Vitali Klitschko QUIT against Chris Byrd *Byrd had 10 days notice, outweighed by 34lb

Quit happens, even to solid world champs. Just putting things into perspective. Dubois can come back, the real issue isn't the quit but how bad the eye injury is and how much it could effect his career moving forward. * Before he was a well-established champion, Vitali Klitschko quit on his stool in a fight against Chris Byrd. This was 3 years before his fight with Lewis which was the fight he became famous for, despite losing. * Vitali had a massive size advantage over Byrd, a guy who in his pro debut weighed only 169 pounds. But years later in his 32nd pro fight, Byrd weighed 210, whereas Vitali 244. A massive 34lbs size advantage over Byrd. * Byrd took the Klitschko fight on only 10 days notice after Vitali's opponent pulled out. * Byrd suffered his first professional defeat just 1 year before the Vitali fight, getting knocked out in 5 rounds by Ike Ibeabuchi.