"Byrd and Lewis" So he becomes the best fighter walking the Earth by losing fights? **By the way, do you give Walcott equal credit for being...
"entirely predictable" I hope using actual evidence about fights the two men had with the opponents who most resemble the fantasy opponent...
Mr BILL Which one of Vitali's opponents would you judge to be more like Walcott than Byrd? It seems to me that the Byrd fight is the best...
"old farts who are stuck in a time zone" I certainly qualify as an old fart, indeed a real old fart but I don't know about stuck in a time...
"I used to box at the boys club as a teen in the early 1980's as a 150 pounder, so I have a clue as to what I'm talking about" Your experience...
"Klitschko would engage Walcott and begin getting off his own accurate punches" Why did Vitali miss 80% of his accurate punches against Byrd?...
"Byrd would actually look big against Wally in the ring." Well, he probably was somewhat taller, but the bigger argument is poorly thought out....
I'm a realist. I don't believe in a soul. "self-evident truth" You mean like all men are created equal. No offense, but it is a bit...
"realist" That was the term used by the fellows who told me back in the sixties we were winning in Vietnam and that me and my buddies had to go...
"Shavers and Peter" These guys are supposed to be linked together as punchers. Why not Dempsey and Loughran or Marciano and Maxim or Louis and...
I would question Peter's durability and punching power. His one big ko is over Maskaev, who was stopped 7 times in 43 fights. Peter himself...
"oddsmakers treated Walcott like a bum being led to the slaughter in 47" He was a 10-1 underdog. Schmeling was an 8-1 underdog in 1936. Godoy...
I haven't read through this thread but this seems to be a non-story. I can't imagine Patterson's manager and trainer discussing him with a...
I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. Lewis and Byrd were the two best Vitali fought and he lost to both of them. Beating scads...
