Did Vitali retire to avoid Rahman

This subject has been worn out like Ruiz's welcome in the boxing world. of course he was afraid, he seen how Lewis laid him out with DK crown above his head and seen Maskaev sent him on Lampleys lap.Vitaly was trying to get fights with soft punchers like Lewis and Tyson at that time. Rachman reeks fear in all boxers.

 

I heard he his knocked down by two different sparring partners dont know if it was because he knee gave out or not I guess thats a good reason to cancel a fight with rahman

 

yes, very stange indeed..........atsch

 

No way in hell did he retire to avoid that bum.

 

uh, gee, no

 

The 5 minute staredown at the press conference freaked vitali out.

 

he was injured and didnt wanna further injure himself or get knocked out cause he couldnt fight.

 

hahah vitali would have laid out rahman in more brutal fashion than maskaev, lennox, tua etc.. did

 

Those of you who attempt to shoot this down always make the same fatal error...you consider your own opinion of Rahman to be the same as Vitali's perspective. Things were different then, and it's four fights that he backed out of, not three...we've all been through this before.

Though many consider it an inevitable fact that VITKLIT would destroy Rahman now (which by the way is not fact), that has absolutety nothing to do with Rahman's reputation and "aura" at the time...or his entry into the VITKLIT psyche on four different occasions. :smoke

Threads on this topic are always lopsided, in that the KLIT's are popular and Rahman is not...and that KLIT-ites use the "VITALI would knock him out" idea, as some kind of an attempt at making a point. I don't recall anyone ever asking if KLIT-ites are scared for Vitali facing Rahman, the issue is whether or not Vitali might have been afraid.
atsch

 

Just watch Rahman vs. Taurus Sykes and it will give you the perfect answer.

 

No - definitely not

 

Maskaev knocked Rahman out, imagine if rather Vitali fought him. It would not be a pretty site.