Question about Vitali's quit job vs Bryd.....Please Hear me out

Easy to bash on VITLAY for that but I wouldn't fancy doing 3 rounds against a killer like Byrd with a dead arm.

 

my guess is that in general the mentality in europe is to view boxing as a sport more than a war. It doesn't mean they are less good at it, just that they view it differently. In the Americas, being a boxer is more than just a sport. Its blood and guts, pride, cohones, all that stuff

 

I'll answer it correctly!!!
And don't listen to anybody else!!!


Because HE DIDN'T KNOW what it meant.

The way he was thought and believed is that, you're the best, you getg injured.. go heal and come back another day and take the title back.

He didn't have an IDEA how bad of a thing quiting is in America. He though he was doing it with honor you can even see by his interview and expression of his face when people questioned his stoppage, he was like WTF??? you wanted me to continue.

Later he realied what a sin he commited and how that looked to American public and to Larry merchant but before he though getting injured and stopping the fight is completely normal. He he fought Lewis with that mindset he would have quit right after the cut but for Lewis HE KNEW better.

After he became Americanized, he realized how fighting through adversity is important to public and he displayed he could but he didn't think he had to in Byrd fight.



Andrey

 

That's not the case at all, certainly not with VITLAY who is a pretty classless piece of **** at the best of times. Cases in point - trying to fight Sanders when he KO'd poor WALD, and trying to attack Lewis while he was being interviewed.

To his credit WALD doesn't seem to take it quite so personally.

 

The fight with Lewis erases all the nonsense here.

 

Both these things happened after the Byrd fiasco, at which point its safe to assume Vitali's outlook on the sport changed to appeal to the american public..

If you rewatch the whole Lewis Vitali post fight scene, imo its pretty clear that it was entirely thought out. A show for the cameras

I am a real Vitali fan here but that is my objective opinion on the subject.

 

You're the first Klitschko fan that's ever actually admitted that to my knowledge. Nice one :good

I also think he knew the fight was going to be stopped and the jumping around in anger pretending he was surprised was bull**** too.

 

PERSONALLY, I think Vitali didn't no better. If he knew the consequences quitting (especially in that scenario) would do to his reputation, he never would've done it.

AND FOR ME, he proved it when after they DQ'd him vs lennox he was pisssed off. "No! No!"

 

Good Post.:good

 

you're a pretty standard hater. Any positive post about the Klitschkos, you'll respond negatively and throw in an insult, any negative post about the Klitschkos and you'll respond positively and even add in a little emoticon to show your approval. The topic at hand doesn't even matter.

 

Vitlai hurt his shoulder in round three, and this was picked up by the HBO interpreter. When his arm went dead, Vitlai feared for his career, and retired.

If the fight was for higher stakes, maybe Vitlai presses on and risks permanent injury. Or maybe if Vitlai had a better corner they could guide him through the match.

Another SuzieQ discredit type of thread. Give it up! The HOF is full of fighters who quit.

Even though Vitali was fighting in pain with one arm working arm, he was well ahead of a pretty good prime Chris Byrd. Byrd was lucky to win the fight. No doubt about that. Byrd also wanted NO part of a rematch.

 

Not really...if you speak the truth it's fair enough. As you said his anger after the fight was mock, as it was when the fight was stopped. I've been saying that for years, I was surprised a Klit fan admitted it that's all, they usually don't.