What if... The aftermath of Lewis vs Johnson

[Datsue]

Bit of a weird'un, but all this talk in the wake of the Demetrius Hopkins vs Kendall Holt fight of the "best last-minute replacement since Klitschko" has got me thinking:

What if the whale (sorry, sorry, Kirk Johnson) had not injured his enormous gut in "training", & Lewis demolished him that night rather than fought Vitali?

Where would the heavyweight scene be now? Would Lewis have stayed on a few more years? Would he have met Klitschko later that year & been better prepared (he looked bloody hefty) knowing he was to fight the dangerous Ukrainian rather than the fat Canadian?

What would've happened? Scenarios, gentlemen?

[ben geoghegan]

Wasn't Klitschko supposed to fight someone else too. I think Lewis retires no matter what, he had nothing left to prove. He thought so little of Klitschko he took him on short notice