vitalis hardest fight

[Die Antwoord]

Vitali wasnt in that much trouble against Sanders, people act like he was dying in the ring or something. He got his with a few shots that backed him off and brought him back to earth, but the majority of that fight he was beating on Sanders like he was nothing. In rounds 5-8 Vitali hit sanders with 158 total shots (120 being power punches) and Sanders in turn hit Vitali 19 times. He outlanded him 8x over. Seriously, that fight was a drubbing,t he only thing that was close to happening was in the first, Vitali, having felt that Sanders was done early, overextended himself and almost paid with a knockdown. Was Jones a hard fight for Calzaghe? Cause it was a much harder fight than Sanders was to Vitali. Vitali beat him up like a bum, just let his guard down for a second and came close to almost getting close to getting knocked down. Do you know how amazing Vitali must be if people are considering that Sanders fight a negative. do you know how nitpicky you have to be for that? Ali was knocked down and taken 15 rounds by Chuck Wepner...a guy who makes Sanders look like the GOAT within months of the best win of his career (Foreman), but nope,t hat doesnt count right? Its such a joke.

A guy lands a lucky counter punch on an angry Vitali, who was often known as a slow starter, and youd think he was in the war of his life and struggled the whole fight. From round 5 on Sanders landed 6 shots a round. Sanders landed 9 of 90 jabs in that fight. An 8 round heavyweight fight where one fighter lands 9 jabs...9.

no one said Vitali was Jesus, but trying to find fault in that Sanders fight and saying thats somehow a negative on his career....man you guys must think Marciano blew. Hell, ali was knocked down by 188 lbs bum Henry Cooper, what about Lewis getting sparked by 2 journeymen...shavers losing to a guy with a losing record...these are all guys I see habitually in peoples ATG lists but Vitali...Vitali against a guy Vitali simply gets stunned by a counter punch and youd think he lost to a bum or something.

Vitali, against a heavyweight champion with 2 losses (one from getting caught and knocked out early, and the other in a brutal war with another heavyweight champion...who said Sanders hit harder than Tua) gets stunned a little early on and then destroys a guy...I suppose PBF sucks since Mosley did about the same damage on him and Mosley is old and washed up and hasnt been the same since they took his steroids away...And Pac sucks too, since he was stunned by Margarito...who is washed up since they took the plaster out of his gloves...You find me a fighter who even in their prime never was stunned at all...

Vitali's hardest fight was Lewis and its a shame we didnt get to see more of him vs. Lewis because then maybe we'd know how tough Vitali really is and how deep he can dig to win a fight. I do know this, a blinded Vitali, in a pretty big step up, fought Lewis to the edge

[WILL2WIN]

Vitali wasnt in that much trouble against Sanders, people act like he was dying in the ring or something. He got his with a few shots that backed him off and brought him back to earth, but the majority of that fight he was beating on Sanders like he was nothing. In rounds 5-8 Vitali hit sanders with 158 total shots (120 being power punches) and Sanders in turn hit Vitali 19 times. He outlanded him 8x over. Seriously, that fight was a drubbing,t he only thing that was close to happening was in the first, Vitali, having felt that Sanders was done early, overextended himself and almost paid with a knockdown. Was Jones a hard fight for Calzaghe? Cause it was a much harder fight than Sanders was to Vitali. Vitali beat him up like a bum, just let his guard down for a second and came close to almost getting close to getting knocked down. Do you know how amazing Vitali must be if people are considering that Sanders fight a negative. do you know how nitpicky you have to be for that? Ali was knocked down and taken 15 rounds by Chuck Wepner...a guy who makes Sanders look like the GOAT within months of the best win of his career (Foreman), but nope,t hat doesnt count right? Its such a joke.

A guy lands a lucky counter punch on an angry Vitali, who was often known as a slow starter, and youd think he was in the war of his life and struggled the whole fight. From round 5 on Sanders landed 6 shots a round. Sanders landed 9 of 90 jabs in that fight. An 8 round heavyweight fight where one fighter lands 9 jabs...9.

no one said Vitali was Jesus, but trying to find fault in that Sanders fight and saying thats somehow a negative on his career....man you guys must think Marciano blew. Hell, ali was knocked down by 188 lbs bum Henry Cooper, what about Lewis getting sparked by 2 journeymen...shavers losing to a guy with a losing record...these are all guys I see habitually in peoples ATG lists but Vitali...Vitali against a guy Vitali simply gets stunned by a counter punch and youd think he lost to a bum or something.

Vitali, against a heavyweight champion with 2 losses (one from getting caught and knocked out early, and the other in a brutal war with another heavyweight champion...who said Sanders hit harder than Tua) gets stunned a little early on and then destroys a guy...I suppose PBF sucks since Mosley did about the same damage on him and Mosley is old and washed up and hasnt been the same since they took his steroids away...And Pac sucks too, since he was stunned by Margarito...who is washed up since they took the plaster out of his gloves...You find me a fighter who even in their prime never was stunned at all...

Vitali's hardest fight was Lewis and its a shame we didnt get to see more of him vs. Lewis because then maybe we'd know how tough Vitali really is and how deep he can dig to win a fight. I do know this, a blinded Vitali, in a pretty big step up, fought Lewis to the edge

WOW EPIC LONGNESS! I wasn't saying Sanders was his toughest fight,but he is a TOUGH opponent and TOUGH guy 4sure. Lewis had Vitalis whole face ripped open man,of course he was his toughest fight but he was also on the losing end of the stick toward the end and the fight was stopped! Who knows wut may or may not have happened if the fight wasn't stopped? But the right call was made at the time and the rest IS history. Lewis Wins!

[Abraham Reyes]

imo lewis he took some crazy shots in that fight, it looked like lewis stabbed him in the eye.

[jimmy1569]

There's a reason Vitali is the ONLY prominent fighter in boxing history to throw many more punches than everyone of his opponents & land more effectively than them. VITALI simply is a 'robot' always throws punches until his shoulder falls off or his face does. Vitali simply can NOT be outboxed...never happened..never will happen.. He's always got an advantage over his opponent with his master counter punching & offensive arsenal. There's no one better at tagging you.... he ALWAYS gets his punches off in bunches no matter who you are. 2 fighters where he had his worst connect %'s were both featherfisted defensive wizaRDS in Chris Byrd & Kevin Johnson. The 2 fighters who had the best connect %'s on him were Lennox Lewis & Corrie Sanders. Those 4 fights are the ONLY times he's ever shown any type of weakness in a boxing ring.

That's 4 out of 43 fights where he was less than his stellar self but still managed to outbox them thoroughly. The highest KO% & SCORECARD ratio in heavyweight boxing history speaks volumes about his dominance. He either knocks you out 90% of the time while having ALL 3 official judges sanctioned by the boxing commision score more than 90% of the rds he fights in his favor. No MISTAKE Vitali holds both distinctions. You guys truly don't know how DOMINANT THIS fighter has really been.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yeah Lennox never troubled him...

[hweightblogger]

Corrie Sanders was a beast, which is why it pisses me off when people call him a fat bum, fat golfer etc. That "fat golfer" had some of the fastest and hardest hands in the division at the time and was a nightmare for anyone in the first few rounds.

Of all KO kings Corrie Sanders' KOratio in later rounds drops the most. Once you survive the first rounds against Corrie your chances increase dramatically.

The same applies to Earnie Shavers (KOratio in rounds 1-6 = 92%, rounds 7-12 = 23%) and others like Sugar Ray Robinson (96% --> 16%) or Lennox Lewis (93% --> 33%).

The difficulty is to survive Sanders for the first rounds, as you correctly pointed out.

[WILL2WIN]

Of all KO kings Corrie Sanders' KOratio in later rounds drops the most. Once you survive the first rounds against Corrie your chances increase dramatically.

The same applies to Earnie Shavers (KOratio in rounds 1-6 = 92%, rounds 7-12 = 23%) and others like Sugar Ray Robinson (96% --> 16%) or Lennox Lewis (93% --> 33%).

The difficulty is to survive Sanders for the first rounds, as you correctly pointed out.

What the ratio for how much punishment a man can take? I'm sure Sanders stock rises high in that poll! LOL

[nomadman]

What the ratio for how much punishment a man can take? I'm sure Sanders stock rises high in that poll! LOL

Sanders is weird. In some fights it looks like he has a glass jaw, then in others he absorbs insane levels of punishment. Not sure how to explain it, since none of the guys who KOed him were especially big punchers, with the exception of Rahman.

[Johnwoo8686]

Just saw the fight in its entirety and I thought Vitali was clearly outboxing Lewis until the third round when Lewis landed that BIG over hand right. After that Vitali couldnt see the punches coming clearly. Lennox was the stronger man that night but Vitali was the more well-conditioned man. I would have loved to see them prime for prime although I think a fit Lewis probably beats Vitali.

[freedom213]

Lewis wasn't troubling him? He landed the clean right hand on the eye that caused one of the worst cuts I've ever seen in a professional fight. Then he lands something like 12 straight right hands to the side/kidney area while Vitali just holds. You can't just let a fighter do that to you, he can break your ribs.

Then, in the final round, Lewis landed a bomb of an uppercut, and followed it up by stunning Vitali with a left hook along the ropes that prompted Vitali to hold and walk Lewis to the other side of the ring before eating another uppercut at the bell.

The cut hadn't really worsened too much over the last few rounds, but because Vitali was starting to fade and the punishment was setting in on him, the doctors stopped the fight. If Vitali had a good round there, he might have been allowed to continue.

Wasn't troubling him much?

yeah that pretty much sums up my memories a very rough fight on both guys with Klit getting the worse at least as far as damage goes. I think the guy showed a huge chin and heart in that fight.