Vitali is GONE! Is this good or bad for boxing!?

[Derranged]

I guess he saying its hating becuase you called Vit a chump. But no matter, I think he can bounce back from this if he is good and ready to fight.... But one thing.. it is definite that he wont be able to fight for a while or is it still pending?? Im hoping he can get better for early Dec... If he could get better by early DEC, could we see a fight???

[DiegoFuego]

This is exactly what I was waiting for. Now everyone who thought Vitali was done with his quitting after his showing in the Lewis fight has been proven wrong. Vitali chose not to fight through his injuries (4 before the same fight? PUH-LEAZE!) so he deserves to lose his title. I say now that Don King owns all the champs, this is a very good thing for boxing. HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNEY, BABY. And no Klitschko's involved! The heavyweight division is saved.

[McKay 1]

And no Klitschko's involved! The heavyweight division is saved.

Actually Wlad will have the IBF title by Februaray. And even if Vitali loses the WBC title it doesn't mean he's "gone." If he gets healthy again he can come back and take some of the belts.

[McKay 1]

IF it wern't for injury and age Vitali couldn't have been a reasonably dominant heavyweight champion. Maybe he still can, but he is, getting old.

[Tony Blitz]

[McKay 1]

You spend too much time with Adobe Photoshop.

[Manny_P]

ohhhhh, Vitali, I neva realize you's a chicken. I thought Vitali was OK, but tis act is jest being a chicken. Pacquiao sprained his ankle pretty bad 1 week befo he fought Marquez, but he still fought on. Too many excuses from Vitali to avoid a fighta he coulda probably beaten anywayz. I see lack of confidence from KleeschkHoe.

[McKay 1]

Anybody calling Vitali a chicken for not fighting because of a knee injury cleary is not interested in any kind of logic or sane thinking.

One of my best and oldest friends who I played high school football with also boxed, at a gym in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago on the southwest side, same neighborhood my dad grew up in for the most part actually. Anyway he had a very similar knee injury to the one Vitali has, torn ligaments in the knee, required surgery. This guy was a great athlete and this injury put an all together end to both his boxing and football careers respectively.

[MetalVomit]

Vitali KO9 Rahman

[Tha Greatest]

Vitali KO9 Rahman

No, because he's scared.

No matter how good you are, if you're scared, then you will not succeed.