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Lewis or Byrd: Who has the better win over Vitali?

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dkos
As we all know, both fights ended in inconclusive fashion with Vitali pulling out due to a torn rotator cuff in the Byrd fight, while he was ruled out by a cut against Lewis.

Both fights, also, were put together at late notice; Byrd stepping in at a weeks notice, while Vitali had double that time to prepare for Lewis.

Lewis was a comfortable favourite; Byrd a big underdog.

Lewis was out of shape but matched up to Vitali physically; Byrd was massively outsized.

Lewis was fighting in LA as the home fighter; Byrd had to travel to Germany.

It's generally accepted Lewis took 2 of the 6 rounds against Vitali, and Byrd managed 2 of 9.

Lewis inflicted the damage to force the stoppage; Vitali opted to not carry on against Byrd

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I'm certain I know what win will be deemed better, but how big do you believe the gap is between them?
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Roe
This is a good question. Lewis will generally get more credit for his win but I think it's a tough one.

I think one of the biggest factors here is the manner of the stoppage. Against Lennox, Vitali was desperate to go on despite his face being in pieces while against Byrd he just quit himself (for whatever reason). Because of that I edge slightly towards Byrd's win being slightly better. But it's very close and there's not much between them. Both were questionable "wins" IMO.
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