Honestly Vitaly has become very overrated, his best win while impressive was against a fat, lazy, limited plodder. I don't know how good he is because he is yet to beat a quality fighter. 98 Tyson wins 98 Holy wins 98 Lewis Kills him Ike wins 98 Tua wins Wlad wins
Didn't 2000 Tyson go life and death with Frans Botha for 6 rounds or so? Roy Jones Jr? :roflatsch With his Glass Jaw fighting Vitali?
Why not, at least Vitali would have lasted 12 rounds and maybe win, unlike the faltering Cooney, he's underestimated.
Possibly Ibeabuchi. Possibly Mavrovic. Possibly 2000 Rahman. Possibly Wlad (although Vitali would almost certainly KO him if it was a fair fight). Possibly 1998 Holyfield. Nobody else I can think of I'd give more than a 30% chance of winning. Of the current crop of fighters, I'd give Tony Thompson as good of a chance as anyone. Oh, and anyone who thinks Corrie Sanders gave him a hard time is an idiot. Sanders landed like 3 punches all fight.
As a novice and a young pro he started around lt hw, but he never competed at that weight in any championship level fights or in any competative fights for that matter, its like saying pavlik is a light middlweight because he had a handlefull of fights at 154lbs.