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A loss is a loss and Lewis was coming back into the fight, ranked opponents doesn't mean much look at Ngannau with a top ten ranking with only 1 fight on his record.
When looking over a fighters career the first thing to consider is the quality of fighters they defeated and sadly for Vitali his resume is one of the worse of the ATG fighters which I do consider him to beComment
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- - Beat Chisora as an elderly, 40 yr old fighter with a damaged left arm as per Fat Dan back when he was still writing about boxing:
We already knew that Klitschko, even at 40, was a dominant heavyweight champion and one of the best big men in history. Now we know he can also win a fight with one arm. Making the eighth defense of his third title reign, Ukraine's Klitschko won a rough, physical fight against England's hard-charging, but much smaller, Chisora, and he did it essentially using only his right hand. That is because Klitschko suffered a torn ligament in his left shoulder in the third round.
Vit after a 4 yr retirement whilst pursuing political goals in Ukraine returned to boxing in his very first fight to TKO WBC champ Samuel Peter in 8 rounds of a beat down.
So, the question remains is what grade was U in then?
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A win over Chisora isn't impressive especially considering Haye flattened him the next fight
- - Beat Chisora as an elderly, 40 yr old fighter with a damaged left arm as per Fat Dan back when he was still writing about boxing:
We already knew that Klitschko, even at 40, was a dominant heavyweight champion and one of the best big men in history. Now we know he can also win a fight with one arm. Making the eighth defense of his third title reign, Ukraine's Klitschko won a rough, physical fight against England's hard-charging, but much smaller, Chisora, and he did it essentially using only his right hand. That is because Klitschko suffered a torn ligament in his left shoulder in the third round.
Vit after a 4 yr retirement whilst pursuing political goals in Ukraine returned to boxing in his very first fight to TKO WBC champ Samuel Peter in 8 rounds of a beat down.
So, the question remains is what grade was U in then?
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Gonna have to go with Vitali Klitschko. A very tough style for Foreman. Almost all of his strengths are negated by Vitali.
As extremely strong as Foreman is, he is not gonna be able to man handle this giant on the inside or mid range the way he likes. He will have success there and Vitali will not enjoy being there, but It's a hard sell. He really needs the fight there to have a chance too, as on the outside he will get peppered and hammered by the constantly moving 6'7, 247lb, 80inch reach iron chinned behemoth who never gets tired and never went down.
Even the way Lewis beat him isn't a factor here, as George's bombs are more clubbing instead of slicing like Lewis'. Early to mid rounds Foreman is gonna hurt him and give him a few scares but slowly Vitali is gonna takeover and win too many points especially in the second half of the fight. Vitali by UD.Comment
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The shoulder was torn from missing punches, credit to Byrd for his defense. Vits never tried to get a rematch either. And the cuts were caused by punches. No fluke about that. A torn shoulder because another fighter was getting out of the way, and a torn off face because he couldn't get out of the way. I reiterate......no flukes there.Comment
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George cannon balls other big guys. Cause hes stronger than everyone, those big guys lose the benefit and it becomes a hinderance, easy target for George. The reason Vitali loses this is because he can’t keep George off him like he can w other fightersComment
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You can't say this. It was likely an old kick boxing injury. Vitali complained his arm was hurting him through the HBO interpreter in round three. Byrd would not fight Vitali as he was signed by Don King and held a belt. We have been over this before.
The cut in the Lewis fight was caused by loose tape according to fight news, and it happed a spilt second after the top of Lewis head crashed into Vital's eye / brow region.
Lennox promised a re-match on air to the press, but after a year retired later. The money was up for this fight, 18 M for Lewis. The fans were pumped to see the rematch. That is ducking.
LISTEN to what Manny Steward said about the fight during Vitali's interview about his retirement. It is revealing.
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It was "likely " and old kickboxing injury? It was or it wasn't. If you think it was please provide proof.
You can't say this. It was likely an old kick boxing injury. Vitali complained his arm was hurting him through the HBO interpreter in round three. Byrd would not fight Vitali as he was signed by Don King and held a belt. We have been over this before.
The cut in the Lewis fight was caused by loose tape according to fight news, and it happed a spilt second after the top of Lewis head crashed into Vital's eye / brow region.
Lennox promised a re-match on air to the press, but after a year retired later. The money was up for this fight, 18 M for Lewis. The fans were pumped to see the rematch. That is ducking.
LISTEN to what Manny Steward said about the fight during Vitali's interview about his retirement. It is revealing.
The tape cutting Vits or Lewis dreads cutting him has been debunked and is just plain laughable. All you need to do is watch the fight.
Lewis not rematching Vits because he retired and stayed retired if far different than Vits not trying to rematch Byrd even though they were both ranked so closely for years.Comment
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Not sure if it was following their teams advice but neither K brother showed much ambition to avenge a lossComment
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