Vitaliy steps down like a man. Good luck to Vitaliy.

[Derranged]

oh yeah, by the way, he is doing the right thing by vacating the belt, sortof. if hes the champ hes got a right to take the time he needs to get better. this is not a guy who isnt fighting because hes scared, hes hurt. But to retire? this stinks of quitting. unbelievable. he says, "i want to be able to give the fans what they deserve." what we deserve is a friggin heavyweight championship fight. if it has to be a year from now, so be it. dont quit, you f****** p****.

Most likely he will come back, but he probably wont get to fight Rahman. No way will Rahman accept it.

[Manny_P]

whateva. tis action definitely font look good to anybody who watches boxing.

[Stiv Rex]

Most likely he will come back, but he probably wont get to fight Rahman. No way will Rahman accept it.

yeah, but those european fighters usually stick to their word when it comes to retiring.
but if he did come back, rahman would have to accept a fight. looking at the heavyweights, youve got rahman, vitaly and maybe james toney, although hes gotta go back and do it again to ruiz before he gets in. youve got the guy who beat lennox once, and the guy who might have, no way to know what would have happened. in order for rahman to have legitimacy, for the heavyweights to have a champ, he would have to fight vitaly, otherwise there is that hanging question mark.
but like i said earlier, for vitaly to quit like this is ridiculous, i hope he stays quit, and ill call rahman the champ until someone beats him.
the heavyweights are a sorry division right now.

[!!Captain]

The WBC gave him one week to meet with their designated doctor, or get stripped. So he retires and won't have to see the doctor. How convenient.

Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge from me, I've got two!

I don't know the truth, nobody on this forum does, but I'm not buying what they're selling without VERIFICATION. You can take it hook, line and sinker if you wish, and more power to you.

He saw the doctor and had operation performed. The reason he retired is because the doctor told him he will need to wait for 6 months before he can train again. Get your facts right.
I think he will come back to challenge the undisputed champ (if we ever have one).

[N_P]

Man, Rahman scared him so badly. All praise to Rahman!

Come on. I am sure you dont believe the single word you said.

[Hitman932]

Is there any way to verify that his knee is torn? And if so, would that shut the haters up, at least about the "fake injury" allegations?

the WBC had their doctors verify, any allegation that the injury is made up is pure hore****


he tore his meniscus which isnt that bad an injury, but they also found he had ruptured his acl, which is very significant injury that ends careers in other sports

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the WBC had their doctors verify, any allegation that the injury is made up is pure hore****


he tore his meniscus which isnt that bad an injury, but they also found he had ruptured his acl, which is very significant injury that ends careers in other sports

So the WBC acknowledges that the injury is real?