There are a lot of Vitaly Klitchko haters/doubters out there and I think that many are off base. I do realize that it may be me that is offbase-it could just be that I am so ready/hopeful/praying...for someone to take hold of the division and dominate it that I could have blinders on, but for now I don't think that is the case.
People out there act like Vklit was beaten by Chris Byrd, well it does count as a loss but If I were Chris Byrd that is no victory that I would be bragging about, he got his ass kicked in that fight as was the most surprised man in the arena when Vitaly decided to hang it up with a huge lead on the cards...Give VK the benefit of the doubt here after all for the entire fight he dominated a guy that is supposedly one of the most if not the most difficult fighters to fight. If he quits again then lets talk about it.
VKLIT v. LEWIS...This is his biggest argument and why fans should think a bit more of him. I am not going too say that he was going to win that fight, it was in all reality either mans fight going into the 7th. Vklit was a bit out of steam and was somewhat hurt and Lewis barely landed on his stewl at the end of the 6th, both men appeared to be done! He hurt Lewis repeately in this fight and throughout the bout took huge shots and showed as he has recently that he knows how too survive when he needs too, unlike his brother. What I find interesting and solidifying in Vklit's case is that Lewis did not want a rematch? What the hell? What the hell? Lewis said that he had done everything he needed to do and his legacy was complete....wrong! Lewis let a guy **** him around for six rounds, Lewis was lucky in a way with the cut, the punch was not a clean cut right hand, it landed high and his glove slid up Vitaly's face, it looked like a half punch half duck tape cut too me. When Lewis was supposedly in his prime he let a big unccoordinated quitter take the fight too him and at the time of the stoppage this quitter was up on all cards. Thats Lennox's last fight...why no rematch?
No rematch because this guy is better than you think, Lewis figured that the public would give him a pass because he was not in shape (Manny Steward said he was in great shape, and two weeks before when the Johnson fight was in jeopardy Jim Lampley was interviewing Lennox talking about what great shape he was in and how it would be a shame if the Johnson fight did not come off)
and he underestimated the guy, Lewis figured that everyone new that if he was primed and ready to go then it would have been an easy night. Is that what he figured? Manny Steward and Lennox knew that a rematch was nothing like a rematch with McCall or Rock, they were facing a guy that matched up very well with them. In all reality Rock doesn't match up well with LEwis, like Rock said I couldn't even get close too him in the second fight. Vitaly can and would've.
The fact that Lennox refused a rematch with a guy who was beating him should tell you that this guy is legit or at the very least better than you think. He smoked Kirk Johnson like no one else has, he was nailed with some huge lefts in the sanders fight(ones that he never saw coming, oh by the way he had never fought a southpaw before), easily survived and dished out a monster beating, he has been incredibly resourceful with his punches showing that he does watch weak fighters like WladKLIT and yes...he learns from their mistakes. He will thrash Danny Willians as well with relative ease. After the Williams fight there will still be people out there that think he sucks. The only thing that I know for sure is that it won't be me and more importantly it won't be Lennox Lewis.
People out there act like Vklit was beaten by Chris Byrd, well it does count as a loss but If I were Chris Byrd that is no victory that I would be bragging about, he got his ass kicked in that fight as was the most surprised man in the arena when Vitaly decided to hang it up with a huge lead on the cards...Give VK the benefit of the doubt here after all for the entire fight he dominated a guy that is supposedly one of the most if not the most difficult fighters to fight. If he quits again then lets talk about it.
VKLIT v. LEWIS...This is his biggest argument and why fans should think a bit more of him. I am not going too say that he was going to win that fight, it was in all reality either mans fight going into the 7th. Vklit was a bit out of steam and was somewhat hurt and Lewis barely landed on his stewl at the end of the 6th, both men appeared to be done! He hurt Lewis repeately in this fight and throughout the bout took huge shots and showed as he has recently that he knows how too survive when he needs too, unlike his brother. What I find interesting and solidifying in Vklit's case is that Lewis did not want a rematch? What the hell? What the hell? Lewis said that he had done everything he needed to do and his legacy was complete....wrong! Lewis let a guy **** him around for six rounds, Lewis was lucky in a way with the cut, the punch was not a clean cut right hand, it landed high and his glove slid up Vitaly's face, it looked like a half punch half duck tape cut too me. When Lewis was supposedly in his prime he let a big unccoordinated quitter take the fight too him and at the time of the stoppage this quitter was up on all cards. Thats Lennox's last fight...why no rematch?
No rematch because this guy is better than you think, Lewis figured that the public would give him a pass because he was not in shape (Manny Steward said he was in great shape, and two weeks before when the Johnson fight was in jeopardy Jim Lampley was interviewing Lennox talking about what great shape he was in and how it would be a shame if the Johnson fight did not come off)
and he underestimated the guy, Lewis figured that everyone new that if he was primed and ready to go then it would have been an easy night. Is that what he figured? Manny Steward and Lennox knew that a rematch was nothing like a rematch with McCall or Rock, they were facing a guy that matched up very well with them. In all reality Rock doesn't match up well with LEwis, like Rock said I couldn't even get close too him in the second fight. Vitaly can and would've.
The fact that Lennox refused a rematch with a guy who was beating him should tell you that this guy is legit or at the very least better than you think. He smoked Kirk Johnson like no one else has, he was nailed with some huge lefts in the sanders fight(ones that he never saw coming, oh by the way he had never fought a southpaw before), easily survived and dished out a monster beating, he has been incredibly resourceful with his punches showing that he does watch weak fighters like WladKLIT and yes...he learns from their mistakes. He will thrash Danny Willians as well with relative ease. After the Williams fight there will still be people out there that think he sucks. The only thing that I know for sure is that it won't be me and more importantly it won't be Lennox Lewis.
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