Truth of the matter is.....Vitaly could have been the man of this era...Lewis time was done...Like him or hate him he was more than an average champion who ruled for a decent period of time. He avenged his only two losses and never left doubt who the champion was....Vitaly was the next in line...The changing of the guard was apparent...Like Taylor was with Hopkins as heir apparent Vitaly was so with Lennox...It is a shame he had to retire with injurys and such...I give him respect for saying when he retired that he is giving uo the title to be fair and not hold onto just to say he is champion without defending it...He was actually getting better with every fight...He had a great chin...he was strong...plus with emanuel steward in his corner things would have only gotten better...There is not a HW around right now who was in his league he could have been champ as long as he wanted or father time caught up with him...