LHW is an extremely strong division. I wouldn't be surprised or angered to see him outside 20 at all. Waiting for others views.
Possibly 20 at best, I gave him around that area. H2H he's much better than that, possibly top 15, he's a real ***** for a lot of great fighters. My list is ever changing but for now. Ezzard Charles Archie Moore Gene Tunney Tommy Loughran Micheal Spinks This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected Harold Johnson Roy Jones Jr This content is protected Bob Foster This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected Dwight Muhammad Qawi This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected I'd favour prime Kovalev over everyone coloured in red and 50-50s with names in yellow.
I'm too sure of these, I'm not criticizing, just asking why. So Why? Imo there isn't 30 better than him.
There is a lot of great light heavyweights. That was off the top of my head. Some of the strong era's featured some very very fine fighters picking up losses and struggling to win titles. Does he rate above guys like Galindez, Marshall, Conn, Conteh and Qawi?
I think résumé and consistency put him above Conteh and Galindez, although I'd pick him to beat all of them but Qawi
The question really is, are you rating him H2H or career? H2H prime Kovalev really was all that. But lack of focus and drinking make his career underwhelming when considering how good he was prime.
I'm not sure how to respond to this. I'm not sure how many are better, but obviously I think there are 34-40 who are greater.
I was basically asking can you show me and/or reason why you think some many guys are greater than him.