahman, and he was right. Lewis regained the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles on a fourth-round knockout of Rahman on Saturday night. The end came a little past a minute into the round when Lewis landed a left-right and then a crashing right that dropped Rahman on his back. The punch was every bit as decisive as the right hand with which Rahman knocked out Lewis on April 22. All three judges gave Lewis the first three rounds. The AP gave Lewis two of the first three. According to a CompuBox punch analysis, Lewis landed 72 of 144 punches thrown and Rahman got home with 48 of 105. Lewis became the fourth man to regain the heavyweight championship from the fighter to whom he had lost it. The others were Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield. It was mostly a battle of left jabs until Lewis crashed home the hard right that won it for him at 1:29 of the fourth round. Lewis, looking much trimmer than he did when he lost the title to Rahman in South Africa, cut his opponent over the left eye in the first round and shook him with a couple of right hands in the third. Twenty seconds into the fourth round, Lewis landed another hard right, as if signifying the end was at hand for Rahman. After Lewis knocked Rahman down, Lewis pounded his chest. After the fight, he said Rahman should change his name from Hasim to "Has Been." In the buildup to the fight, Rahman angered Lewis by making insinuations about his sexuality, and the two were kept apart in the last pre-fight press conference and at the weigh-in. The stunning ending preserved the 36-year-old Lewis' career. He said if he couldn't beat Rahman, there was no sense in continuing to fight. Lewis had to go to court to have Rahman give him an immediate rematch, and that provoked Rahman. Lewis now could get a rich fight with Mike Tyson. There is talk of Tyson fighting Ray Mercer on Jan. 19, possibly in Atlantic City, N.J. A couple of days before the fight, Rahman had said: "I feel a knockout." The only thing he felt Saturday night before 10,500 fans was a knockout punch. The 6-foot-5 Lewis, who weighed 246½ pounds -- 6½ pounds under his career-high weight in the first fight -- looked relaxed and confident from the start. Many boxing observers felt Lewis might fight cautiously, as he has done several times in the past. Lewis had a lot of snap in his jab, however, and beginning in the third round, he started firing his right with confidence and authority. Rahman, 236 pounds, landed several good jabs in the first two rounds, but never got in a punch that rattled Lewis. Lewis, of Britain, was a 5-2 favorite and he looked every bit of it. As the fight progressed, it was the champion who became tentative. "I never saw the punch coming," Rahman said. It all came out with a left hook and hard right that ripped the titles from Rahman's grasp. "I definitely wasn't gun shy," Lewis said. "I got him in the fourth round, so I'm one up on him. "He showed a lot of disrespect for me. I was keeping it inside." Added Lewis: "I told you he was just a freshman in the game." The 29-year-old Rahman, of Abingdon, Md., lost for the third time -- all by knockout -- against 35 victories. He has 29 knockouts. Lewis is now 39-2-1 with 30 knockouts. His record in championship fights is 13-2-1 with eight knockouts. Each fighter made a minimum of $10 million for the pay-per-view match. Lewis will make much more than that should he fight Tyson.
