Vitali = ATG Cherrypicker

Again: Who should he have fought? He can't conjure up better opponents...

 

Is Uppercut83 the next fourtyounce?

 

To good opposition, I think I try scotland my little sheeplover :hey

Fakt is 90% of your postings in this forum are Haye is god, Klitschkos are ****. Funny for a short period of time, but then just boring.

 

Vitali and Vlad are cleaning out the heavyweight division.

 

Are you that ******ed or just a klits hater? Well you prove just how ******ed when you put an old shot holyfield that vitali should have fought. To say vitali cherrypicks his opponents is another ******ed comments.

 

I think the point is why wasn't Vitali fighting these guys in the late 90's when he should have been in his prime?

 

That's because Vitali was only rising in the 90s and his first title shot came against Hide in 1999 where he was a huge underdog because no one knew of him, from then is when he started to step it up slowly.

 

I know, but he should have stepped it up sooner rather than wasting time on the WBO. Then we would have had the chance to see matches like prime Vitali vs Prine Lennox, Vitali vs prime Tua, Vitali vs near-prime Evander etc.

There is no doubt he would have been up there with those guys.

For example, at age 25 with a record of 24-0, Sam Peter was taking on the best HW in the world. And that is without the extensive amateur background that Vitali had.

At age 27, with a record of 23-0, Vitali was still fighting the likes of Francisco Spinelli and Ismael Youla. By that age, and with less fights, Lennox was winning the WBC World title.


He should have stepped it up earlier. He didn't fight for a "big-3" title until he was 32 years old. That's nobody's fault but his own.

 

You are up there with...no you are alone as the worst poster here.

 

More of his promoter than his own... The Klitschkos always wanted to fight the best

 

It could be his fault and his promoter as well, let's face it the guy hails from Ukraine, completely unknown at that point so it's only reasonable that it will take him longer to reach than the rest. He has to make a mark in Germany, Ukraine, USA and even England(Hide fight). In his situation it can get difficult to reach out for fights easily especially with the offers they were going to get and options. But you're right, it would have been great if he did and since it's his team so it's his fault as well but for a guy from that part of the world I wouldn't expect it to be as easy as that, they(him and his brother) were like the first people from the part of the world that made the fighters from there popular enough at the time and brought attention to them.

 

Kostya Tszyu had his first title before Vitali fought his first professional fight, but yes, they really generated alot of excitement for Eastern Eropean, former Soviet Socialist Republic, fighters.

 

I agree the promoter was a roadblock. But Vitali is responsible for who he selects as his promoter.

So what is he was from the Ukraine? David Tua was from New freaking Zealand and he managed to step up and fight for the undisputed championship at age 27. Golota did it from Poland by age 28.

Outside the HW's, Kostya Tszyu came from the communist Soviet Union and won a "Big-3" title in his 14th pro fight aged 25.

 

Look at the Tszyu example.

If a fighter REALLY wants to step up and fight the best (instead of just saying he does ) then he can make it happen.