Vitali decked in sparring in 2005 by Travis Walker?

Cruiser1 · Jun 27, 2009

There was all sorts of speculation as to what happened. I think Vitali did go down but it was just a light sparring session to test the knee that didn't go well. You certainly didn't hear Walker bragging about it as though it were something special. Just picture 2 guys playing one-on-one in basketball against each other and one of them wins and starts celebrating despite the fact that the other guy was limping throughout the whole game.

Oh and by the way, IT'S SPARRING!

EpsilonAxis · Jun 27, 2009

Lemme just say this...

If you have to dig as far as SPARRING SESSIONS to discredit Vitali Klitschko...you're trying too hard.

AbbeyFN · Jun 27, 2009

EpsilonAxis said: ↑

Lemme just say this...

If you have to dig as far as SPARRING SESSIONS to discredit Vitali Klitschko...you're trying to hard.
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That is the only way pathetic losers who know little about boxing can discredit Vitaly. Stupidity is present in every forum on this board.

Sarah · Jun 27, 2009

RUSKULL said: ↑

I seriously doubt it's true but even if it is, so what? Sparring is just that, practice. You try things in sparring that you wouldn't necessarily do in the actual fight because it's only practice.
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In was going to say this but you can't expect these guys to take in what you've just said Ruskull. These people are LOOKING for reasons to discredit Vitali.

joe the great · Jun 27, 2009

Walker is a hard hitter. Probably a flash knockdown if it happened.

Gerard · Jun 27, 2009

It's not a rumor. I remember reading several newsposts about it. Here are some articles from that time:
source: boxing scene .com

NEW YORK Travis Walker and Raphael Butler knocked down then-World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko during sparring in late 2005, according to trainer Dickie Wood.
Witnesses on those separate November days in 2005 have been reluctant to speak about the incidents at the gym formerly known as the La Brea Boxing Academy.
That is not the case with Wood.
I was there the whole time, and I saw it all, said Wood, who co-trains Walker and serves as the head trainer for Diego Corrales.
He (Klitschko) was throwing a jab and he pulled back and was coming forward. Butler hit him with a right hand and Klitschko went down and his knee twisted underneath him. That was the last day of sparring. It was on a Friday, one week before the fight against Hasim Rahman on Nov. 12, 2005.
The day before, Walker hit him with a body shot. It was a left hook to the body, and it knocked Klitschko down.
Heavy-hitting heavyweights Walker and Butler co-headline Friday, April 6, 2007, on ShoBox: The New Generation. SHOWTIME will air the doubleheader at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).
The undefeated Walker (22-0-1, 17 KOs) will face fellow unbeaten George El Torito Garcia (13-0, four KOs) in the 10-round main event. In the co-feature, Butler (25-3, 1 ND, 20 KOs) will meet Art Binkowski (14-1-3, 9 KOs) in an eight-round bout. Goossen Tutor Promotions and Secondsout Promotions will co-promote the event from The Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Most sparring partners would boast if they had knocked down a world champion. Walker and Butler adhere to a different way of thinking, however.
For the past one-and-one-half years, in fact, the up-and-coming heavyweights have been respectfully silent and have mostly refused to discuss the training sessions. The only thing you will hear from Walker and Butler is a humble repentance.
Walker, who is coming off a career-best victory on ShoBox over 2004 Olympic Jason Estrada, barely will acknowledge the Klitschko knockdown occurred.
I really dont want to talk about that, said Walker, who will turn 28 slightly more than two weeks after the ShoBox telecast. I feel that whats done in the gym should stay in the gym.
While Walker wont say much, Butler is apologetic.
I keep telling Steve not to bring it up because Im not the type of guy that boasts about stuff like that, Butler said of his manager, Steve Munisteri. I actually felt really bad about that because it was an $8 million fight for the championship. That was his (Klitschkos) life.
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Klitschko is reportedly knocked down and banged up by sparring partners during the first week in November to the extent he claims a knee injury. Two doctors fit Vitali with two different knee braces, but it was never reported that either physician determined that Klitschkos apparent knee injury would prevent him from fighting on Nov. 12.

Vitali Klitschko himself makes the decision to pull out of the Rahman fight on Nov. 5, 2005.
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paloalto00 · Jun 27, 2009

I noticed alot of the big names in boxing get worked in sparring, but their sparring partners suck ass in real boxing matches

maciek4 · Jun 27, 2009

and Ruiz knocked out Lewis in sparring

Fighting Weight · Jun 27, 2009

I don't normally believe these sparring stories, but I believe this one

Babality · Jun 27, 2009

Fighting Weight said: ↑

I don't normally believe these sparring stories, but I believe this one
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What a surprise.

DespairAshes · Jun 27, 2009

ishy said: ↑

I read this on another forum once as well.
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Ya same here. Good points to bring up. Decked in sparring? crazy

Serenata · Jun 27, 2009

Swann said: ↑

FACT: everytime vitali stepped up in class, he gets stopped ie chris byrd, lennox lewis

who's vitali's biggest win? Danny Williams LMAO
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Secretly you love the Klitschkos

Odo · Jun 27, 2009

Punisher33 said: ↑

It's true. I forget which one, but there were two sparring partners that decked Vitali during training camp for his up-coming match against Rahman in late 05. One dropped him with a body shot, the other blasted him in the chin. Rapheal something was his name, and on the way down he messed his knee up and was forced to pull out of the Rahman fight because of it.
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No,you are wrong. According to the rumours Vitaly was knocked down by 3 sparring partners.

By the way according to the latest news even the gym's janitor knocked Vitaly down when Vitaly asked him to get a cup of tea for him.
Damn these bloody ****ing janitors!!:fire

HauntingTheHoly · Jun 27, 2009

don't forget spadafora pwining PBF in sparing

Boxing Fanatic · Jun 27, 2009

RUSKULL said: ↑

:rofl Keep dreaming.......................
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U are one delusional fugatsch

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