VK never hurt ? So TKO6 was just a quit job ? The man needed close to 200 stitches to save his eye and face against the ONLY, besides Byrd, top opponent he ever met.......the denial is real. One more time , P R I M E VK was carved like a Thanksgiving Turkey by a old Lewis who had one foot out the door already.............to put it into perspective , a complete washed up dope smoking Tyson impersonator lasted longer against a fresher Lewis than VK. Tua was old and shot beyond shot when he fought Barret. Laughable. VK is the ultimate fringe Heavyweight, could, would, should .........Reality : His two best "wins" are TKO losses. Fact.
that you put a failed retiree in your list of best, says it all. shot briggs is on there too. "many were title holders" you mean only Peter? oh yeh Corrie, never got close to a title ....but won a title in his reitrment cos his brother was too crap to beat a retired southpaw noone. And that old fattie nearly wiped Vitali out early too. "never hurt" lol Quite apart from having to lie about vitali being lineal. hahah, all in all what a flop of a post mate..
You guys are still really butt hurt Lewis hid behind his momma instead of fighting Vitali again? Move on. Ike's best win was an overrated Tua. Ike is the biggest what if case in the HW division. Dude had all the skills and potential to be undisputed champ. Shame.
Since this is the only relevant part of your goal post moving rant, I'll bite. VK was older than Tua was vs Barret, and ate shots from younger, better opponents than Barret without going down or even being stunned.
No need to raise the goal post, VK did it all by himself.........TKO9 and TKO6 is in the History books forever no matter your poor attempt to revise history. VK has not ONE career defining win on his ledger, never dominated, never was the Man..........he was just a average Heavy in a crap era and Goal posts? VK moved it to TKO9 and TKO6.......fact........no matter how much revisionism you like to apply VK was just another average Heavy in a crap era who folded when he stepped up, his **** poor resume speaks for itself. Ike was and is crazy but when the doorman rang the bell he delivered twice ...........insert him instead of VK vs old Lewis and we crown a new champ with Lewis's 3rd KO loss. As a matter of fact, there a quite a few prime fighters who would have iced that old version of Lewis but VK tried and could not deliver, fact.
Tua was 38 against Barret. When Vitali was 38 - 41 he fought Briggs , Solis , Chisora and Chaa. None of those guys were popping right hands of Vitali's head as Barret was on Tua. So... This content is protected