Vitali Klitschko vs. D. Jones, J Young and M Spinks

Vitali was recovering from a surgery Ed. He wasn't ready for re-match, and Byrd lost to Wlad 6 months later. Perhaps that is why Universum selected Wlad. Vitlai's first come back fight was 6 weeks after Wlad defeated Byrd.

It is clear Vitali wanted the re-match!


[url]http://www.secondsout.com/usa-boxing...-rematch-in-us[/url]



Vitali Klitschko wants Byrd rematch in US

Former WBO heavyweight champion and current WBC No.2 contender Vitali Klitschko wants to come to America to erase the sole blemish on his professional record.

The hammer-fisted Klitschko, 31-1 (30), lost his WBO crown to slippery southpaw Chris Byrd in the most unfortunate of circumstances in April 2000 when he injured his rotator cuff whilst leading clearly on all three scorecards. Vitali retired in agony after the ninth round, but has thirsted for revenge ever since.

Since the day when I lost my WBO title I badly wanted to fight Byrd again, said Klitschko. I would love to come to the US and fight Byrd over there. He never beat me. He never beat a Klitschko. My rotator cuff beat me, not Byrd. Even though I was fighting almost one armed from round two on I was ahead on points.

After I lost the title to Byrd, my brother Wladimir stepped in and won back the WBO belt for the Klitschko family, but this is not enough for me. I want my own revenge against Byrd.

I'm longing for the moment when I can shut up Byrd's big mouth by myself, he added. I want the rematch in the United States. So Byrd will have no excuses left anymore after I beat him.

Klitschko, also ranked WBA No.3 and WBO No.2, stopped the durable Vaughn Bean in 11 rounds in February and now appears to have put that painful injury behind him.
Mendoza wrote:

How long does a recovery take? This web site says a torn rotator cuff takes 6-12 months before a return to sports. Again, Vitali wasn't ready to fight so Byrd so soon.

[url]http://www.howardluksmd.com/educatio...-cuff-surgery/[/url]

Ed,

Let's use common sense.

Fights take a while to negotiate and no one is going to agree to a date until they are recovered. The link I posted said the surgery Vitali had takes 6-12 months to recover from. He was not in the clear to fight Byrd 5 months after the injury.

As stated Vitlai wanted the re-match. Vitali had some shoulder / knee / back problems mostly due to him being an amatuer and world champion kick boxer, which is why there was a few months off between Bean and Donald. I think he had a back issue with Donald. If you think about it, coming back from multiple injures and reaching the top and staying there is hard. The Kick Boxing career cost Vitali a lot of time.

 

I admit to taking some pleasure correcting bad player haters like yourself. Wlad had plenty of rematches.

Among them were Thompson, Brewster, Peter, and Byrd.

And of course Vitali called out Lewis several times. Lewis said he would re-match, but quickly opted to retire once the WBC issued a mandatory re-match. As stated Vitali wanted a re-match with Byrd.

Now, what were you saying about re-matches?!

 

It's not just the punches landed with benefits Vitali , but the force of the blow, who was the aggressor and such.

115-82 on power punches thrown is a clear edge and easy to score.

Fights are scored round by round, and Vitali won at least 6 of the 9 rounds at the very worst.

With out a clear injury, you'd have to say for sure; he would win by a more significant margin than the punch stats says.

If you want to judge fighters on injuries that did not happen from a punch, that's your choice, and you are in the extreme minority. Byrd could not believe the result himself.