The top 30 (at least) at each weight , including P4P

It's a h2h list ! and where did I put him all in all ? not even top 20 ! how many men in history do you think could beat the 6'5.5" Akiwande ? more than 40 ? do you really think Michael Spinks , Jimmy Ellis or Floyd Patterson could beat him ? he KOd a young but prime and yet unstopped Jeremy Williams . Williams was talented but as you see size matters . Not just that but he decisioned Tony Tucker , decisioned and floored Cisse Salif who was also himself quite a big and durable fighter , decision wins over Timo Hoffman and Orlin Norris also don't hurt much.
And while his list of opponents may not be one of the top 20s , he did prove something in his career. The idea is just that he was a dangerous and worthy opponent whom I am quite certain that was avoided by the vast majority of the more hyped names you think highly of . He also floored Lennox Lewis.

 

I don't think McCall is much of a threat for the Klitschkos in the last 5 years or so , maybe even 10. The man is 46 !
I think he should retire because probably there are not many more big victories waiting for him .
A win over Wlad will just reprove the already proven about McCall that he is one of the best giant slayers in history .
But it won't happen as Wlad is 11 years younger than the drug abused , fight weary 46 years old McCall whom surely had seen better days.
I think McCall can be regarded as a top 30 HW among the active fighters but only due to the current (for a while) weakness of the division. McCall is done not only by his age and accumulated ring experience but mainly by drugs too . It just shows you how far he could get without them . And he reached quite far with them.
If you're really looking for men with a chance to upset Wlad then I think that currently Michael Grant and Dominick Guinn have a better chance . Or a motivated rejuvenated well trained (for a change) Valuev if it's possible.
I don't think anyone of these guys should be considered a favorite over either Klitschko , but I think of what is available , they have the best chance to at least last the distance. And just relative to others.
With all that said , I don't have a big problem with the way boxrec sorted the active heavyweights.

 

Who do you mean ?
Cedric Boswell is no youngster and McCall also didn;t keep the pace with Timur Ibragimov.
Oquendo's no youngster either , but maybe he is compared to McCall.

You mean Lewis ? I doubt if he's the biggest puncher ever , and I don't have anything against the ref's decision in that fight , McCall should not have been allowed to fight if he was examined prior to it , but Don King would have probably managed a way to oil McCall's way into it anyway.

Really ? TGA once claimed that he once retired against Tyson due to body punches in sparring .
He did get the better of him knockdownwise though.

McCall is slowed down because of the reasons I already stated and in his "losses" he was usually outsped . He also lacks Foreman's size although he is probably at least close to Foreman's punch and surpasses him in durability but I wouldn't wish to see him against a Klitschko at his current age/state , not until he gets rejuvenated !
And we still haven't got to that point of time , have we ?