Vitali is definitely a top 15 HW. Your rankings are s*** if you don't have him. And that's just based off of accomplishments. If you make a H2H list he would rank better. Again, if Vitali was such a pushover why didn't Lennox sign for the rematch? Sure, he was going to be 38, but we are in the 21st century. You see Vitali, Wlad & Usyk fighting at 39. He only had 44 professional fights and his amateur career wasn't that long so he didn't have a bunch of wear and tear. He should have fought Wlad when he was #1 contender for almost 2 years and then he dodges the rematch with Vitali. That has to say something about what he thought about the Klits.
You 2 blokes done wa***** each other off? Vitali never had cut problems for the rest of his career. And he fought plenty of guys that could punch including: Shannon Briggs, Samuel Peter & Corrie Sanders.
Why are you writing paragraphs on scar tissue? No one wants to read that ****. We get your point, but Vitali never had any issues with the cut for the rest of his career. That's the point. He faced several big punchers and went through countless rounds of sparring. It's a weak excuse. Why can't Lewis fans be rationale? LL was afraid he was going to get beat in the rematch. Has there been any other fight that was this anticipated, but the one side called it off and retired? Lewis is still popping off. Talking about Usyk. Bro should shut up at this point.
I don't think I have seen it but I have made another post somewhere saying he didn't have a glass chin.
Its not an excuse at all. It directly contradicts your "2%" theory. And let's face the fact that Vits fought some ok guys, but none near the level of Lewis. You assuming Lewis was afraid is rational? Lewis won. He had every right to retire. Had he come back and not fought Vits you would have a point. As it stands you dont. Let's face it, its not as if Lewis quit, was ranked closely for the next several years and didn't rematch. That would certainly be called ducking. Sounds like you have a problem with Lewis. I'd say that problem is clouding your judgment and making you unobjective.
Briggs hadn't knocked anyone off note out in nearly 4 years. Peter was only a puncher if you stood right in front of him and let him hit you. Heavy handed, but slow. Sanders never knocked out a top 10 fighter besides Wlad who we all know wan chinny.
I don't think a guy who only beat 6 Top 10 guys in his career with his best wins being Sanders and Peter, who never unified, never was the universally recognized champion, never avnenged any of his losses, never beat the second best active HW and was number 1 in the division for only a year can be considered a Top 15 HW of all time based on his resume and accomplishments. Again, H2H his best wins are Sanders and Peter, so still, nope. Vitali can be a Top 15 HW only in a fantasy land when he beats all these elite HWs in your head. He didn't do it in the real world.
Listen closely, I haven't the time or inclination to to have a conversation with a foul mouthed, uncouth, ignoramus like yourself.
Great points!! And let's not forget that during all that time as an ABC titlist he only twice face his mandatory challengers.