Vitali's 1st career: KICKboxing!!??

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

LOL. So what? Maskaev stopped VK in the amateurs! Kickboxing is not even the same sport, so who cares? Michael Jordan didn't look so hot as a baseball player either, but it doesn't affect his legacy as a basketballer.

Wake me when you find footage of someone knocking VK out in a boxing ring, something that happened many moons ago in a kickboxing competition is not relevant.

Someone post the fight where Orlin Norris kayoed Pele Reid in 1 round. That has relevance on here.

The hatred on SB for K2 is astounding and quite pitiful really. I could understand it if they were just 'a flash in the pan' but it's been a decade of dominance now. Haters are getting old.

[Beanflicker]

I think it speaks even more highly of Vitali to make the transition from kickboxing to boxing and reach such a high level. Kickboxers obviously don't have near the punching skill that a boxer does, and they are used to fighting at a different range than boxers (kicking range rather than punching range). In kickboxing you also get used to keeping guys away with front kicks, so in order to become the champ he was, Vitali had to un-learn a TON of kickboxing habits. I'm surprised over the years he never kicked someone just on instinct in a boxing match.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

I think it speaks even more highly of Vitali to make the transition from kickboxing to boxing and reach such a high level. Kickboxers obviously don't have near the punching skill that a boxer does, and they are used to fighting at a different range than boxers (kicking range rather than punching range). In kickboxing you also get used to keeping guys away with front kicks, so in order to become the champ he was, Vitali had to un-learn a TON of kickboxing habits. I'm surprised over the years he never kicked someone just on instinct in a boxing match.

Do u know who lyle is? He keeps calling me lyle. Im confused...

[Fenster]

@THE PHILOSOPHER - Who's calling you Lyle?

Lyle is the Klits biggest ever fan (well until you arrived).

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

@THE PHILOSOPHER - Who's calling you Lyle?

Lyle is the Klits biggest ever fan (well until you arrived).

Oh right...ermhhh OK then.

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

If u want great kickboxers Fenster here:

[Fenster]

What's kickboxing have to do with me? What's going on?

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

What's kickboxing have to do with me? What's going on?

Who bumped this thread, thought it was u? Might have been someone else. Someone has a thing for kickboxing because this was an old thread which is cool as my background is in the sport...

[Fenster]

No it wasn't me.

It was funny to see, after all the years of wind-ups, that Vitali did actually get knocked out by a head kick and not a blow to the leg. (That's what @Lyle was for, who is El Kabong these days)