Quote Originally Posted by Balboa View Post
Someone tell me of a punch that wobbled the hell out of Vitali. Ever. Or a time when he fought scared because he was concerned of incoming thunder?
I will say Vitali should have had 1 knockdown scored against him vs Sanders....I think Corrie Sanders is one of the most underrated punchers in the game, he had hellacious power, he just didn't bother training. Vitali also got rocked by a few Lennox Lewis uppercuts but held on obviously.

I would have loved a rematch of Lewis-Vitali, I think that coupled with Lennox Lewis' aversion to give due credit to Vitali really robbed fight fans of a "torch passing" moment. But I understand why Lennox wouldn't do such a thing.

I think a Tyson-Vitali fight would have really favored Vitali based on his chin and awkwardness. Vitali also has a very underrated defense when it comes to blocking punches to the body. Since both Vitali's arms are down he covers his body completely and he's 6'8 so unless Mike has a step stool he's not going to catch him in the head all that easily....I would say 70/30 in favor of Vitali, the 30 being if Tyson was able ot break down the body or Vitali gets hurt or cut or what have you....hard to justify a Tyson early KO of someone as durable in the chin as Vitali, equally hard to justify seeing Tyson take away a points win....not saying it couldn't happen though