Fat Dan: Wlad "one of the greatest heavyweight champions in history"

I completely & totally agree with Dan's opinion. :deal

 

What does Dempsey's and Liston's resumes have to do with the FACT that the best name on Wlad's resume turned pro as a super middleweight?

 

I am a well known Klitschko fan & I agree with you, Holmes still ranks higher. Wladimir would need a few more defenses & he'd have to unify the last belt, the WBC his brother now holds, to possibly pass Holmes. Even then it would depend on who he beats & how.

 

It has everything to do with it you knob.

 

Sure, anything you say, Klit Licker...

 

I only lick the finest of clits my friend............ :blurp

 

And Wlad's klit is at the top of your list.

:thumbsup

lol...

 

Let's be honest. Dan doesn't realise that if Volo were living an alternative lifestyle, he'd be up in someone like Hugh Jackman's arse. No way in hell would someone like Rafael get some Volo ****. Volo doesn't even have a drinking problem to give him any hope of that happening. This praise is all for nothing, really.

 

Prime has absolutely nothing to do with being 24-0, 40-1, 42-2, or anything else that relates to your record. It's when you become a complete and the best form of a fighter that you can. Boystov is 31-0, Wilder 25-0, and it means nothing.

And how can we justify him fighting the fighters you mentioned, is because they are quality "Contenders". No one that i have read has ever stated that these fighters are in their prime, although they possibly could be, and this might be the best or the furthest they ever make it in the division.

As for them being allowed to develop, that is not for Wlad or us to decide. That rests solely on their management team and the fighters confidence in themselves. And if he doesn't start fighting some of these guys, the rest of the names with higher total bouts boxed and won, have either already been defeated by a Klitschko, or in the word you love, way past their primes.

He also cant fight more champions because he has already beaten them, or they retired. But more then anything else, he has been champion so long himself, no one else can claim to have been one. Besides the Cruiserweights that move up, Haye, Adamek, Cunningham, Huck, JCG, and we've seen what happens in those fights.

 

We'll have to agree to disagree. The Holmes fight was arguably the best showing Norton ever produced.

 

I'm sorry but what you just described are peak years. Wlad was undoubtedly in his prime for all those fights even if he hadn't fully developed his game.

As for the rest of your post.. if that is true than we can't take away from Louis, Holmes, etc. since they had much of the same circumstances. Agreed?

 

Look, you're a nuthugging moron, we've already established that. But since you like to throw out bogus claims than why don't you provide links to all the credible sources who already rank Wlad a top 10 all-time great? I'll be happy to counter this with more credible sources who don't. Man up! :yep

 

Fat Dan is a Klitschko nut-hugger.

That much is apparent.

 

Which is why majority of the people don't take that away from Louis and Holmes, and the reason they are considered ATG and top 10.

Wlad is and has been rated in most credible top 10 P4P lists for a while, competing against every fighter in every division to make those list. And he's there with many great and some ATG fighters, while other miss the list. That says more about him then his opposition. Especially when you take into account it very hard for heavyweights to make those lists, the last 2 being Lewis and Holyfield ATGs.

Now I generally dislike those list myself, putting little stock in them, since it's a little bit or a ridiculous assumption. I also dislike fantasy match ups against past greats, because Nostalgia can be very difficult thing to overcome, and in reality is just one persons perceptive vs another. So i try to look at it this way, could fighter A, give Fighter B a competitive fight, that either could win, taking into account every attribute possible. And if you can say yes, that's a very good complement.

What do you consider when talking about prime, Age only?

 

You make good points and I respect your opinion. Contrary to popular belief I like Wlad (though I'm not fond of his style) and rank him 16th all-time. I think he'll move up to at least 12 by the end of his career and possibly into the top 10.