Only it's not, seeing as he wasn't injured for the entire fight was he? The rounds he wasn't injured, did Byrd land nothing?
He wasn't injured. There was nothing wrong with him. He quit because he couldn't land a punch and was getting countered to beat the band. This is what a one armed fighter looks like. This content is protected
He tore his rotator cuff in the third round and had shoulder surgery after the fight. He was injured.
Walcott would win, no 6'7 athletic SHW with punching power a great chin and great ring IQ at 250 pounds stands a chance here,particularly against a Walcott not know to throw in many punch combinations which would make him very easy to gage where and when hes gonna throw .
Klitschko by KO or Walcott by UD. VK was very tough but also lacked heart. See the Byrd fight. One he was easily winning yet retired. All he had to do was last the distance and he would have won. I know, I know. It's easy for me to say but digging deep and fighting through those sorts of things are what greats are made out of. With Walcott's awkward style, how do we know VK wouldn't quit in frustration or be unable to solve the cube that is Walcott? 55/45 fight leaning towards VK if I'm being perfectly honest.
If Walcott were in modern times this would be considered a minor victory for Vitali. As is typical for Vitali's opponents, too much, too often, too strong, too goddamned big. A footnote to his career would this victory be.
Jersey Joe will show how it is done and Vitali superman to unathletic big man by the very modernists who created him.
