Vitali Klitschko tribute thread

[The Hammer]

Freedom:

Do any of these guys crack the top 150 HWT's ever?

No, probably not.

But they were not bums either.

[FlatLine]

LMFAO!!! you're the only person in the world literally that thinks worse of Vitali for not fighting Haye.

Haye is pretty much universally considered a joke.

you might as ell have typed that Vitali will be know for ducking Marco Huck unless he fights him before retirement.

Whenever Vitali's name comes up in conversation with other boxers or boxing fans, Haye is almost always mentioned and the question is brought up - when will Vitali stop avoiding Haye?

There is an established history between Haye and Vitali. Haye was asked to beat Chisora by Vitali and Boente - if he was successful, Vitali said (live on camera) that he would fight him. As soon as Haye knocked out Chisora (something Vitali couldn't do) the Klitschko camp have been avoiding Haye.

You can try and skirt around the issue, but at the end of the day you can't deny the facts. Just go and watch the post-fight conference of Vitali-Chisora - it's there for the world to see.

[PD21]

150 HWT's ever?

You could make a case for Corrie Sanders considering he blew away ATG Wvladimir Klitschko in 2 rounds the fight before.

[The Hammer]

Whenever Vitali's name comes up in conversation with other boxers or boxing fans, Haye is almost always mentioned and the question is brought up - when will Vitali stop avoiding Haye?

Vitali was set to fight Haye on HBO in 2009, but Haye got cold feet.

Now that Vitali has looked faded at age 41 in his past two fights, Haye wants a piece of him.

If you can't see what's wrong with that, you're not really a boxing fan. The equivalent would be Mike Tyson calling out Muhammed Ali when Ali was in his 40s.

Haye is a fraud and Vitali beating him at age 41 or 42 does NOTHING for his legacy.

[The Big Dunn]

No, probably not.

But they were not bums either.

These are all journeyman, except Adamek who was a very good at crusier, not HWT. Respectfully, this this is not the level of opposition that a HOF fighter should have.

[BattlingNelson]

A great ambassador for the sport and for his country. A true gentleman outside the ring and a true badass between the ropes.

My favourite heavyweight of this generation.

[The Big Dunn]

Vitali was set to fight Haye on HBO in 2009, but Haye got cold feet.

Now that Vitali has looked faded at age 41 in his past two fights, Haye wants a piece of him.

If you can't see what's wrong with that, you're not really a boxing fan. The equivalent would be Mike Tyson calling out Muhammed Ali when Ali was in his 40s.

Haye is a fraud and Vitali beating him at age 41 or 42 does NOTHING for his legacy.

You should point out that Vitali is not an old 41. He took 4 years off and since his comeback hasn't fought anyone with a real pulse other than aerrola. So its not like he's ALi, who fought real good competition and didn't take time off.

[FlatLine]

Vitali was set to fight Haye on HBO in 2009, but Haye got cold feet.

Now that Vitali has looked faded at age 41 in his past two fights, Haye wants a piece of him.

If you can't see what's wrong with that, you're not really a boxing fan. The equivalent would be Mike Tyson calling out Muhammed Ali when Ali was in his 40s.

Haye is a fraud and Vitali beating him at age 41 or 42 does NOTHING for his legacy.

Haye beat Chisora, just as Vitali asked in order to make the fight happen. What does say for Vitali's character if he now goes back on his word and doesn't fight Haye.

That action will historically hang over his career unless he faces Haye.

And Vitali still has a huge size advantage over Haye, he may well beat him even though Haye looked much better against Chisora than Vitali did. Styles make fights after all.

[The Hammer]

You could make a case for Corrie Sanders considering he blew away ATG Wladimir Klitschko in 2 rounds the fight before.

When you consider some of the fighters who are in the top 150, I'd agree.

I see Sam Peter is ranked the #151 all-time HW by the BoxRec computer.

[PD21]

When you consider some of the fighters who are in the top 150, I'd agree.

I see Sam Peter is ranked the #151 all-time HW by the BoxRec computer.

Yeah if we saw a list of the top 150 im sure there would be atleast one person on there that we could replace with Corrie Sanders