Real champs who are cut bad have gone out and ended the fight by ko to save themselves a tko loss. Vitali just wasn't good enough to put Lewis away and he had a couple of rounds to do it.
Jesus christ,why do people keep making dumbass threads like this?? ya'll cant really beleive the crap you post and seem to ignore the fact he damn near lost his eye to lewis and think he won cause he was barely ahead on the scorecards after 6 rounds?
Lewis busted him up real good. I am not talking about the cuts but the massive punches and that tremendous uppercut. Since Lewis, Vitaly has rarely stepped in the ring with a "world class" HW.
1. It's not quitting when you're injured and can't continue. He could have ruined his career and almost did and had to receive a huge shoulder surgery. 2. Vitali used steroids that nobody would use as a performance enhancer. Due to Olympic corruption he was not allowed to fight. 3. Dominating a fight on the scorecards and losing by cuts does not show any flaw in a figher's boxing ability at all. The only flaw I can think of is his unluckiness.
OP, see, you're just inviting the tko6 ****heads. Anyone that isn't a hater and has a tiny clue about his record knows VK is one of the most fearsome heavies ever, even at his advanced age. Defo better than Foreman was at 42.
When you have double the rounds won over your opponent, it's not "barely". And no, an unlucky cut does not prove that you're a flawed boxer.
I like how I don't even mention Lewis and these low lives have to come in to try to prove their point. I don't give a **** about "TKO6". Lewis was outboxed and refused the rematch. Their argument is based on 4 letters while mine is actually based on facts and watching the fight.
Lewis couldn't put away a Vitali with 1 eye and was getting dominated at the same time. Pathetic. Lewis couldn't land anything clean except an illegal punch off the clinch. Vitali was landing clean the entire night.