Yep, well that was what is was. Outside of this fight, Vitali hasn't really been seriously been hurt in the ring or looked like being KO'd. While it's true Lewis has been KO'd by lesser fighters, so has Wlad.
Vitali was ahead of Lewis on the cards. Lewis was staggered by Vitali and his nose was very badly broken. If Lewis' promoter had not signaled Lewis' doctor to tell the referee to stop the fight, Lewis would have been knocked out. Lewis could not have gone another round. The only thing holding Lewis up was Vitali at the end of the round. Max Kellerman said that Lewis was done for he had never flopped down on his stool like that before. Max was sitting right behind Lewis corner and Max, at that time, was a well known Klitschko hater. Angelo Dundee, Ali's trainer, said that Vitali was cheated out of the title that night. Lewis' retired and refused to fight Vitali for big money.
Are you retarted? Seriously? Andrew Golata, Tyson, Holyfield...all washed up at that point in time, Vitali would have killed them. At least think before you post...or keep the bull**** down so that I cant laugh as much as I am at how stupid you are!.:deal
then u tack on morrison, tyson, bruno, holyfield x2 and KLITSCHKO...not a bad resume and riddick bowe FLAT OUT ducked him and got ko'd in the gold medal rd...lewis is an ATG!!
if the queen had balls she would be king.....and who gives a fuxk what max kellerman says???? has he ever even been hit besides at recess
:rofl Lewis won period! Vitali put up a damn good fight but still couldnt do enough to beat Lewis...Deal with it!
:| So why didn't he prove it? He never fought any of those guys. How about you think before you post, fighting the likes of Tyson, Holyfield, Golota post-99 would of done more to enhance his piece of **** resumé than the likes of Vaughn ****ing Bean.
not his fault the division is lackluster. vitali has a chance h2h with every heavyweight named to have a better resume. He needed a adversary and when he found that in lennox he retired. so his resume is bad its just a sign of the times, **** vitali wanted tyson but danny williams spoiled the show. your argument is like saying my kill count was lower then yours when you were in WW2 and i was in desertstorm.
He was around though the late end of Lennox's era and thought the whole of Wlad's, and both have better resumé. There's a number of names he could of fought and didn't. And I'll correct you. He needed an adversary yes, he found that in a past-prime over-weight Lewis, and promptly failed to defend himself and got his face cut to shreds. He'll always be remembered for losing to Lewis, but don't worry, he still won the event.
.................Lennox had a great career but tarnished it by not giving VK the re-match he promised in the ring....those are the facts !! Deal with it.............
Bwahahahahaha Whats so funny? Who was the great fighters outside of Holyfield and a shot to **** Tyson? The great Frans Botha? Mavrovic? The great Michael Grant, yes he has done so well since his fight with Lewis. David Tua:-( Huggin Henry Akinwande? Not saying his resume is ****, just that prior to his Holyfield win and his victory over Tyson people where saying the same **** about Lewis as they are Wlad.