Just how bad was vitali's injury vs byrd?

I think fro VK to quit it had to be serious. But on the other hand i didnt know why he quit so easily. Must of been hurtin reall bad

 

Vitali was out for 4 years because of injurys, his body just gives up. He probably didn't want to make this injury worse. guy needs to watch out for himself, even now you can see he don't put all his power in his punches.

 

Don't forget Vitali has a PHD in physical education, and a knowledge of human anatomy and is familiar with sports injuries. He self diagnosed his injury, which turned out to be a torn rotator cuff. To a lot of fighters, it would be a shoulder that hurts and is immobile.
But to Vitali, he knew it was a career threatening injury.
That being said, it's pretty apparent that he regreted his decision afterwards.
Remember when his face was split like a sliced watermelon against Lennox Lewis? Well, Vitali remembered his bow out against Chris Byrd, and he wasn't going to let that happen again. In fact , it made him fight harder and he was almost out of his mind when the fight was stopped.

 

I think those sort of injuries are touch and go as far as long term affects. Obviously fighting on wouldn't have helped. A tear is only going to get worse in a fight, not better. I don't think it harm's his legacy in such a bad way although it's a shame he didn't get the Byrd win on his record, which he was inevitably going to have if the injury hadn't happened

He won the event which is what matters

 

I still cant believe danny williams by the way, that was really amazing, I have dislocated my arm about 6 times and its the most painfull thing ever, my whole body is going numb at the moment how the hell can you box a few rounds like that and even win by ko. really the most impressive thing I saw.

 

definitely I never thought he had it in him, on vitali's injury maybe its because he has a kickbox history, they fight everyone and often lose so nobody cares about losses there as they do in boxing, I think he could have continued and won a ud but in my opinion he redeemed himself vs lennox sameway ortiz now has vs berto.

 

His PhD is in Sports Science and Philosophy, he is NOT a gym teacher atsch

 

when you are as big as he is, your definitely injury prone.

 

VK could have and should have continued in the Byrd fight. Certainly the shoulder injury was painful, but pain is part of the game of boxing. Plus he was a belt holder. I think Byrd's body shots were affecting VK a great deal. That an VK attitude going into the fight was probably off, as he was originally schedule to fight Razor Rudduck, completely different fighter than Byrd.

Over time though VK has more than made amends for that fight.