There is a clear top 6, head and shoulders above the rest although arguable amongst each other, in my opinion: 1. Byrd I 2. Byrd II 3. Chagaev 4. Peter I 5. Haye 6. Ibragimov *Should Wladimir fight and beat Povetkin convincingly, he will rank on this list and rank well, I believe.
Good post. :good Those are clearly the top six, and Povetkin will make it seven. Brock, Thompson, and McCline (at his peak and on a 19 fight winning streak) round out the top ten.
Haye a blown up cruiserweight? LMAO! He had to dehydrate to make cruiserweight limit, and he was bigger than all of his opponents.... By the way... He has the same height that Ali had, and Ali used to tower on most of his opponents.
YEAH KLITARI WAS A NAUTRAL MIDDLEWEIGHT ONCE TOO, NOT> One Klit lost to a natural MW and at best SEVERAL weight classes below him. The other Klits best win is that same guy. Picking comparative midgets and still not being able to beat them, or beating the midget being the best thing they can possibly achieve as a superHW. Klits greatest wins and losses = Small potatoes
Yeah I don't know who the other 4 to round out his "top ten wins" would be. Brock and Thompson I certainly. Other options for the final two spots would be McCline, Thompson II, Peter II, and Brewster II.
This is a 100% non truth. Haye has to lift huge weights and eat food by the apple cart to compete at Heavy. He's not a natural heavyweight.
[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3695085[/url] "Haye struggled to make 200 pounds for his big cruiserweight title knockout wins over Jean-Marc Mormeck and Enzo Maccarinelli"
Where do you get this from ? The same place you read Ibragimov suddenly decided "i can't box anymore, it's contrary to my belief" ?
I think his first win over (at the time) highly touted Sam Peter was the beginning of his absolute domination of the Heavyweight division for years to come...
and Sam Peter was absolutely dreadful, one of the worst heavyweights to ever hold a title. And he gave Wlad hell:rofl. Just shows that Wlad isn't anything special and this current era is garbage.
Haye was 222 against Ruiz 217 against Valuev 217 against Bonin Do you ever get tired of being wrong or are you just a pathological liar?
Peter didn't really give Wlad hell. Even with Wlad getting knocked down 3 times he won a comfortable decision. That implies he beat Peter pretty well.
Peter did not knock Vlad down three times, only once. Peter hit behind the head, they the other was not a knockdown at all.................. I think Beating Byrd when Byrd was on top. Vlad beat the crap out of both versions of Byrd, but the rematch with Byrd was awesome!!!!!!!