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pundit wrote:

Collins2000 wrote:

Great Dane wrote: Vitali was controling the fight with one arm!
He had a sholder-injury!

Now, do you really beleive that Byrd beat Vitali? On the paper, yes!

A fit for fight Vitali would beat Burd 99 times out of 100!

If he was "controlling the fight with one arm" why did he quit?

Because the pain forced him to do so.

because vitali lacks toughness. 2 rounds to go in a championship fight vs a feather fisted bryd?? you gotta be a warrior! you gotta be hungry to keep ur title! quitschko could have easily sucked it up and survived the last 2 rounds.....all he needed to do was survive. a shot evander holyfield fought 12 rounds vs chris bryd with the smae injury vitali had and evander had no chance of winning!


u think a gatti, marciano, lamotta, basillio, ali would quit in that exact same situation?



quitschko lacks toughess. if vitali made it that far......then he can make it through the last 2 rounds. think of the circumstances.......he had the fight won, feathe fisted bryd stood no chance of knocking out vitali so there was no risks, and vitali was champion defending his title! wheres the warrior mentality? doesnt the championship mean something?



you think marciano thought about quitting when his nose was cut open running like a faucet? u think it didnt hurt? imagine if marciano quit cause the "pain" was too much.

quitschko was slow, he had bad defense, he threw uncoordinated arm punches and lacked one punch KO power, he lacks toughness, he is very unproven, and he is a sucker for right hands with that low left and standing straight up.


tyson would nail him with that right hand and then finish him off later in the same round. vitali never beat anyone close to the all around skill and punching abilities of a peak mike tyson



tyson TKO 4 vitali

pundit,

you critisize marciano for beating old men walcott and moore......but these old men were in great shape when they fought marciano. even joe louis was in very good shape for his age when he fought rocky.


38 year old lennox was way out of shape(257lb a career high) when he fought VK.



39 year old corrie sanders was way out of shape(235lb) and hyperventaliting after 2 rounds when he fought vitali.



so vitali was fighting men that were not only old, they were also fat and out of shape

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:pundit,

you critisize marciano for beating old men walcott and moore......but these old men were in great shape when they fought marciano. even joe louis was in very good shape for his age when he fought rocky.
38 year old lennox was way out of shape(257lb a career high) when he fought VK.

39 year old corrie sanders was way out of shape(235lb) and hyperventaliting after 2 rounds when he fought vitali.

so vitali was fighting men that were not only old, they were also fat and out of shape

I'm not comparing Vitali to Marciano. Marciano is a top 15 all-time HW and a legend. Vitali is at best top 40 or top 50, and he won't make the history books as much more than the crude, tall, hard-hitting Ukrainian with a PhD who gave old Lennox a tough fight and who took over the #1 sport for a couple of years when the heavyweight division was at a low point.

Prime Tyson would destroy both Klitschko’s, on consecutive nights even. As nervous as Wlad is before and during bouts he would probably pass out in the dressing room and have to be wheeled out in a wheel-chair and then do his best Bruce Seldon impersonation...Vitali might last two, maybe three rounds, but Tyson would knock his big ass out in pretty quick fashion as well.

I don't remember Vitali ever establishing himself as number 1. Wins over Corrie Sanders, Kirk Johnson and Danny Williams are fine but he never beat Ruiz or Byrd, guys he would have had to beat to claim the number 1 spot.

barry wrote:Prime Tyson would destroy both Klitschko’s, on consecutive nights even.

Probably the same night.

The Great John L wrote:

barry wrote:Prime Tyson would destroy both Klitschko’s, on consecutive nights even.

Probably the same night.

dare I say...at the same time?

Tyson TKO 7.

I'm not comparing Vitali to Marciano. Marciano is a top 15 all-time HW and a legend.

top 10 obviousely

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:

I'm not comparing Vitali to Marciano. Marciano is a top 15 all-time HW and a legend.

top 10 obviousely

Marciano is definetly not top 10, he was lucky to be fighting in a very poor crop of HW's and his best wins were old men, and even at that Walcott was ahead on all score cards before he was knocked out by one desperation punch and Moore floored him. Even old man Louis gave Rocky a bit of bothter in the earlier rounds and we also cant forget how LHW Charles gave Rocky a very close fight the first time around.
Hell Larry Holmes's era was freakin more talented than the era Marciano fought in.

Ill pick Vitali to keep the crude Marciano at bay and stop him on cuts.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:

I'm not comparing Vitali to Marciano. Marciano is a top 15 all-time HW and a legend.

top 10 obviousely

If you wish. Does it really matter whether you have Marciano #5 or #8 or #10 or #13. He's a legend in any case.

Vitali isn't and won't be a legend. Only a good heavyweight in a weak transition era who was able to give the ageing ATG Lennox Lewis a hell of a fight.

I have trouble believing a 5'9" guy with a 70/71" reach would have an easy time reaching Vitali's chin, not to mention the fact that Vitali has quite a good chin.


I'm gonna go with a decision...

And technically it could go either way...

Both men had somewhat questionable heart... And I would imagine which ever one decided it wasn't going their way first... Would lose the decision.

RazorKO wrote:

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:

I'm not comparing Vitali to Marciano. Marciano is a top 15 all-time HW and a legend.

top 10 obviousely

Marciano is definetly not top 10, he was lucky to be fighting in a very poor crop of HW's and his best wins were old men, and even at that Walcott was ahead on all score cards before he was knocked out by one desperation punch and Moore floored him. Even old man Louis gave Rocky a bit of bothter in the earlier rounds and we also cant forget how LHW Charles gave Rocky a very close fight the first time around.
Hell Larry Holmes's era was freakin more talented than the era Marciano fought in.

Ill pick Vitali to keep the crude Marciano at bay and stop him on cuts.

all i have to say is


Jaco TKO 7 Ruddock


Bruno KO 1 coetzee

pundit wrote:
Vitali isn't and won't be a legend. Only a good heavyweight in a weak transition era who was able to give the ageing ATG Lennox Lewis a hell of a fight.

I agree with this. He's nothing more adn I don't see anyone claiming otherwise. This makes me wonder why these threads are coming up?

Ezzard wrote:

pundit wrote:
Vitali isn't and won't be a legend. Only a good heavyweight in a weak transition era who was able to give the ageing ATG Lennox Lewis a hell of a fight.

I agree with this. He's nothing more adn I don't see anyone claiming otherwise. This makes me wonder why these threads are coming up?

To be honest, I don't know either. However, as soon as one writes "in 2004/05 Klitschko was the world's #1 heavyweight" some folks here lose their temper....

pundit wrote:

Ezzard wrote:

pundit wrote:
Vitali isn't and won't be a legend. Only a good heavyweight in a weak transition era who was able to give the ageing ATG Lennox Lewis a hell of a fight.

I agree with this. He's nothing more adn I don't see anyone claiming otherwise. This makes me wonder why these threads are coming up?

To be honest, I don't know either. However, as soon as one writes "in 2004/05 Klitschko was the world's #1 heavyweight" some folks here lose their temper....

You don’t know how these Klit threads get started? It seems like you started at least one of them. And it was one of those silly polls without enough choices.

The Great John L wrote:

pundit wrote:

Ezzard wrote: I agree with this. He's nothing more adn I don't see anyone claiming otherwise. This makes me wonder why these threads are coming up?

To be honest, I don't know either. However, as soon as one writes "in 2004/05 Klitschko was the world's #1 heavyweight" some folks here lose their temper....

You don’t know how these Klit threads get started? It seems like you started at least one of them. And it was one of those silly polls without enough choices.

..... however, as soon as one writes "in 2004/05 Klitschko was the world's #1 heavyweight" some folks here lose their temper....

Decagon wrote:

pundit wrote:Well, Vitali went for the one and only real belt -- the WBC belt of Lennox lewis.

Normally fighters are being credigted when they refuse to get drawn into the ABC-BS and focus on the true challenges, but of course not if your name is Vitali Klitschko.

So, are you saying that Wlad doesn't hold a real belt, and that Oleg Maskaev is the true World Heavyweight Champion because he held the WBC belt of Lennox Lewis?

Read again: the WBC belt of Lennox Lewis.

Decagon wrote:

Tantum wrote:I have trouble believing a 5'9" guy with a 70/71" reach would have an easy time reaching Vitali's chin, not to mention the fact that Vitali has quite a good chin...

Chris Byrd didn't have trouble reaching Bitschko's chin. He was backing Quitali up, and he made the Bitch quit. I'm pretty certain Marciano's punches - even if they were just to Bitschko's arms and shoulders - would cause Bitschko enough pain to make him quit again.

Chris Byrd is 6', and that was AFTER Vitali injured his arm.

Tantum wrote:

Decagon wrote:

Tantum wrote:I have trouble believing a 5'9" guy with a 70/71" reach would have an easy time reaching Vitali's chin, not to mention the fact that Vitali has quite a good chin...

Chris Byrd didn't have trouble reaching Bitschko's chin. He was backing Quitali up, and he made the Bitch quit. I'm pretty certain Marciano's punches - even if they were just to Bitschko's arms and shoulders - would cause Bitschko enough pain to make him quit again.

Chris Byrd is 6', and that was AFTER Vitali injured his arm.

You're far too reasonable, my friend.

Decagon wrote:

pundit wrote:

Decagon wrote:So, are you saying that Wlad doesn't hold a real belt, and that Oleg Maskaev is the true World Heavyweight Champion because he held the WBC belt of Lennox Lewis?

Read again: the WBC belt of Lennox Lewis.

Lennox Lewis still has that belt. The WBC made a new belt when it ordered Quitali and Sanders to fight for the vacant title.

Full phrase thne:

Vitali went for the one and only real belt -- the WBC belt of Lennox lewis.

Prime Tyson knocks both brothers out in one night easy.

He was on the decline mentally by the time Douglas got him but it's a good win none the less.

Max Molyneux wrote:Prime Tyson knocks both brothers out in one night easy.

... and Calzaghe beat Lacy thanks to his power and Lacy's weak chin....

vitali quitschko is so unproven you cannot possibly rate him high.


so wut if vitali won ahead on the scorecards vs a 37 year old past his prime way out of shape lennox lewis


frank bruno won 4 of the first 6 rounds vs a PRIME in shape lennox


ray mercer fought 10 even rounds with a prime lennox lewis



these are bigger accomplishments