vitali klitschko:a look at his career

[Mikhnienko]

His resume isn't great, i don't imagine many wold even try to debate that. Certainly when you're putting it up against ATG heavies.

He does have a pretty sold resume though in general.
His wins over Peter, Gomez, Kirk Johnson, Sanders are underrated wins imo against good fighters that people downplay. "Sanders was a golfer", that sort of b.s.

Arreola, Williams, Donald are also pretty solid wins that some may overlook.

Now again, compared to ATG heavies his resume definitely doesn't match up. But from an All-Time H2H stand point he definitely deserves to be involved in discussions. Kinda similar to Tzsyu lets say, not a ATG resume but definitely an ATG fighter.

1 thing about his resume is the variety of fighters he's faced, different styles, and how he has dominated them all in a similar fashion no matter what difficulties they present.

That's how i see it.

[Johnnybur]

Joe strong, he may have lost to Byrd but if your a true boxing fan and have any knowledge at all you would know that Vitali won every single round of that fight, in no way shape or form can you say Byrd beat Vital. Maybe I'll go along with the fact that Vitali beat Vitali seeing how he quit in that fight after beating the **** out of Byrd the entire affair.

[bojangles1987]

His "retirement" really hurt his chance at a great legacy. Vitali could be owning the division the way Wlad is right now, Wlad stepped in because of Vitali having to take a break. Still a great fighter, and in his prime I think clearly better than Wlad is. Hell, he's probably better right now.

[joe strong]

Joe strong, he may have lost to Byrd but if your a true boxing fan and have any knowledge at all you would know that Vitali won every single round of that fight, in no way shape or form can you say Byrd beat Vital. Maybe I'll go along with the fact that Vitali beat Vitali seeing how he quit in that fight after beating the **** out of Byrd the entire affair.

I agree with you he dominated the fight.why didn't he avenge the Byrd loss? He sure persued a lennox rematch.

[Johnnybur]

there was no reason to pursue a byrd rematch, he proved he can dominate the guy with one arm, Lennox on the other hand, he had everything to prove in a rematch, why wouldnt you want a rematch with a guy who has beaten tyson and holyfield. Byrd got his ass kicked by both brothers, and in both fights he never won a single round. I liked Byrd though, he was a slightly above average HW Champion but nothing special

[Mikhnienko]

His "retirement" really hurt his chance at a great legacy. Vitali could be owning the division the way Wlad is right now, Wlad stepped in because of Vitali having to take a break. Still a great fighter, and in his prime I think clearly better than Wlad is. Hell, he's probably better right now.

lol "retirement" ,he needs multiple surgeries on his back and knees, yeah what a ***** he was just faking.

This is part of the problem. Same thing with Byrd, the media destroyed him for not continuing the fight and when it's revealed that he had a torn rotator cuff which requires surgery it's like that doesn't make a difference.

Even Lennox still criticizes him for that like it wasn't a legit injury but rather he simply quit from some minor pain.

I remember an American fighter (forget who but a top guy) saying (pretty recently) that Byrd did that to Vitali with his body punching. He said lots of body punching can make your should sore and that Vitali wasn't actually injured and that Byrd should get credit for doing that damage from his amazing, Jirov like, body punching.
(they didn't actually say Jirov like)

Riiiiiiiiight, he torn Vitali's rotator cuff with his feather fisted punches to Vitali body. It's b.s like that which explains why you get reactions from Klychko supporters.

I agree his resume is no where near ATG status and can accept legit criticism it's just ******ity/hate that gets folks worked up.

[Ogecca MaMa]

I agree with you he dominated the fight.why didn't he avenge the Byrd loss? He sure persued a lennox rematch.

Because he knows hed humiliate Byrd.. and ppl from boxing community know that Byrd would of lose.. this is silly question you brought about Byrd.

Now on other side is Lennox Lewis, the guy who won Vitali via Cut. Now every1 around the globe wanted to see the rematch and from what I know theyd both make big bucks. But Lewis just retired. You know why ? simply because Lewis was scared to lose to Vitali and ruin his legacy. and thats a fact. IF Lewis would of fight Vitali and win, don't you think ppl would of respect Lewis more ?

Howcome Lewis rematched everyone he lost to. But why not give a chance to a guy like Vitali that won most of the boxing hearts. Joe I respect you as a poster, but you need to stop all this hate to Vitali. honestly, sir..

[P4P Opinion]

I have to agree that Vitali is a great heavyweight with a mediocre resume. It must be said that Vitali has never ducked anyone however and that his relatively weak resume (for a great heavyweight) is as much a result of a weak division as anything else. Frankly, he needs a defining fight before he can retire otherwise his definer will be in defeat to Lewis. Putting aside his brother of course, David Haye is the only fighter out there that can offer Vitali a defining fight.

[Spray_resistant]

I am a big fan of the K-bros myself and think he is for sure a HOF HW but does by no means have a great resume. He could win some fights still to make it look more solid but time is running out for him and he is really on the downslide from 5 years ago when you compare.

[P4P Opinion]

Now on other side is Lennox Lewis, the guy who won Vitali via Cut. Now every1 around the globe wanted to see the rematch and from what I know theyd both make big bucks. But Lewis just retired. You know why ? simply because Lewis was scared to lose to Vitali and ruin his legacy. and thats a fact. IF Lewis would of fight Vitali and win, don't you think ppl would of respect Lewis more ?

No, that's speculation. I don't mean to break your balls too much, but I have a thing about the misuse of word 'fact'. What you say may well be true, but it isn't a fact. Vitali deserved a rematch, but I didn't feel Lewis owed him one. Lewis was old and clearly deteriorating physically yet still managed to find a way to win (like it or not, it was a genuine TKO). Lewis had nothing left to prove to anyone.