Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
...I'm not doubting that he didn't beat any top "10 heavyweights"...Sanders was ok...he was popular at the time, he just beat Wlad...Williams beat Tyson...Johnson was supposed to fight Lewis...etc.

Now a rematch with Byrd would have been good, Maskaev and Vitali met in the amateurs, Valuev vs Vitali would have been AWESOME Giant vs Giant and by God Vitali would have knocked that big ape out so fast Don King wouldn't know what hit him
We never know that we can only speculate. I get your point that Vitali could have looked good if he fought the top 10 class. But why didn't he? I seriously think that since he was cleared to fight even if the knee brace didn't feel comfortable on him that he still could have beat Rahman.