Wladimir Klitschko officially #1 P4P on Boxrec

Ali and Holmes obviously.

And they were Ring ranked #1 P4P.

Wlad isn't

 

This consumes at your soul lol... Hahahha. :good

Only a matter of time before Wlad's P4P there too... Once he knocks out Fury he will. :thumbsup

 

I was mistaken. Ali and Holmes were never P4P #1.

P4P rankings were only introduced in 1989

 

I doubt Wlad cares or knows about stuff like this. He has a big threat to face next month.

 

Yeah, Tyson was ranked #1 p4p by the Ring.

Klitschko is #1 h4h (hug 4 hug).

 

Wlad will be Ring #1 when he knocks out Fury next month. :good

 

Wlad is one of my favorite fighters, but wasn't the P4P rankings created to draw attention away from the HW division and give attention to the lower divisions. I mean there is no weight limit for HWs, so why do they deserve to make the P4P list?

 

P4p isn't h2h

 

Yeah , i was brought in after Ray Leonard was hopping around multiple weight divisions.

 

well, it (used to be) skillevel regardless of weight/size. If all were the same height/weight who'd win. In that case it's hard to call Wladschko the #1 P4P

Nowadays it's more about resume, accomplishments, dominance and such. Then suddenly Wladdy pops up again.

 

P4P was a gimmick to draw attention away from the heavyweights which dominated the sport for years and spread the wealth to the lighter weight classes. So people could say yeah no way Ray Robinson could beat Joe Louis but p4p he's the better fight. In turn more ppl would show up to see these guys fighter.
To have a heavyweight as the top p4p fighter is quite an accomplisment as by design it's usually more difficult for a fighter from that division to reach such a lofty status. I believe only Tyson had reached it in the last 25 plus years until Wlad. Although I think Tyson was in ring which Wlad has not yet reached. He is certaintly top 3 for them I would think?

 

Everyone with a respectable opinion probably recognizes Roman Gonzalez as #1 P4P. Although I'm a big Wladimir fan and I reckon he'd have to be #2 now, so, I guess I shouldn't complain too much with it...

 

4 of Roman's last 9 fights were against opponents ranked below top 50. You can't compare his level of opposition to Wlad who constantly fights top 10 fighters. Wlad deserves the #1 spot more than anyone else.