Vitali Retires, Article Inside!!!

[PBDS]

is anyone still a vitali fan after all of this? the postponements and retirement outta the blue?

...Yep, and his place will be debated for a long time. His only two loses due to injury(he was winning both fights), he was never behind on any scorecard after the 2nd round of any fight, never knocked down in any fight, one of the highest KO percentages in history, WBC and Ring Champion when he retired. Hell, it's no telling where he would have stood if not for the injuries.

[Bombardier]

I'm not sure why people think this retirement is out of the blue. He was too hurt to even train properly for a fight after nearly a year of trying to heal and couldn't do it. I'm just glad he had the honour to hang it up.

[kbpoetree]

...Yep, and his place will be debated for a long time. His only two loses due to injury(he was winning both fights), he was never behind on any scorecard after the 2nd round of any fight, never knocked down in any fight, one of the highest KO percentages in history, WBC and Ring Champion when he retired. Hell, it's no telling where he would have stood if not for the injuries.

i hate injury's they kept me outta runnen the 100m in the 04 olympics, but hey, it turned out for the good, now i am boxing

[roberson2u]

Makes sense...

I was shocked to see this so I guess it wasn't really outta nowhere that he retired...I'm just stunned it happened like this. Now he will have to hear the " did steroids play a part" and all of that. It really doesn't matter and I could care less either way honestly...he's still got money

[Bombardier]

i hate injury's they kept me outta runnen the 100m in the 04 olympics, but hey, it turned out for the good, now i am boxing

That was a good final, that 100m in Athens.

[masterdirector]

...Yep, and his place will be debated for a long time. His only two loses due to injury(he was winning both fights), he was never behind on any scorecard after the 2nd round of any fight, never knocked down in any fight, one of the highest KO percentages in history, WBC and Ring Champion when he retired. Hell, it's no telling where he would have stood if not for the injuries.

And he never beat anybody. Don't forget that part. His two best matches are his losses.

[kbpoetree]

That was a good final, that 100m in Athens.

hell yeah it was, was depressen for me tho, i got a hamstring pull the week after i qualified for the olympic trials after runnen a 10.19 i know it aint under 10, but i was well on my way, that was only the second year i ever ran track,didnt run untill college

[DiegoFuego]

God damn, Vitali was the only good heavyweight.........

LOL, worst post of November

[DiegoFuego]

...Yep, and his place will be debated for a long time. His only two loses due to injury(he was winning both fights), he was never behind on any scorecard after the 2nd round of any fight, never knocked down in any fight, one of the highest KO percentages in history, WBC and Ring Champion when he retired. Hell, it's no telling where he would have stood if not for the injuries.

don't forget he never won a meaningful fight in his career

[Bombardier]

hell yeah it was, was depressen for me tho, i got a hamstring pull the week after i qualified for the olympic trials after runnen a 10.19 i know it aint under 10, but i was well on my way, that was only the second year i ever ran track,didnt run untill college

That sucks, 10.19's a good time. But at least you've made the most of it, getting into boxing.