Can Wladimir become an ATG?

he already is among the best heavyweights in the past 20 years, why wouldnt he be ranked as an ATG

 

spot on. i'd think he'd be champion in ANY era.

 

lol

 

I think a prime Tyson would have knocked him out, I don't think he could beat Ali or Foreman, and I think Lennox would have taken him too.

 

The best right now, but for sure not a sure spot ATG yet, the division is at its weakest in a long time, cant go yelling ATG, we will just have to see.

 

Wlad is my favourite fighter ever, but even I will admit that he is a bit ****, glass chin, limited offense and crumbles in moments of crisis. Wlad, I will always support you, but you will never be great, you've been served too many times already.

 

Are you serious? Jesus, is this why the posters in the classic forum always laugh at you guys. :huh

 

As far back as I can remember, no one has ever looked down upon me in the classic forum and I do post there every now and then (over half of my posts are in that forum over the course of 3 years).

 

Vitali at 8 is quite laughable.

 

Nice troll.. but LOL @ limited offense

 

A better question would be, will he ever be a champ?

 

you're suggesting i should have him higher? after all, vitali has the highest KO% among champions and he had a defining fight (your ali-frazier, tyson-holyfield etc) in a war against lennox lewis that ended in similar fashion to ali-frazier III. i may actually go with your suggestion.

i agree with you, vitali should be higher - but i'll wait and see.

 

Yeah, he should be 1 or 2. :good

 

Its going to be an uphill battle. The opponents just aren't there yet.

If he gets the winner of Chag/Sultan, wins big, and has a good couple of matches agaisnt Povetkin, then yeah, he'll be remembered as such.

Its ironic, but the way boxing works is that he almost has to have a loss to be remembered as greater. If he had three matches against Povetkin winning two, then eveyone says they are roughly equal in ability, and it showed such a great champion's heart to win. If he shellacks Povetkin in two rounds, then they will thing Alexander just wasn't the guy in the first place.

 

It's ridiculous to assume Wlad wont be rated as an all time great if he beats his competition.....

Each fighter,in every era are judged by their performances,and competition.