We are on the same page mate the revisionist historians would have us beleive that Vitali fought from the 3rd round with only one hand against byrd , only succumbing to insurmountable pain late on - they also want you to believe he owned Lennox Lewis and would have ko'd him in the very next round and that TKO caused by a cut doesnt count anyway aint nothing worse than a **** my friend .
Vitali got outboxed by Chris Byrd easily, and quit. Injury? I doubt it. Vitali never asked for a rematch. Never.
He was a round or two up, with Byrd coming on strong in the 2nd half of the fight. Hardly "going to be an easy points win" was it. If Byrd wasn't coming on strong, bashing Vitali up and making him look like a sloppy fool, I can guarantee you that Vitali would not have quit. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzWWP-XPiLE&feature=related[/ame] Byrd knew what was up.
:yep This guy is so overrated, its comical. Byrd was starting to give him the business so he quit and NEVER asked for a rematch.