Vitali Klitschko tribute thread

[Freedom]

Some of Vitali's wins:

Tomasz Adamek (44-1) - Ring Top 5 HW, former Ring and linear CW Champ, LHW Champ

Corrie Sanders (39-2) - WBO HW Champ, hardest punching southpaw, coming off win over Wladimir, Ring #2 HW

Sam Peter (30-1) - WBC HW Champ, Ring #2 HW, tough as nails, dangerous big puncher, coming off wins over Maskaev, Toney X2, McCline

Herbie Hide (31-1) - WBO HW Champ, coming off 2nd round KO win over Tony Tucker. Riddick Bowe was badly hurt several times and almost KO'd by Hide. After the fight Bowe admitted he was out on his feet several times and said Hide was the hardest puncher he ever faced.

Chris Arreola (27-0) - Undefeated #1 contender, tough as nails, dangerous knockout artist, Ring top 10 HW.

Odlanier Solis (17-0) - Undefeated Olympic Gold Medalist, Ring #10 HW at the time

Juan Carlos Gomez (44-1) - Very skilled slick southpaw, Ring Top 10 HW, one of the greatest cruiserweights of all time, made 11 world title defences

Shannon Briggs (51-5) - 2 time HW Champ, dangerous big puncher, last American HW champ

Larry Donald (39-2) - dominated Holyfield, had never been dropped or stopped until he fought Vitali...Vitali was the only man to knockdown and KO the iron-chinned Donald, floored him 4 times.

Danny Williams (32-3) - dangerous puncher, coming off 4th round KO win over Mike Tyson.

Kirk Johnson (34-1) - Slick boxer/puncher, coming wins over Maskaev, Donald, only previous loss was beating Ruiz until he got disqualified for low blows