Isn't it ironic that Wladimir was supposed to be "fed" to Peter?

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Wlad never quit, even when his own brother told him too

 

Did Vitali tell Wlad to quit?

 

Wlad definitely took his diaper off against Peter. He persevered in the face of defeat.

 

Yes after the Brewster fight, also Fritz Sdunek his old coach

 

Vitali just wishes everybody was a glasshearted bully like him.

 

The fight was promoted and known to be a 50/50 fight with most fans picking Peter based on his power. I think the odds were pretty close even though favoring Peter, can't remember well.

Wladimir proved a lot of fans wrong and fans as usual refuse to admit Wladimir was totally overlooked by MANY going into this fight.

 

Almost KO'd Peter in the 12th, would have been epic.

Attending that fight was amazing.

 

Top five win in heavyweight history, all things considered.

 

It was an awesome event especially when the undercard had Cotto vs Torres, a FOTY candidate right there.

Peter almost TKO'd Wladimir in the 10th as well.

 

Peter was ranked higher by The Ring:

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Ring/Ring090305.htm

and the WBA:

http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/ratings/WBA/Heavyweight/08-2005

And Wlad wasn't ranked at all by the WBC, with Peter at #3:

http://www.boxnews.com.ua/en/ratings/WBC/Heavyweight/08-2005

 

Wasn't it on Boxing After Dark? Definitely a great card. Would've easily been worth a PPV cost based solely on how good the two fights were.

 

It's fun looking back and seeing Wlad and Cotto on a BAD card, and in under 3 years have grown into huge PPV stars.

 

It was a very good win, but lets not go crazy. :silly