Vitali's comeback. Very dominant

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Foreman had a good comeback too
Even better then Vitali's will be, considering he was facing much better comp, Vitali's comp is pathetic, sure he's fighting at a high age but I'd like to see Vitali comeback at his age against the fighters Foreman was going against.
Hop off Vitali's swag.

 

I am no fan of Vitali (he should of stayed retired or agreed to fight his brother), but come on, the heavies today may suck, but four fights in, Foreman was beating the Tom Trimm's of this world...

Now granted Vitali did not wait a decade to comeback, but his opposition is generally better than Foreman's IMO.

 

But at least these Tom Trimms were decent fighters. I doubt anyone from this era (except maybe Wlad), would beat Evander Holyfield, and Foreman got close to doing it. That says it all right there. Only Foreman would at his age would be competitive with a primed Holy.
He still ended up fighting the best though, If Vitali ends up fighting Adamek, Valuev, Povetikin, Wladimir, or haye, I will have more respect.

It's good for him for having such a good record and KO %, but he is by no means a great fighter. The only reason he will be so dominate in this era is because of the comp. Drop him in the 70s or 90s with his age and he would not have the same results.

 

Decent as in they could kick my sorry arse, but the truth is as a pro boxer Trimm sucked...

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=1095&cat=boxer

Yes Foreman fought Holyfield, and yes he gave it a good go, but to suggest there was ever any doubt Holyfield was going to win is wrong.

But apart from Holyfield and that memorable bonfire night against Moorer, when he landed that punch after being soundly beaten up for nine rounds, Foreman just met a lot of journeymen and shot contenders, even then he was soundly beaten by Morrison and took far to much punishment beating Alex Stewart.

Vitali is fighting at least a level above anything post 87 Foreman could muster at the moment. Although his dominance is down to the division sucking rather than big brother Klitschko being a truly top notch Heavy.

 

I don't see Vitali as being ready for a rocking chair yet as some do in this forum. I think he may have a few surprise performces left ala the Peter fight.

 

I think the Johnson fight may have been deceiving to people in terms of what he had left, even despite the fact that it was a shutout. Johnson's style and his, ahem, "game-plan" would've made Vitali look bad even if he were 28 instead of 38, I really think. Just the same, there are not many great fights being fought by fighters with graying hair. I do wonder when this is going to dramatically catch up with him. But since he's not planning on hanging around beyond 2010, maybe it won't. :conf

 

When is this guy actually going to have a respectable name on his win column? For a guy who gets rated so highly, he has one of the weakest resumes of all time quality wise.

 

Jersey Joe Walcott defeated Ezzard Charles at 38 years old. Who has Vitali beaten at 38 that compares to that?

 

what respectable names are out there that will fight him?

 

Yeah, and Foreman got a gift against Axel Schulz, who was completely raped by Wlad. The fact that Schulz was a serious contender in the 90's and gave Foreman and Moorer close fights alone shows the absurdity of this claim that everyone on the 90's was so much better than the HW's of today. There were more exciting fights in the 90's more drama with Tyson's bizarre behaviour, but that doesn't mean the overall quality of fighters was that much better.

 

Vitali´s resume. Very overrated.