Does Vitali target Morbidly Obese men?

-Eddie Chambers -Thomasz Adamek -Alexander Povetkin -Sultan Ibragimov All top guys, much better than Briggs. Vitali is the only one targeting such a large % of fat guys! First off Solis is his mandatory. I'm pretty sure you were already aware of that. Secondly, of those four on your list, Sultan is retired and has been since Vit's comeback. Again, I'm pretty sure you're aware of that. Thirdly, Povetkin is a massive pussy who doesn't want to fight anybody. Fourthly, Adamek is already lined up to fight one of the two later this year so I'm not sure what your point is in mentioning him. You won't find me defending the Briggs fight, or the Sosnowski one before that, but to criticise Vit for fighting Solis, even if Solis is too lazy to get himself into shape, is absurd and unfair, no?

-Eddie Chambers -Thomasz Adamek -Alexander Povetkin -Sultan Ibragimov All top guys, much better than Briggs. Vitali is the only one targeting such a large % of fat guys! No way Povetkin is below that line.

BMI is full of crap, it just makes no sence!

The BMI is a highly flawed statistic. It doesn't take into account heavily muscled individuals. For example, any respectable doctor would not say Lennox Lewis was obese during his career, even the Lennox who showed up out of shape for the Vitali fight. A better indicator of obesity would be a combination of height, weight, waist size and body fat %. That being said it does seem Vitali selects grossly out of shape opponents more often than not. Whether that is on purpose or due to the sad state of the heavyweight division at the moment is open for debate.

Over 25 is considered overweight, so pretty much everyone on that list is overweight. BTW morbidly obese is over 40. These systems are flawed. BTW Solis weighed in at 246 lbs, in comparison Tua weighed in at 247 against Lewis and Solis at least 2 inches taller. Solis will be a lot fitter than against Austin.

-Eddie Chambers -Thomasz Adamek -Alexander Povetkin -Sultan Ibragimov All top guys, much better than Briggs. Vitali is the only one targeting such a large % of fat guys! povetkin doesnt wanna fight wlads already beat-sultan and chambers adamek is coming up for on of the bros

Solis won a mando spot he has to fight him or be stripped, and Briggs was not fat in their fight he was just heavily muscled. to be fair, the thread title says obese, and technically Briggs still counts.

BMI over 30 is considered obese. Vitali always stays well below this number, but his opponents are mostly over. Last Ten Opponents Shannon Briggs 32.1---262 lbs Albert Sosnoski 28.9------224.5 lbs Kevin Johnson 30.3----242.5 lbs Chris Areola 30.6--------251 lbs Juan Carlos Gomez 28.8-----230.5 lbs Samuel Peter 32.6-------253.5 lbs Danny WIlliams 33.8------270 lbs Corrie Sanders 28.7---------235 lbs Kirk Johnson 33.4--------260 lbs Lennox Lewis 30.5-------256.5 lbs Next Opponent: Oldanier Solis BMI 32.7-----247lbs Odlanier Solís is his mandatory. He has to fight him. Odlanier Solís is probably his best opponent as of late.

Please name a few guys below the line he should have fought. Ducker dosen't count. -Eddie Chambers -Thomasz Adamek -Alexander Povetkin -Sultan Ibragimov All top guys, much better than Briggs. Vitali is the only one targeting such a large % of fat guys!

not his fault the rest of the heavyweights are fat fukks..other than vital,wlad and haye..wko else isnt fat??

No. He can't control how heavy his opponents are. I think overall, the HW division is just lazy. He had a pretty good idea Odlanier was going to be overweight based on his last three fights... *260 *268 *271 270 for a man that short could be fatal. This is not healthy at all.

BMI over 30 is considered obese. Vitali always stays well below this number, but his opponents are mostly over. Last Ten Opponents Shannon Briggs 32.1---262 lbs Albert Sosnoski 28.9------224.5 lbs Kevin Johnson 30.3----242.5 lbs Chris Areola 30.6--------251 lbs Juan Carlos Gomez 28.8-----230.5 lbs Samuel Peter 32.6-------253.5 lbs Danny WIlliams 33.8------270 lbs Corrie Sanders 28.7---------235 lbs Kirk Johnson 33.4--------260 lbs Lennox Lewis 30.5-------256.5 lbs Next Opponent: Oldanier Solis BMI 32.7-----247lbs Please name a few guys below the line he should have fought. Ducker dosen't count.

I cannot fault Vitali or Wlad for their opponents not respecting themselves and their sport

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/getty/gyi0063982978.jpg ^^^This guy is a disgrace to the human-form. But credit to Vitali for respecting his own body and the sport at age 39.