p4p top 120 HW: top 20 300? he is easily in the HOF and there are only 230 boxers in the HOF right now
I don't know how he could be higher thantop 40, I mean Ruiz is more accomplished than him, Wlad on the other hand is likely top 25.
Bob Fitzimmons Jim Jefferies Jack Johnson Sam Langford Harry Wills Gene Tunney Jack Dempsey Max Schmeling Joe Louis Ezzard Charles Joe Walcott Sonny Liston George Foreman Floyd Patterson Muhammed Ali Jimmy Young Joe Frazier Michael Spinks Larry Holmes Mike Tyson Evander Holyfield Riddick Bowe Razor Ruddock Lennox Lewis Earnie Shavers Ken Norton I gues maybe 25-30. But this was off the top of my head..... Keith
Guys from your list below Vitali Young, Norton, Schmeling, Ruddock, Shavers, Walcott, jeffries A case could be made for a lot more as well. Just saying. Vitali is a top 20 HW of all time and h2h a nightmare for most on your list.
He wasn't even a head to head nightmare for Kevin Johnson. Jim Jeffries in his prime, would have annihilated Vitali. Even Johnsons defense gave Vitali trouble, so would Young and Nortons and the actually throw punches back!!!!! Ruddock could ko him within three if he lands, and schmeling was smart and knew how to counter. Keith
All time the following give Vitali a tough fight head 2 head. Tyson, Ali, Holmes and Lennox lewis. Of these 4 lennox and Tyson should win handily. Holmes and Ali would have to work for it. Vitali just has a limited resume.
He's an ATG heavyweight. He's a top 100 HW of all time, I'd say. As is his brother. ATG as in the short list of top 1 or 2 hundred all-time p4p fighters? Nope. Competition is too slim, his body has been too uncooperative to wage a dominant long title reign, etc. I don't even see any way for him to break the top couple hundred all-time p4p guys even though I think he's a great fighter.
Arreola, Johnson, Gomez..... yeah, you convinced me. Based on that list alone, Vitali is CLEARLY #1 P4P of all time. And possibly the best golfer of all-time as well, based on beating the twice-retired Corrie "The Boxing Blob" Sanders. KlitschkooooOOOooooOOOOO!
1. Muhammad Ali 2. Joe Louis 3. Rocky Marciano 4. Lennox Lewis 5. Riddick Bowe 6. Evander Holyfield 7. Mike Tyson 8. George Foreman 9. Larry Holmes 10. Joe Frazier 11. Sonny Liston 12. Gene Tunney 13. Jack Dempsey 14. Vitali Klitschko 15. Wladimir Klitschko