Vitali Klitschko's career defining moment?

Yeah, lucky he did not murder Tyson at the weigh in.

Everyone in boxing knows that the only guy not to duck Lewis was Holyfield.

Tyson was worse than chicken Bowe, but Lewis made Tyson his ***** despite Tyson's effort to run.

Lewis is the king.

 

Well I was referring solely to the Vitali fight.
It was a lucky win and he blatantly ducked the rematch, yet his legacy is only enhanced holding a W over the next great heavy after him. By not taking the rematch he basically garaunteed himself another legacy as the gorilla on Vitali's back.

I wasn't taking anything away from Lewis's career. Bowe obviously ducked him and Tyson did the same after his return. He was that good.

 

How about going down in history as the boxer with the highest KO percentage?

 

Ahh the favourite whine of all Klitschko fans.

Lewis wasn't lucky. He was extremely talented and seasoned.

He obviously wasn't prepared for a Klitschko who turned out to be lot better than everyone thought but he cut his face to shreds with punches (which is clearly visible on the replays) and won fair and square. VK may well have been up on the scorecards but come on, it was only by a couple of rounds and the fight was only halfway through.
It's quite feasible that Lewis could have made that difference up had the fight continued. Not only that but many people feel the fight was already turning in Lewis' favour by the time of the stoppage.
Personally I think Lewis would have gone on to TKO Vitali had it not been stopped on cuts.
The worst thing was the way Vitali cried like a 5 years old after the ref stepped in then went around showing off to the crowd like he won!
A bad loser.

At 38 and with nothing to prove Lewis retired. He didn't want another fight with Klitschko because he was past his best and probably didnt want to risk losing. I think that's fair play. I certainly wouldnt be bullied into a rematch.
If VK didn't want the fight to be stopped on cuts, he should of covered up more and then gone for the knockout but if I remember rightly he didn't even win those last few rounds.
Tough **** VK.

 

Im really not a Klitschko hater (honest!) but stuff like this really is such rubbish.

Yes, he has the highest KO percentage but lets not pretends this is something it's not.

Promoting this statistic gives the illusion VK is some kind of Tyson-esque human wrecking ball who takes out opponents with one crushing blow.

But he doesn't does he. Most of his wins are TKO's.
In reality he's a safety first fighter who is content to keep opponents at bay all night with his jab until they finally fall over or the ref steps in.
During some of those "KO's" his opponents didn't even touch the canvas.

Statistics can be used to prove almost anything and this is a prime example of this.

Klitschko is what he is. An excellent heavyweight who has some great statistics but dealt with some terrible competition in unspectacular fashion.

 

Vitali never wanted the Lewis rematch.

Oh, he says he does, just like with Rahman.

Vitali is full of ****. Remember his pitiful acting job when the fight got stopped? He knew it was over when they put the butterfly stitches in but put the act on for the children.

Vitali probably called Lewis to say that they should not fight.

 

You know Lewis would've been crucified for retiring if that fight was against anyone other than a Klit. The cut was caused by a missed punch, from the thumb section and laces scraping Vitali's eye. If you want to be technical, yes that classifies as a punch. Still not a convincing way to win, as Lewis fans like to make out it was when they claim simply "he stopped Vitali fair and square". The circumstances of the win merited a rematch. Lewis wouldn't have contemplated it for months otherwise. He took the smart option and retired. If Holyfield had done the same after his draw with Lewis I'm 100% sure he wouldn't be getting the same sympathy Lewis is afforded here.

 

That's crazy, Vitali chased the rematch like a desperate man. Even had a face to face meeting with Lennox in hopes of convincing him into agreeing to a rematch:




Lennox Lewis's mum stopped rematch, says Vitali Klitschko

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Something I wrote in another thread:


Vitali:

Head to Head: definitely Top10 ATG. I cannot think of more than a very few names who would have been able win consistently against VK (prime for prime). Most of the older ATGs were too small IMHO to compete.

Resummee (names): somewhere Top25-30 ATG list. Lost the two fights with the biggest names (LL and Byrd). Has some good, but no great names on the list (Peter, Gomez, Williams). But he lacks the ATG-names if he does not fight Wlad.

Others:
Plus: extremely high KO-%; comeback after 4 year retirement straight to the championship by destroying the belt-holder; never been back on the cards; the only two losses were due to injuries. Is avoided by other Top10 fighters (Haye, Valuev). Gentelman out of the ring; highly intelligent and generally respectful and polite to his opponents. Always comes prepared and well trained.

Minus: Shares the top spot with his brother and thus will never establish a lineal status. Having two brothers up there was cool for some time, but it hampers them both now. He will be remembered for a valiant but losing effort against the last ATG. Demolishes his opponents in a boring dominating fashion, which turns down many boxing fans.

Summary: ATG status of at least Top20. He brings the quality, but lacks the greatness.

 

Statistics are a wonderful thing.

 

Exactly. It was just an act.

Did he think that he "desperate act" after the Lewis fight was going to get the Doctor's decision reversed?

It was just a show.

Vitali knew that fighting an old Great was lose lose.

Even if he had beaten Lewis it would have been "so what?". Just how these things work.

 

Oh, and the irony about Lewis' mum :yep

Vitali saw the joke.

 

Everytime I see that it ****s me off , Imagine letting yourself be ***** slapped like that , in front of the media no less , I like Vitali but Johnson should've broken his ****in nose with a headbutt for that **** !

 

All that said Vitalis best moment was coming back and winning the belt back, Peter was dog**** but Vitali still had to beat him.

 

No-way. Never provoke someone who can kill you.

It was wise of Johnson to play his role.

They stopped him sucking it because it was "inappropriate" material, but Johnson played his part.