No, but also Vitali didn't chemically blind Byrd-er-allegedly didn't... as Liston and his corner allegedly did to the guy everyone thought he was going to easily slaughter in Ali (As well as some other opponents, allegedly). :shock: Suzie is on the Classic forum bitching about Vitali and bigging up Sonny all the time. Get him off of Vitali's ass and he's a fine lad.
Vitali is tough - but he's also intelligent and never goes "all in". He lost against Byrd, because of the injury, I can't see why that makes him not tough or Wlad tougher... A guy who goes toe to toe with Lennox Lewis, one of the hardest punchers of all time, and absorbs bombs, is tough. He took bombs against Sanders as well, bombs that would've ktfo a lot of other fighters...Vitali is as tough as a boxer can be.