Vitali owes his entire career to Lennox Lewis

Scottish is ignorant. Lewis actually was in very good shape for that fihgt, he said he learned from being complacent vs. Rahman and McCall and didn't let that happen. He also said he was aging like fine wine and that he wanted three more fights before retiring.

Vitali's fists made him revise those plans though.

 

Then why did he make promises that he couldn't keep? Fact is he was scurred to fight Vitali again because deep down he knew that he would lose. He knew it and you know it. You mad? If he said look I'm too old for this **** I can't do it anymore everyone would leave it at that. Instead he tried to pull some bull**** and said he had nothing to prove.

 

Weighed a career high 256, was 38, hadn't fought in over a year, was preparing for Kirk Johnson not Vitali.

Come again?

 

It is true that the Lewis fight was a turning point for Vitali. It´s still stupid to ignore the fact that Vitali legitimately worked himself up into the #1 spot in the WBC to get his shot and he did well after the Lewis fight as well. Vitali has an extremely high KO percentage and he´s beaten a great number of some pretty good or at least quite decent fighters like Corrie Sanders, Danny Williams, Kirk Johnson, Herbie Hide, Samuel Peter, Juan Carlos Gomez, Kevin Johnson, Chris Arreola, Albert Sosnowski, Larry Donald, Vaughn Bean, Orlin Norris and Timo Hoffman. That has to account for something. What Vitali is mostly missing is a win over a really good or great heavyweight, but then again the only great heavyweight he ever fought was Lewis.

 

yep :thumbsup

 

So basically Scottish, your thread title is complete BS, because you say "entire career". If Vitali had quit boxing just before the Lewis fight, he would still have had a good career, with an extremely good KO percentage, having been WBO champion, wins over Larry Donald, Vaughn Bean, Orlin Norris, Timo Hoffman and Herbie Hide and having his only loss come due to a shoulder injury in a fight he otherwise dominated. That would certainly have been a pretty damn good career in boxing even if it falls far short of an ATG career or anything like that.

 

Lewis at 38 was at the same level Vitali is at 38. Lucky for Vitali is he doesn't have a Lewis out there to challenge him with a brutally tough fight like he did to Lewis.

there is no one out there now to threaten Vitali, except father time. and maybe Solis.

 

I hope this a joke post, if not, you need your head checked.

 

fail x 2

 

Adamek had no business fighting in that weight class. Get over yourself. Look at who Haye fought. atsch

Face it, the heavyweight division is dominated by white guys, because everything and everyone you praise is black.

Get over yourself.

 

What a load of ****. Hugger's are clueless.

 

Lennox did the right thing by retireing because a rematch would have ended his career in a LOSS.

Enough excuses.