Well, it's a pretty big difference. As when Vitali cancelled the first fight, thinking that he had a leg injury. They were automatically rescheduling the date of rescheduled fight... but Vitali was never healed. There were "suggested" dates and possible venues being negotiated, but Vitali found out that he had an overgrowth on his spinal bone that was compressing on a nerve, giving him problems in his leg. He had to undergo surgery to repair the problem. So, this was all actually the same problem, not a bunch of different ones, and not a bunch of signed fights being cancelled. The fights was just being pushed back further and further... I admit that much. However, it wasn't as if Vitali set up and signed 4 fights, had 4 training camps and 4 injuries. The second actual cancelled fight was was he knee injury. Here, I found this... it may explain this better than I can.... The WBC designated former WBC, WBA & IBF world Heavyweight Champion This content is protected as Klitschko’s next mandatory challenger; the fight was set for This content is protected , 2005. Klitschko thought that he'd injured his thigh while training for the fight, so it was rescheduled for June 18. As this date approached, Klitschko’s camp said that the thigh had not healed. becoming suspicious because it had not responded in ample time given. When investigated further, it was found that he had no thigh muscle injury, as a CT Scan showed that a spinal bony spur had overgrown and was squeezing the sciatic nerve branch to the thigh. Although originally announced as a thigh injury, the fact is that neither the thigh nor the back was injured - the bony spur growth being a normal body action which often occurs, and requires surgery. The surgery consisted of making a small incision, then pushing aside and propping away several thick cris-crossing bands of muscle, to open the way to the spine. This done, the bony spur was "clipped off" and the ends smoothed, the muscles pushed back in place, and the incision sewn up. After a subsequent rehabiliation period, he could finally begin training. He was ready to fight on September 13th, the new tentative date. In the meantime, Don King, Rahman's world famous boxing promoter, is said to be an always baleful influence on the WBC, which allowed Rahman to fight for their "interim" title, against a "push-over" Barrett, Rahman's closest friend.. Klitschko's people opposed Rahman having this fight, and this opposition was considered by analysts to be for two main reasons: 1) Assuming Rahman won, he might not be ready to fight Klitschko on Sept.13th as arranged. Both Rahman and King said they would be "ready, willing and able" for that date....which, however was never mentioned again. 2) By having the WBC allow this as an "interim' championship, the winner, would place himself (and King) in a much higher purse split bracket. Originally 75% to the Champion and 25% to the challenger. An "Unterim" champion, get's 45%. So both Rahman and King couldn't lose whichever way they played it. The WBC pushed the fight date back to November 12; Vitali's share of the purse following this match would reportedly be between $7.8 million and $10 million (U.S.). After this third rescheduling, (really only the FIRST, since the original April postponement, since the other dates were tentative, not fixed, and depended on too many variables not guaranteed, such as a suitable arena becoming available, undercards, also TV calendar etc.) During the first part of the week of This content is protected 8 days before the fight, 2005, Klitschko, and his prelim sparring partner got their legs tangled together aand both fell heavily. Klitschko suffered a very serious knee injury which included the inch thich connecting ligament INSIDE the knee, which actually connects the thigh and shank. This was snapped clean. He had major surgery in L.A. for right knee injuries (a torn meniscus, a bone bruise, plus an undiagnosed MCL tear). The total recovery time from such injuries averaged around 6 months.
Widdow Maker- I read the article, and it's hard to decipher how many times it was. The article I read, Jose Soliman said persoanlly "Vitali had 4 cancellations, which is a record for most cancellations without fighting, in all 44 years of the WBC titles exsistence.
That's a gang of material to not list a source. You said you found it...??? SOP give the source. I said that would be a gang of work to prove a negative...you haven't even began in honesty. What you did do is come up with a version of events...and you didn't even ascribe them to their author.