Vitali Klitschko retires from boxing

One down , one to go.:good

 

Vitali has reached an accomodation with Jose Sulamain , that now means he is called "Champion In Emeritus",which in effect means that should he reconsider, he can come back later, and walk straight into a title shot.

Its called ,"having your cake and eating it".
What nationality the next champ is is immaterial, let us just hope he is more entertaining than the Klits who have bored us rigid for far too long.

 

He won't come back for the simple reason there will not likely be a walk over like Sam Peter holding the belt if he does.
He's done.
If he went out as an active , defending champ he'd derserve respect but he blew it cherry picking non rankers and making excuses his hand was sore so he wouldn't have to fight a competative fight.
Without all this pressure put on him he would never of made a decision and carried on holding it hostage.
Good ridiance.

 

I can only imagine how good he would have been had he not lost those 4 years. He was ahead in every fight and only injuries caused him to lose. He gained big self confidence in the Lewis fight and I would have liked to see a rematch which I personally think he would have won.

He did not have the one punch power of his brother but he was tougher, meaner, and stronger. I did not say who was better but both were excellent in different ways and both have to be rated in the top 5 big men of all-times along with Lewis, Wlad,Vitali,Bowe but for me Bowe is last

 

He immediately moves to #6 and Dempsey falls off the ass end of the top 10.

 

No, Dempsey stays at no 3.

 

He would be foolish to come back he is over 40, has not fought for over a year and has no one in front of him that would prove anything for his legacy. There comes a time when the smartest decision is to retire at the right time and it is never easy to know, guys like Joe Calzage, Rocky Marciano,Lennox Lewis,Gene Tunney retired at the right time to suit their life and situation. If Vitali becomes President (which will be hard because of the outside opposition & power) how could he consider going back in the ring. I think he should retire and give his brother the chance to clean up what becomes of the WBC bogus title. From a quick look at there ratings it looks like a box off between

Stiverne,Arreola,Wilder,Jennings,Perez,Fury,Adamak,Chisora & maybe 2 others

the winner becomes WBC Champ & has the chance to fight the real champ & unify vs Vladimir K

 

From a quick look at there ratings it looks like a box off between

Stiverne,Arreola,Wilder,Jennings,Perez,Fury,Adamak,Chisora & maybe 2 others

the winner becomes WBC Champ & has the chance to fight the real champ & unify vs Vladimir K

This is all a matter of how they match these guys as to who becomes WBC champ

 

Stiverne is apparently locked out of action over legal issues with King.

WBC will likely order Wilder vs Arreola. Then there's the problem of the WBC trying to enforce a "non-unification" rule, it may not be concrete, but whoever gets the belt could likely use that as an excuse to sit on it and make money fighting their mandatories.

 

Yes, if we have a 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g and 1h....

 

It's always good to see a fighter go out at the top. He's definitely the best heavyweight since Lennox Lewis. Good luck to him in his political career.