Vitali was retired during that period and since then he has been very active, fighting four times in little over a year. The opponents he fights are all of a high standard and shown they have world class ability. They may not be great, but they are good by today's standards and his recent resume is more impressive than any other heavyweight.J wrote:crusader wrote:Vitali has fought much better opposition than sub par European level fighters. Arreola, Johnson, Peter, Gomez, Sanders, and Johnson were all top ten world ranked fighters or close to it when he easily beat them and he went toe to toe in a great war with an all time great HW in Lewis. Saying his opinion is worthless because of his level of opposition is stupid. At least he is staying active unlike so many other champions now a days. I guess some people don't like that though.
I would have loved a rematch between Lewis and Vitali. Their fight was excellent and it was unfortunate the ending was rather undramatic.
active? are you for real? Nothing about a 30-4 year hiatus for injury that suddenly cleared up, the opponents you cherry pick there are accross a six/seven year period and still dont stack up very well.
Or are you trying to say Vitali has fought great opponents...now that is plain stupid.
My point is if he is so great there are better opponents out there than bloody albert sosnowski, so stop bleating aobut something that happend nearly a decade ago and concentrate on fighting better opponents now.
I agree with your second point. Vitali should quite talking about Lewis, because whats done is done and there is obviously no chance a rematch will take place. He should be focusing his attention on Sosnowski then Haye, because that is the only opponent currently fighting who really means anything.
