Oh boy. Yes, Vitali is an ATG, with mammoth wins over Sam Peter, Chris Arreola and Kirk Johnson. Damn, that's an ATG resume for sure. Not to mention he lost to the best two fighters he ever faced - a fat shot Lennox Lewis and LHW Byrd.
No doubt the Alpha Male was Byrd in that night. Vitali quit and cried that his shoulder is hurting, while retreating from the ring
Kevin Johnson is one of the best fighters in the division. He was unexperienced against Vitali, never fought 12 rounds or anyone remotely good and it just didnt go his way that night. If the old man had gassed out everyone would have called him the new Ali but now hes a bum :rofl Haye vs Kingpin? Make it happen! Johnson spanks that hypejob any day of the week:deal
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Alas, I tried to watch those videos but I was rendered comatose by the boredom of a klitschko fight. i'll assume it was footage of vitali jabbing some dumb fatty in the face, throwing a right hand every 4 rounds, not throwing an uppercut.
I love how everyone says Vitali's recent resume is crap but fails to pick up on my mention of Lewis's later opponent resume. I also love the oxymoron that people say Vitali is crap then make a point of saying Vitali was one of Lews's 'live' wins at his old age (while forgetting how old Vitali is!!!) - which is it? From 1998 to 2003 the only live guy Lewis fought was Tua. Raham is was and will always be a gatekeeper. Holyfield was 37. Tyson was completely shot and a 2/3 round fighter at this point. Mavrovic, Grant, Botha, Rahman - is there a person here who truly will admit Vitali would loose to these guys because these are all guys Lewis 'fought' when he was younger than Vitali is now..... But even in light of all this people still fail to recognize Vitali is only beating guys who will fight him while everyone else is running from him - what more can he do? more to the point when (*if*) Haye / Adamek fight Vitali should Vitali win you'll all ***** about how he cherry picks still. This content is protected
Vitali is a a hall of famer no doubt, i don't regard the division as bad as any other's. Because there are always pretender's and weak contenders in every era...
Good post overall but Juan Carlos Gomez wasn't undefeated. He lost by TKO to Yanqui Diaz in a controversial stoppage.
Wrong Klitschko brother dumbass, Vitali throws the uppercut on the inside as well as from distance. You've just proven to all of us that you don't know **** about the Klitschkos & you're just jumping on the "Klitschkos are boring but dominant fighters" bandwagon. Congrats, I believe they have a front row seat available for you...............
Exactly, Vitali throws just about every punch in the book & from different angles & distances too. Wlad is the one that's the 1-2 specialist with the ATG jab, quite possibly the most powerful jab ever. Wlad rarely uses the uppercut, but he still has an amazingly powerful left hook & straight right hand.
The injury required surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. Vitali then went on to become a 2 time WBC Heavyweight Champion of the World. He also became the only fighter to return from a nearly 4 year retirement and beat Samuel Peter by TKO without a tuneup. He's also one half of the only 2 brothers to hold portions of the Heavyweight title at the same time. Seems to me VK made the right decision that night against Byrd because with that particular injury he could've caused irrepairable damage and ended his career that night against Byrd. Hurts doesn't it? To be so wrong & hurt about it................:deal