Can a case be made for Charles as a top 10 HW?

I see him 10-15.

 

For me, h2h does matter, and this creates a drag on Langford that perhaps isn't there to the same degree upon Wills. When i did my top 100 at heavyweight, I made that it for me - i'd been thinking about heavyweight "greatness" for twenty years and absolutely that was an end to it for me. Langford didn't quite qualify as truly great for me. He is so close but just doesn't quite qualify IMO. But there is a case to be made, and a stronger one than Charles has I reckon. Langford's core wins are as good as almost anyone's.

I'd rank Langford, Charles, Patterson, Corbett and Walcott together in this near to greatness category. And I'm satisfied with that, even if I don't expect anyone else to be.

 

Oh I see, well as I said I was just writing in names to fill up the ten, in order that the type of list you were describing could be seen.