Vitali Klitschko: Beyond the Illusion and the Cherrypicking

I find it absolutely incomprehensible how 99% of fans actually believe Vitali is a great fighter. Yes, he fights mandatory contenders. Does that mean those fighters are good? Can you not use your own two eyes and judge a fighter on your own, without having the WBC tell you what to think? Herbie Hide? That's your argument for Vitali's greatness?

I repeat for the MILLIONTH time, Vitali fought Lennox because Lennox PICKED him! What part of that do you not understand? Wlad was on Lennox's ass for a year, and Lennox wouldn't even acknowledge his existence. Do you not know that Lennox was the champ, and that it was HIS choice? He could have picked Wlad, but he picked the brother with the slower hands who had trouble with defensive fighters.

Yes, Vitali was up by 8 points on the cards when the Byrd fight was stopped. Wow! really? He was ahead in Germany? That's a huge surprise! Why don't you actually watch and score the fight yourself? It's difficult not to laugh at Vitali most of the time: he looks like a robot trying to swat a fly.

The fight was close, as was the Foreman-Ali fight in round 8. But Foreman didn't ***** out, so Ali got the inevitable KO. Vitali quit, because he couldn't beat Byrd. If he had been able to win, he would have stayed in there. What you seeming logical fans are saying is that Vitali could have easily won, but decided to lose (to save his arm). But if it was so easy, why didn't he just run for 3 more rounds, without using that arm? Vitali's excuses are much sillier than Haye's.

Adamek will be the first real challenge to Vitali's "title", and that's only because Wlad couldn't fight both Haye and Adamek in less than 2 months. I expect Thomas to beat Vitali.

See separate thread: "Chris Byrd vs Vitali Klitschko - My Scorecard".

 

Hide was a bum. Peter was a fat tub at that point. Sanders was old and had put on lots of weight since his previous fight. Lennox Lewis was a fat bum, and was never a great fighter to begin with.

Wlad beat Byrd (whom Lennox ducked and Vitali lost to), Chambers (very similar to Byrd - which is why Vitali wants no part of him), Chagaev and Haye (better than Byrd).

I don't rate Wlad very highly, but he's better than Vitali and Lennox.

 

Adamek is undoubtedly faster than Vitali, and Vitali has NEVER beaten a fast fighter (see what Byrd did to him).

Adamek has a steel jaw and can stay in there long enough to get inside and land good punches.

David Haye moved up to HW without trying to unify the CW title against Adamek. He thought it would be easier to fight heavyweights, and knew that another loss at CW would put an end to his hopes of becoming HW champ.

I also think Steve Cunningham would beat Vitali Klitchko.