Just how bad was vitali's injury vs byrd?

i suppose it all depends on how you think about it..if he had of fought on and took punishment from byrd he still wud have won a ud..but wud he still be around if he did??i very much doubt it tbh he wud have taken more punishment in those last few rounds than hes takin since his comback so i think it was the right decision to prolong his carrer he obviously was thinking about the long term

 

He was throwing punches all through round 9, just dont use the bad arm for 3 rounds, quit like a ****ing *****

 

At that point, VK could have won by keeping distance and just using the good arm.

 

He hurt his shoulder, and was well ahead on the cards with 2 or 3 rounds left and he quit gave away his title.
Holyfield fought Byrd, and a similar thing happend, Evander didnt quit but was dominated.
However in both fights you can see that Byrd jabs that left shoulder area of his opponent, and I am sure that is what caused both injurys.
it did not have an effect on him retiring, I dont know if it was a freak injury or a previous one.
What I do know is that he quit with less than ten mins left in the fight and had himself a wide lead on the cards.... What I also know was that at that time he wasnt hitting Byrd as much and suddenly byrd started to hit him at will.... So there are lots of questions regarding why he really quit, we will never know if it was just the injury, or the injury and the fact that Byrd was turning it on.... or both.
The one thing we do not forget and wont forget is that he quit.

 

This. End thread.

 

Man THANK YOU SOOO MUCH. I been seeking this footage of Vitali pre Lewis pro for years.

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Andrey

 

I would like to see you do that! :deal

 

I'm sure if he was a 6'7 250 pound trained fighter that was so much superior to his much smaller 6'0 210 pound feather fisted opponent that he was beating up on for 9 rounds he would have did that.

 

It didn't seem like he was in excruciating pain. However, maybe he couldn't lift his arm, and felt like he was defenseless. I just can't see Byrd knocking him out with any power shots. I always thought he could've clicnhed and ran for 6 minutes, but he more than redeemed himself against Lewis.