Former heavyweight champ and current WBC Interim title holder Hasim Rahman recently predicted that WBC champ Vitali Klitschko won't make it past the ninth round of their title bout next week. Rahman said Klitschko will take an unprecedented beating before being forced to quit. That's a good thought, but Rahman hasn't been impressive in the four years that have passed since hitting the lottery versus an out of shape Lennox Lewis in November of 2001.
In reality, the only reason Rahman is even thought to have a punchers chance against Klitschko, is his fifth round knockout of Lewis to win the title. Which in a roundabout way I guess suggest that if he's capable of beating Lewis, he's capable of beating Klitschko, the fighter that is supposed to be the heir apparent to Lewis. The problem with assuming that if he can beat Lewis, he has a legitimate shot to upset Klitschko, discounts two important things that figure into this fight that weren't in play when Rahman beat Lewis. [details]
In reality, the only reason Rahman is even thought to have a punchers chance against Klitschko, is his fifth round knockout of Lewis to win the title. Which in a roundabout way I guess suggest that if he's capable of beating Lewis, he's capable of beating Klitschko, the fighter that is supposed to be the heir apparent to Lewis. The problem with assuming that if he can beat Lewis, he has a legitimate shot to upset Klitschko, discounts two important things that figure into this fight that weren't in play when Rahman beat Lewis. [details]
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