Is Wlad even top 20?

Golota and Holyfield are still around and they might stil be able to put up a fight.

 

Top 15 or so right now. He might crack the lower end of the top 10 if he can unify all the belts & remain Champion for a few more years with some nice KO defenses. He should try to retire without losing the title in the ring like Lewis did, that would add a great deal to his legacy.

 

That's very true but so did Joe Louis, Larry Holmes, Rocky Marciano, Jack Johnson, etc. All were relatively weak eras, but the champ at the time fought & beat everyone available.

 

With the exception of Holyfield I think all the other fighters are in the same general league.

 

He is still fighting and has at least 3 years left. Why don't you wait and see what happens?

 

:good

 

Both Vlad and Vitaly are top 20 somewhere between 15 and 20,
but hard to say who is better, h2h probably Vitaly, on accomplishments its Wlad.

 

Mercer was pretty good but both he and McCall are pretty overrated by Brits because of what they did to Lewis. McCall was beaten by Orlin Norris. He was a decent boxer with an iron chin.

Golota was not a world beater. He exposed Bowe and was exposed himself by Lewis and Grant after those fights with Bowe.

 

For some unknown reason 2 of you quoted me & yet it says you're quoting "neverchair" instead.

Allow me to respond to both here. I rank Brewster higher than Rahman because he achieved more in less time than Rahman did. Same with McCall.

Also, **** off LongRob, you are a bias idiot & I don't give 2 shits what you think. :good

 

Who did Rahman fight & beat? Lewis and Lewis only. For the record I thought Brewster lost to Meehan also, and by a fairly large margin.

You do realize that by putting Rahman on such an undeserved pedestal you're actually doing Wladimir Klitschko a favor? Perish the thought! Wait, that's right, you'll just say Rahman wasn't prime, or motivated, etc. and that a prime Rahman would've KO'd Klitschko easier than he KO'd Lewis right? Transparent idiot.

 

The Sanders that beat Wlad would pummel and trash about 90% of the listed Top 20 Fighters in the list.

Who else would survive those flush left straight hands?

Vitali did. Who else would?

Nobody wanted to fight Sanders because he's a fast southpaw.

IMO Sanders was one of the most dangerous fighters of this decade, obviously also one of the most underrated thanks to not being a "full-time" pro (I believe he worked as a police officer for a living) and not having the backing of a professional promotional outfit.

 

Since his last loss, how many fights has he won? How many of those wins have been against fighters who were previously undefeated? What is the combined record of all the fighters since then? How many belts has he won in that time? How many of those wins have been by ko vs ud? How many rounds has he lost since that time?

If you judge Wladimir based on the above criteria, you will find that he is more than well deserving to be listed in the top 20. The man is a machine bent on defeating his opponent. He can box you, or he can blast you. It's really all up to him.