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

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Vitali was still throwing the left, but I'm sure he could feel the pain intensifying, and he could tell that the injury was swelling to the point where his use of the left would dramatically decrease in the upcoming rounds.

In other words, he could tell that the price he'd pay -- injury wise -- was compounding with each passing round. At the rate things were going, Vitali must have felt that he'd wouldn't be able to use the arm at all after another round.

In the post fight interview, Vitali said that it would have been especially unwise to try to fight a southpaw with just one arm. Obviously, he was concerned that he wouldn't be able to use his left defensively in the final rounds.

Remember, Byrd could hit harder than given credit for if he was able to place his left directly on target, without his opponent being able to block the punch.

Vitali also pointed out that he was worried that if the fight continued, the wear and tear on his injured rotator cuff would worsen to the point where surgery might not ever be able to repair.

I say give Vitali the benefit of the doubt. It's obvious from the respective performances of Byrd and Vitali after 2000 that Byrd was never anywhere near Vitali's level in terms of ability. If a rematch had taken place, Vitali would have beaten Byrd brutally.

It was a fluke injury. Plain and simply.

 

I'm pretty sure that I've never seen you say anything positive about Evander Holyfield so you shouldn't conveniently bring his name up to discredit Vitali Klitschko as you always do. You might as well stay consistent and leave Evander out of this.

It's ironic how American fight fans view quitting when there is no American representation in the championship pie. Who are we to even talk anymore?

 

That's really interesting Andrey.

Could be true!

Either way, I'm not blaming the man for quitting cause of the rotator cuff injury. It's happened to me and believe me it hurts a lot.

 

I'm with you there...dislocated my **** twice before having surgery, i was amazed at the fact he was using his arm

 

Yeah, it is bad.

Anyway, I never bash fighters for quitting, especially when injured.

The one quit job I didn't like was Duran's infamous "no mas". Other than that, qutting is part of boxing, meaning it's not shameful to quit if you're getting beat up (Peter vs Vitali), know that have nothing left (Brewster vs Wlad II) or being injured (Vitali vs Byrd).

 

He regrets doing it. I am sure if he could go back, he would stick it out for the last few rounds.