Will Vitali Retire The Only HW Champ To Never Be Knocked Down?

[PinoyKiller]

The ref called it a slip, which I don't agree with, but watch it here, near the end. I am a Vitali fan though, his chin is great and his power and speed really has gone down since he came back vs peter. I forgot how good he was!

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[jimmy1569]

He was trailing on the scorecards against Herbie Hide when the fight was stopped.

That.s Bs & you know it. Perhaps HIDE got the nod in the first but the first knockdown already had given him an automatic 10-8 rd SO technically even before the second knockdown & eventual fight stopper. Vitali had taken over the lead before the knockout punch & obviously if that rd was scored Vitali would've been ahead..the first knockdown wiped whatever slight advantage Herbie built. It's a similar to the Solis fight.... even if Solis would've won that rd..which wasn't a given as you don't know what the judges are looking for.. Vitali's EFFECTIVE AGGRESSION that ultimately caused the knockout or Solis good movement & countering.. REGARDLESS once HE GOT KNOCKED down... he would've lost the first rd had it continued..so there's no given that Solis was ahead before the knockout.regardless they both lost there advantage guaranteed after the knockdowns. You can't just NOT include the second rd because Herbie was KTFO.... & the rd didn't go to the scorecards. Had both fighters made it past the rd they were ktfo they would have trailed on the scorecards. Vitali is so great that to beat him on the scorecards..you have to win the first rd while he's feeling you out & preparing to knock you out seconds later. He sacrificed both ist rds against said fighters so he can time them & knock them the f out.... I hope this was enough of an explanation for you & that it's OVAH for that noize.

[jimmy1569]

He has been dropped by sanders.

More like pushed to the floor after losing his balance. Sanders paid dearly for daring to get into Vk's Airspace. He got so excited thinking he'd scored the Klitschko lottery.... boy was he ever wrong.. Dude had bumps & his 4head was swollen after the fight. I've never seen a fighter get stopped like he was...he practically looked like he was going to fall over unconscious with the beating he just got. Briggs Areolla.. Peter & Sanders are perfect examples of what happens to fighters if they stay in front of Vitali & don't go down quietly... you're better off just faking your own knockdowns.

[nomadman]

That.s Bs & you know it. bla bla bla...

Rounds are scored only once they've ended. Hide won the first round on at least two of the judges scorecards and was stopped in the second, thus being up on the cards at the time of the stoppage. Saying how the second round would have been scored is irrelevant. Hide was leading on the official scorecards at the end of the fight.

[jimmy1569]

Rounds are scored only once they've ended. Hide won the first round on at least two of the judges scorecards and was stopped in the second, thus being up on the cards at the time of the stoppage. Saying how the second round would have been scored is irrelevant. Hide was leading on the official scorecards at the end of the fight.

Whatever....so what you're saying is we don't get to score an incomplete rd as it doesn't become official until it ends. I guess it's a waste of good taxpayer's money. I'm sure if Vitali would've known that the second rd wouldn't exist at all as far as the judges are concerned he would've carried Hide's hide & delivered the KO blow in the 3rd...lmao... see this is why i could care less about the governing bodies that be. I don't care what anyone says... Hide was trailing that fight when it was stopped. So what you want me to write from now on is that Vitali has NEVER trailed at the end of A bout as long as it's not the scorecards. ok..fine he was too busy knocking him the **** out to notice he was trailing..you happy now.

[PinoyKiller]

More like pushed to the floor after losing his balance. Sanders paid dearly for daring to get into Vk's Airspace. He got so excited thinking he'd scored the Klitschko lottery.... boy was he ever wrong.. Dude had bumps & his 4head was swollen after the fight. I've never seen a fighter get stopped like he was...he practically looked like he was going to fall over unconscious with the beating he just got. Briggs Areolla.. Peter & Sanders are perfect examples of what happens to fighters if they stay in front of Vitali & don't go down quietly... you're better off just faking your own knockdowns.

Looking at the video, he was hurt a d maybe a slight push/punch was there, but Vitali was going down on being hurt to me. I call it how I see it, but Vitali did destroy him after.

[Battle*Hardened]

You forgot to add, "Never fight a guy with a pulse and win"

[jimmy1569]

Looking at the video, he was hurt a d maybe a slight push/punch was there, but Vitali was going down on being hurt to me. I call it how I see it, but Vitali did destroy him after.

Son...there was no way Vitali was going to go down..he took everything Sanders had to offer,,, Sanders landed some good punches in the second rd as well to test Vitali's chin.. The slip you're referring to happened when Vitali was trying to avoid the Sanders onslaught & was clearly nudged down by a Sanders push.. He sprung quickly back up & was embarassed by it.

Sanders on the offensive & Vitali on the retreat made it look as if Sanders flailing arms caused him to taste the canvas when in reality it was Sanders missing wildly & VK trying to avoid incoming & losing his footing & Sanders pushed him down. Sanders IS really THe ONLY ONE that has ever put him in danger of tasting canvas... he was very close but Vitali's chin took the initial blow & all those followups & survived it.. he sure looked awkward doing so... any other heavy tagged cleanly like that would've tasted the canvas.

Once HE GOT used to Sanders rushes... it was target practice at it's worst possible level.. every now & then during the beatdown Sanders would have a burst in him & was dangerous till the end.