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Vitali Klitschko says he's not going to box anymore.
He's retiring from boxing to pursue his political career.
www.ostro.org/general/sport/news/4 06693/ - Translator
David Haye should try for a rematch with Wladimir. He could fight someone like Boytsov and position himself as the WBO mandatory.
This is good news, he didn't look good against Charr, so this is the perfect time for retirement. Whatever the WBC does, there are plenty of fans who won't agree. Let's hope their plan will give us a champ soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedom
Good idea. He definitely looked older and slower against Charr. He has nothing left to prove at this point in his career. There's nobody out there that would really add to his legacy (his brother already embarassed Haye), so all he'd be doing is risking "getting old" in a fight and taking a beating from a guy who wouldn't have lasted 4 rounds with him 5 years ago.
Vitali had a remarkable career. He dominated the division, he and his brother made history, and he has a Hall of Fame record.
Wladimir will no doubt go after the WBC belt once it's vacated and I'm assuming should all go to plan we will see Wladimir Klitschko vs Cris Arreola (providing Wlad beats Mariusz Wach) in the unification bout and after that Wlad will have his pick of opponents: Seth Mitchell, David Haye II, Tomaz Adamek, Alexander Povetkin, Kubrat Pulev, Tyson Fury, Odlanier Solis, Robert Helenius, David Price, etc.
Wladimir can make a run at Joe Louis' record of title defenses
Expected it! Watch haye (who was offered numerous contracts to fight vitali) go round calling vitali a ducker and a runner now lol.
Have a great retirement champ, when the dust settles ppl will appreciate u more. It's been a pleasure watching u. Legend!
Respect.
Fair play to me.
Hope he is serious about having a serious impact into a less than pleasant political system.
Best of luck to the champ in this new chapter of his life.
he certaınly was the most successful heavyweıght of the last 10 years.
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust
Best fight was the lennox
Lewis LOSS.
Well done anyway.
Now he says he'll fight on :headscratch:
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As I have said in another post Haye should hope Vitali wins the election then either Vitali retires and vacates the title for him to fight or Vitali will spend less time focussing on boxing and Haye can pull off the upset similarly to Bradley against Pacquiao.
God..damn it Vitali retire man!
You are not suggesting that Timmy actually beat Manny are you?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Haye will no doubt increase his roar now and probably suggest he is ducking him. I think Wlad will now seek this belt out to be the first big 3 undisputed champ since Lewis and the first unified 4 belt champ ever.
Good luck to him, whatever he chooses.
Conflicting stories.
Vitali says he’s not retiring
Vitali is currently campaigning in Ukraine for his UDAR party and is seeking to become mayor of Kiev.
But Vitali assured fans that he does not currently have plans to retire from boxing:
"There is no talk about the end of my career," he posted on Facebook. "I'm sorry if I didn't put enough emphasis on this at the news conference."
So it doesn't look like Vitali will retire from boxing just yet, he could however get his ass murdered if he keeps dabbling in Ukrainian politics.
Vitali Klitschko: WBC Heavyweight Champ Addresses Retirement Rumors | Bleacher Report
One last fight against Haye then he can retire with all due respect.
My worry is that he is almost 42 years of age and contrary to what we've been seeing in boxing as older boxers win fights its mainly due to the inexperience of their opponent and the older man's experience. They are old, their reflexes much slower than use to be and their bodies can't the the same amount of punishment as a young man.
It is dangerous for a 41 year old heavyweight to still be fighting. This is doubly true considering how injury prone Vitali has been.
However I admit the big glaring reason I don't want him to fight Haye is because he [Vitali] did not look that good in his last outing and last thing I really want to see is people gloating over the fact that a 42 year old was beaten in a young man's game. I don't think he will lose but I think the possibility has increased since the last time the fight was brought to the table.
Also, what has Haye done to earn this fight? He is the Chavez of the heavyweight division, actually the order should be reversed. The point is that he was beaten by Wlad and he beat the guy that Vitali beat. How does that entitle him to fight number 1 ranked HW?
Apologize for the small rant. It upsets me that the name 'number 1 challenger' means nothing anymore.
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Originally Posted by IamInuitYou are not suggesting that Timmy actually beat Manny are you?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Haye will no doubt increase his roar now and probably suggest he is ducking him. I think Wlad will now seek this belt out to be the first big 3 undisputed champ since Lewis and the first unified 4 belt champ ever.
Officially Tim beat Manny and he has the title so anything can happen in boxing. However I forgot Wlad will want to clean up the division and be undisputed champion so he may be in the running too.