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Lewis coming back to save H/W boxing.....
providing he gets £100.000.000
have a source don't laugh....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2451488/Lennox-Lewis-wants-100m-comeback-Klitschko-brothers.html
the saviour returns. Lweis will fight for the biggest purse in boxing history.
he will be ready in 6 months
would like to fight Wlad the grab Klitschko
reports say he has been offered £50.000.000
how does this shame David Haye that old man Lewis had put his pipe down and kick off his slippers to come back and show em how its done
have a source don't laugh....
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2451488/Lennox-Lewis-wants-100m-comeback-Klitschko-brothers.html
the saviour returns. Lweis will fight for the biggest purse in boxing history.
he will be ready in 6 months
would like to fight Wlad the grab Klitschko
reports say he has been offered £50.000.000
how does this shame David Haye that old man Lewis had put his pipe down and kick off his slippers to come back and show em how its done
ONETWOFOREVER- Posts : 5510
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Lewis would get knocked out by both of them.
azania- Posts : 19471
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Oh this story gets wheeled out every so often doesn't it?
He's in his late forties now, has nothing to prove, has a fantastic legacy, so what would be the point? Your feet are up Lennox, just keep them that way.
He's in his late forties now, has nothing to prove, has a fantastic legacy, so what would be the point? Your feet are up Lennox, just keep them that way.
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It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
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It shows how sad the state of the Daily Mail is.catchweight wrote:It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
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That too. But also how how poor the division is. How lacking in quality and character. Its an absolute shambles in comparison to what it used to be. I remember in the 80s and 90s people used to say it had regressed from before my time. It probably had when you consider Ali, Foreman, Norton, Frazier etc. But the state of it now is a joke.
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It shows how stupud and up himself Lewis is. Riddick Bowe said something similar a while back. Perhaps Lewis was hit harder than I thought.catchweight wrote:It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
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It's $100,000,000 not £100.000.000. About £60,000,000 not exactly chump change but considering Lewis is worth millions already, not enough to risk his brain cells over.ONETWOFOREVER wrote:providing he gets £100.000.000
I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis and I have doubts whether the story is serious.
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Fighters have come back for much less. 60million is alot even for the very wealthy.
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Foreman came back in the 80's and so did larry holmes!!!catchweight wrote:It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
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Why wouldn't you get in the ring for 30 minutes for £100 million or $100 million?Atila wrote:It's $100,000,000 not £100.000.000. About £60,000,000 not exactly chump change but considering Lewis is worth millions already, not enough to risk his brain cells over.ONETWOFOREVER wrote:providing he gets £100.000.000
I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis and I have doubts whether the story is serious.
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I would do it, but I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis.Champagne_Socialist wrote:Why wouldn't you get in the ring for 30 minutes for £100 million or $100 million?Atila wrote:It's $100,000,000 not £100.000.000. About £60,000,000 not exactly chump change but considering Lewis is worth millions already, not enough to risk his brain cells over.ONETWOFOREVER wrote:providing he gets £100.000.000
I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis and I have doubts whether the story is serious.
There's only so much money that you can spend and the last I heard Lewis was worth 50-60 million pounds. How much more money does he need?
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He would get a lot more than the initial 100 million offered, imagine how much he would get from sponsorships.Atila wrote:I would do it, but I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis.Champagne_Socialist wrote:Why wouldn't you get in the ring for 30 minutes for £100 million or $100 million?Atila wrote:It's $100,000,000 not £100.000.000. About £60,000,000 not exactly chump change but considering Lewis is worth millions already, not enough to risk his brain cells over.ONETWOFOREVER wrote:providing he gets £100.000.000
I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis and I have doubts whether the story is serious.
There's only so much money that you can spend and the last I heard Lewis was worth 50-60 million pounds. How much more money does he need?
With the extra 100 million or so he could really help boxing by opening new gyms and really help to pump funding into the sport.
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Pump money into the sport? How likely is that?Champagne_Socialist wrote:He would get a lot more than the initial 100 million offered, imagine how much he would get from sponsorships.Atila wrote:I would do it, but I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis.Champagne_Socialist wrote:Why wouldn't you get in the ring for 30 minutes for £100 million or $100 million?Atila wrote:It's $100,000,000 not £100.000.000. About £60,000,000 not exactly chump change but considering Lewis is worth millions already, not enough to risk his brain cells over.ONETWOFOREVER wrote:providing he gets £100.000.000
I wouldn't do it if I was Lewis and I have doubts whether the story is serious.
There's only so much money that you can spend and the last I heard Lewis was worth 50-60 million pounds. How much more money does he need?
With the extra 100 million or so he could really help boxing by opening new gyms and really help to pump funding into the sport.
I don't see this happening anyway. I doubt Lewis v a Klitschko would generate enough money to pay one of the fighters 100 million. The Klitschko has to get paid too as does the promoter.
Atila- Posts : 1712
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I struggle to see the fight making that much money... Unless they made it PPV in all European countries and HBO the numbers don't really add up... Where does it get staged to generate a gate like that too, it realistically would have to be Vegas, no? How many people are going to buy into a guy that looked past it in his last fight, has gotten fat and hasn't fought in over 10 years anyway? I know theres a lot of idiots in the world but jeez...
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Agreed with Alex, it's nonsense, floyd got a reported 42mill in the highest grossing fight of all time.
People in the states wouldn't pay 75 dollars to watch Lewis v wlad, they can't be bothered watching wlad when he's on cable, and never really bothered with Lewis in his prime. Nonsense story.
People in the states wouldn't pay 75 dollars to watch Lewis v wlad, they can't be bothered watching wlad when he's on cable, and never really bothered with Lewis in his prime. Nonsense story.
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just seen Tysons Fury's rant against Lewis on twitter from last night regarding these rumours (albeit stirred up by Lennox)
And then with somewhat more vitriol and choice language against Mr Haye lol
And then with somewhat more vitriol and choice language against Mr Haye lol
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Lewis blatantly ducking Wlad by pricing himself out of contention. Disgraceful behaviour.
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The spirit of Gordy lives on...catchweight wrote:That too. But also how how poor the division is. How lacking in quality and character. Its an absolute shambles in comparison to what it used to be. I remember in the 80s and 90s people used to say it had regressed from before my time. It probably had when you consider Ali, Foreman, Norton, Frazier etc. But the state of it now is a joke.
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I miss Gordy, he was one of the few people able to get under Rowleys skin. I loved watching a boxing historian argue with somebody so cretinous.
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I wouldn't have called Gordy a boxing historian but each to their own.joeyjojo618 wrote:I miss Gordy, he was one of the few people able to get under Rowleys skin. I loved watching a boxing historian argue with somebody so cretinous.
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Given that is insulting me I should not laugh but that did genuinely amuse me. Were it not for the fact it is the calling card of the cretin I may even say L*LMind the windows Tino. wrote:I wouldn't have called Gordy a boxing historian but each to their own.joeyjojo618 wrote:I miss Gordy, he was one of the few people able to get under Rowleys skin. I loved watching a boxing historian argue with somebody so cretinous.
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Genius.Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I wouldn't have called Gordy a boxing historian but each to their own.joeyjojo618 wrote:I miss Gordy, he was one of the few people able to get under Rowleys skin. I loved watching a boxing historian argue with somebody so cretinous.
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As said above it's just the samestory doing the rounds. This will not happen. Lewis has not said anything official; I reckon he just said a few choice words to make a journalist's day. He's not serious and he has very little to prove either.
In my opinion, this is about as likely as me fighting Wlad for $100m.
In my opinion, this is about as likely as me fighting Wlad for $100m.
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Was in SSN too, to just DM making stuff up (again).Scottrf wrote:It shows how sad the state of the Daily Mail is.catchweight wrote:It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
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Now THAT is a fight I'd like to see! Fury doing his best to be a scummy pikey Tinkywinky again.rick_dagless wrote:just seen Tysons Fury's rant against Lewis on twitter from last night regarding these rumours (albeit stirred up by Lennox)
And then with somewhat more vitriol and choice language against Mr Haye lol
Lewis KO2.
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Lewis reckoned he could do it in 1 hence the subsequent diatribe!TopHat24/7 wrote:Now THAT is a fight I'd like to see! Fury doing his best to be a scummy pikey Tinkywinky again.
Lewis KO2.
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Do we reckon Lewis could come out of retirement and beat Fury? Itd be rather embarassing...
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Their source is the DM.TopHat24/7 wrote:Was in SSN too, to just DM making stuff up (again).Scottrf wrote:It shows how sad the state of the Daily Mail is.catchweight wrote:It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
Considering Sky Sports just post whatever stories they feel like backed up by 'Sky sources' half the time, I don't have the most faith in them either.
This isn't a story. Perhaps I should submit one: "Pele will play for Manchester United for £500,000 a week."
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he would probably get in the side at the moment ScottScottrf wrote:This isn't a story. Perhaps I should submit one: "Pele will play for Manchester United for £500,000 a week."
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If its not true then why is Lewis running in Hyde park every morning????
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Maybe he likes to exercise?ONETWOFOREVER wrote:If its not true then why is Lewis running in Hyde park every morning????
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Is everyone running in Hyde Park planning to fight Klitschko?ONETWOFOREVER wrote:If its not true then why is Lewis running in Hyde park every morning????
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Go on then....Scottrf wrote:Their source is the DM.TopHat24/7 wrote:Was in SSN too, to just DM making stuff up (again).Scottrf wrote:It shows how sad the state of the Daily Mail is.catchweight wrote:It shows how the sad the state of heavyweight boxing is.
Considering Sky Sports just post whatever stories they feel like backed up by 'Sky sources' half the time, I don't have the most faith in them either.
This isn't a story. Perhaps I should submit one: "Pele will play for Manchester United for £500,000 a week."
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These rumours have been floating around since he retired.
If Lewis was serious about making a comeback he would have already done so.
If Lewis was serious about making a comeback he would have already done so.
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Yeh, interspersed with quotes about being a gypsy warrior and complaining about travellers getting barred from places for assaulting people.rick_dagless wrote:Lewis reckoned he could do it in 1 :)hence the subsequent diatribe!TopHat24/7 wrote:Now THAT is a fight I'd like to see! Fury doing his best to be a scummy pikey Tinkywinky again.
Lewis KO2.
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How can anyone like him. Racist, homophobic and insults people without cause. I don't see what there is to like.TopHat24/7 wrote:Yeh, interspersed with quotes about being a gypsy warrior and complaining about travellers getting barred from places for assaulting people.rick_dagless wrote:Lewis reckoned he could do it in 1 :)hence the subsequent diatribe!TopHat24/7 wrote:Now THAT is a fight I'd like to see! Fury doing his best to be a scummy pikey Tinkywinky again.
Lewis KO2.
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But when he's in a calm controlled situation (e.g. the 606 podcasts or the SS 'Gloves are Off') he's reasonable, likeable and even quite nicely spoken.
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http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/246173.html
link for anyone who would like to enjoy the english language being used to it's full potential....
link for anyone who would like to enjoy the english language being used to it's full potential....
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32 years after his death, Tyson Fury gets destroyed by Joe Louis.rick_dagless wrote:http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/246173.html
link for anyone who would like to enjoy the english language being used to it's full potential....
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Lewis' response just made me spit my drink all over the keyboard. Fantastic!!
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Lewis wont come back, he just likes to get people talking about him and its generating publicity for his new training academy.
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Does anyone else not care? A frequently dull heavyweight coming back to potentially fight an always dull heavyweight.
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And for a measly $100m! Super serious story.Rowley wrote:Does anyone else not care? A frequently dull heavyweight coming back to potentially fight an always dull heavyweight.
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Dull?
Doubt Botha, Grant, Rahman, Golota or Ruddock would consider him particularly dull. Though I bet they all wish he had been!
Doubt Botha, Grant, Rahman, Golota or Ruddock would consider him particularly dull. Though I bet they all wish he had been!
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Lewis is the greatest WUM in Boxing bar none.
Said he used to train in the Poconos but given the Russians would be financing any fight he'd happily relocate to Siberia.
When asked about his fighting weight he replied, "Well under 300lbs"
Only "wind up" that actually rings true is that even at 48 years old he'd still knock Fury out inside a round.
Said he used to train in the Poconos but given the Russians would be financing any fight he'd happily relocate to Siberia.
When asked about his fighting weight he replied, "Well under 300lbs"
Only "wind up" that actually rings true is that even at 48 years old he'd still knock Fury out inside a round.
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Genius. Tyson got completely owned there.Mr Bounce wrote:Lewis' response just made me spit my drink all over the keyboard. Fantastic!!
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Hence why I said frequently rather than always.TopHat24/7 wrote:Dull?
Doubt Botha, Grant, Rahman, Golota or Ruddock would consider him particularly dull. Though I bet they all wish he had been!
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Haha great response from Lewis!! Showing the difference in boxing between the past & present to a degree.
Fury with his hyper controversial and foul ridden, unfounded tweets....Lewis with a simple and educated retort!
I know which one I prefer though I am sure plenty will feel that Fury is doing the right thing and creating controversy in order to get his name out there and sell.
Fury with his hyper controversial and foul ridden, unfounded tweets....Lewis with a simple and educated retort!
I know which one I prefer though I am sure plenty will feel that Fury is doing the right thing and creating controversy in order to get his name out there and sell.
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The same type of banter goes on it gyms and locker rooms all over the world.
It's reassuring that not all fighters are pseudo intellectuals like some of their fans.
It's reassuring that not all fighters are pseudo intellectuals like some of their fans.
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