Vitali Klitschko & Lennox Lewis to hold exhibition fight in Kyiv in Autumn

[Ruthless-RKO]

The event will take place within the frameworks of the WBC Congress, which the Ukrainian capital is to host for the first time in its history

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko is to put on his boxer gloves once again - just for one single fight. The three-time world heavyweight champion will face another ex-champion and the great fighter of his time, Lennox Lewis.

The Ukrainian and the Englishman will go toe-to-toe in the exhibition fight, which is to take place during the 56th WBC Congress in Kyiv. It is to be running from September 30 through October 5, with the Ukrainian capital hosting the event for the first time.

The exhibition fight will actually be a part of the charity action; no more details are available so far.

Klitschko and Lewis fought in June 2003, with many reporters labeling it as the 'best heavyweight division fight of the decade'. The referee stopped the bout as Klitschko suffered a bad cut on his face. The Ukrainian did not agree on the decision and demanded a remarch; Lewis promised him that but failed to keep this promise, ending his professional career several months after that.

The 56th WBC Congress in Kyiv will feature some 700 participants in the organization from all around the world - the incumbent champions, the legendary retired boxers, presidents of boxing federations of the WBC member countries, referees, as well as sport managers and bookmakers.

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[tiny_acres]

I don't believe it.

[jamamb]

lol, watch vitali train his ass off for this and take it far more seriously then len, do a bit more in what was supposed to be a light spar type of thing, then after the fact we find out it was actually a sanctioned fight and vitali gets the win

be careful lenny

[Stuarty]

lol, watch vitali train his ass off for this and take it far more seriously then len, do a bit more in what was supposed to be a light spar type of thing, then after the fact we find out it was actually a sanctioned fight and vitali gets the win

be careful lenny

Was thinking the same thing

[tiny_acres]

lol, watch vitali train his ass off for this and take it far more seriously then len, do a bit more in what was supposed to be a light spar type of thing, then after the fact we find out it was actually a sanctioned fight and vitali gets the win

be careful lenny

Was thinking the same thing

Damn I was thinking Vitali would take way mor seriously also and try for a knockout.

[greg]

..No doubt Vitali will see it as a rematch promise coming true..

[Oiky]

Yeah vitali ain't going to be in no exhibition mode lol

[Shirow]

Yup, we're all thinking the same thing. No way is Vitali going to tippy tap and have fun for a couple of rounds.

If this is true you know that he is up in the mountains training like a demon with the Apollo Creed v Ivan Drago fight on a loop on a big screen.

[bigjack]

Lewis will finish what he started

[tiny_acres]

Last time I saw Lewis he looked to be 300 pounds

[leejonesjnr]

Looks like it’s a legit story but I don’t think it will go ahead

[HomicideHenry]

Just for shits and giggles Vitali should tee off on Lewis in the last round of the exhibition.

[danconnollyeire]

After this Foreman is dragging the corpse of Ali out of the ground to get even

[Mukel]

looks in decent shape to me

[leejonesjnr]

looks in decent shape to me

How old is that picture? He looks in much better shape than I have seen him for years.

[Mukel]

He posted it on his twitter the other day thanking some dealership for the porsche so it must be recent.

[Oiky]

Nice motor

[leejonesjnr]

He posted it on his twitter the other day thanking some dealership for the porsche so it must be recent.

Looks slim.
Remember how gargantuan he was back in that video outside at night teaching Wilder to throw a jab?

[Counter-puncher]

lol, watch vitali train his ass off for this and take it far more seriously then len, do a bit more in what was supposed to be a light spar type of thing, then after the fact we find out it was actually a sanctioned fight and vitali gets the win

be careful lenny

funny because true

[geronimo]

Good chance for Vitali to get his revenge.

[ILikeBeer]

Still more likely to happen than Joshua vs Wilder.

[Stuarty]

Still more likely to happen than Joshua vs Wilder.

True!

[Oiky]

The life is going to be dragged right out of Joshua vs wilder

[ALI]

If this goes ahead i echo the thoughts that Vitali aint going to play around too much. Lewis is not the type that will let Vitali get the upper hand, so i can only see one outcome, first 30 seconds they work their way into the fight, then all hell breaks loose, before you know it they are trying to rip each others heads off.

Its a silly idea IMO, and asking for trouble if it goes ahead.

[stujones]

It will either be "if he dies, he dies" - or it will be just a laugh about, both wearing feather dusters and more laughing than punching.... I suspect it will be the latter. Appollo Creed was wrong IMO when he said "we're born with a killer instinct that you cannot just switch on and off".... being out of action for so long dampens the killer instinct - neither have their fighting guts now.