Not his sole claim. He had an earlier claim when he beat Sanders, a man whom Wlad had NOT beaten. All kidding aside, I regard Wlad as the 'greater' of the two based on his resume. But that was more the vagaries of fate. I believe Vitali would have beaten anybody on Wlad's resume (at least the Vitali up till age 40). I'm not certain the reverse is true. And while Wlad is the more polished boxer of the pair, I don't think any version of Wlad would have much chance against the Vitali of Lewis TKO 6. Still, all that's hypothetical. As it stands, Wlad is scraping the bottom of the top 10 and Vitali.... Maybe scraping the bottom of the top 20.
Bump Many of these rejects have disappeared after the Povetkin fight and some are still hating basement dwellers to this day
Both klitschko's are certified ATG's and well ahead of guys like lewis, Ali and Holmes in the all time rankings
Both Klitschkos were great fighters.......................I preferred Vitali over Vlad, but both were great, no doubt about it. Vitali came back from a 4 year lay-off and stopped Peter in the 8th round!!!
This list you are all so sure of doesn't even exist. Your personal opinion doesn't constitute for the binding law of boxing. How ****ing dumb are you? LOL Imaginary list's....'In my ickle list he's not top 10 therefore he's not'! Binding! Obviously you are entitled to it but one must be open minded and accept others will disagree & that your opinion alone does not close the argument. I suspect on mass & if we were to conduct a mass poll of the industry boxers, fans & writers alike he would be considered an ATG by most. Can I prove it? No. But you can't disprove it either
Man you are ****ing thick. Citing 3 losses out of like 65 fights as proof that overall he wasn't the best is as dumb as citing 3 wins out of 65 losses to prove he was the best. Brewster? Lol Stevenson hasn't proved he's better than Boone. Therefore Boone>Stevenson. Did Douglas prove Tyson wasn't the best of his era? Does losing to Meehan & Jim Flynn take away from Dempsey's overall legacy? Hagler can't be the best of his era he didn't beat Watts! Right? Hey the real p4p kings over the last decade apart from Floyd & Pac were Torrecampo & Singsurat right? You're a ****ing clown who's been picking against Klitschko for years even losing a lifetime ban get! Klitschko haunts your dreams & stole your soul u little *****.