joeboxer22

Quitter??? no so Thanks to the boxingscene members I saw the bird vs Vitaly fight. I have read alot on Vitaly quitting and I always wrote it off as haters using it against vitaly. I watched the fight last night and it seemed to me that all the haters may have a point. Vitaly fought for 6 rounds without any problems. He was beating byrd down. Then comes the 8th round. Byrd starts to pressure Vitaly. Vitaly doesnt like the pressure and backs up. Byrd is landing left hand leads at will. Vitaly tries to battle back but byrd takes the round. Then your hear something muttered in vitalys corner about a hert hand. Vitalys trainer says your fine and sends him out. The 9th round vitaly is throwing both hands with NO problem. Not even a sighn of pain on his face. Bad tape on byrds glove stops the fight for a moment, showing Vitaly leaning in the corner on the ropes. He looks tired but not hurt. The round resumes and byrd lays a beating on vitaly. Landing lefts repeatedly as vitaly backs up. The round ends and you hear a commotion in vitalys corner. Repeatedly you hear the corner saying "No, your OK, No your OK" But vitaly calls a stop to the fight. After viewing the fight, I am also on the Vitaly lacked heart in that fight. He coiuld have fought threw the pain like every other fighter does, but he chose to quit because the going got tuff. In my eyes Vitaly is a quitter you obviously did not check the facts out buddy.........Vitali (correct way to spell his name) was checked by a doctor and he did have a problem with his rotator cuff. If you have ever had any problems with your shoulder, and I am sure that you have not because you speak before you think, then you would realize the amount of pain that Vitali must have been in. Not to mention the facial expression, or lack thereof, as you so calmly judge my friend, is in fact a testament to how tough he really is. He is the true Heavy Weight Champion of the world and has never been shy about or feared anybody. Not even Iron Mike can claim as much. Who else in the heavyweight division has verbally called out Lennox Lewis so many times that it is beginning to sound like a broken record. In my humble opinion, Bird, Lennox, Toney, you name them, Vitali will be glad to dismantle their fight plan round by exciting round, one by one. later dude joeboxer

Wow, uncle roger can sure speak along time without really saying anything. floyd, why don't you fight him winner take all, yeah, didn't think so chicken! @#%$ not sure who's more afraid of manny, him or his uncle...shameful! and you call yourself black (no racism intended), you're both yellow...