Do you consider Vitali a quitter for quitting against the feather-fisted Chris Byrd?

If Klitschko was a quitter he would have quit in the Lewis fight, instead he took the best Lewis had in terms of power, he isnt a quitter.

 

Bloody good post,mate! Well spoken!:good

 

I tend to agree with your point of view. It's hard to say vitaly is a quitter based upon the byrd fight. Certainly laying down like McCline did and like a lot of guys Tyson faught (and Tyson even did this vs McBride) is a lot more embarrassing. I never had a torn rotator cuff, but I hear the pain is immense. Although my first thought would be that Vit should've tried to jab his way to victory, you gotta respect someone who makes a decision to lose a big HW fight to avoid permanent injury (even if it wasn't the best judgement viewed after the fact). I feel the same way about Golota versus Tyson where he risked total embarassment and shame because he knew he was hurt bad (and reports show he had a broken facial bone) despite what his corner and everyone in the stands was yelling.

 

So "running for the last 9 minutes" shows heart:huh
while
Stopping while ahead on points because of a rotator cuff injury shows "No heart"?:huh

WOW:nut

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Holy crap. :rofl Gotta thank you for quoting that or I'd never have seen it when checking to see why this thread's still on the front page (and now I guess I'm helping keep it there. :blood Ugh.). Definitely a classic!

If you were 5'6", 250 pounds and running until the fight was over, you'd still be Rui, right?

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl
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no he isn't

LL fight is one of the examples

 

Nope, not a quitter. He isn't Rambo Balboa, he's an intelligent (PhD in sports medicine) human being that realized the potential risk he was taking to his health and career (in that order). As a man that plans on a productive life after a boxing, he made the intelligent (not motivated by pride) choice. I see nothing wrong with what he did. Having competed in various combat sports, I can't blame anyone (whose pain I'm not feeling) for forfeiting a match to fight again another day.

I once continued for 20 seconds too long after a freak shoulder separation -- not a good idea, that cost me much additional pain and recovery time.

I wouldn't speak poorly of a professional brave enough to step into the ring and compete at the top level of the sport -- "quitters" don't make it that far!

It was only a boxing match, and not actually important in the grand scheme of things (say, compared to VK's Health!).

 

No doubt, especially the fact that he is undefeated at that time. Merchant says it all.

 

Oh... don't say nice things about Merchant in a Rui thread! He'll sneak new tags onto the thread calling you a doody-head. :scaredas:

 

Vitali's arm went numbs during that fight. Vitali did not want nerve damage, so he became world champion again. Byrd had nothing to do with it. He was easily beating Byrd with one arm. After the fight, Vitali had approx. 2.5 hours of surgery. Buddy McGirt lost his career. Vitali did not.

 

you would have ran from the contract....

how does running from the fight trump retiring in terms of honor in this situation?

Coming back after 4 years shows he isnt a quiter

 

This actually went 6 ****ing pages?

NO he is not a quitter.

Even Byrd knows Vitali would beat him 10 times out of 10.

If somethings ****ed up, why **** it up more? **** happens, he was willing to get the L on the record but as a man we got the W.

So when you look at the MAN first then at the RECORD. ITS NOT THERE.