I dont think that earns him a top 10 spot IMO, if he beats another title holder after Iggy, then yes.
I think he should be in top 10 hes beaten the top contenders and has stayed active fighting 3 -4 fights a yr. against the so called "best in the HW division and now unifiying the belts, but he hardly gets any credit for it:huh
Look at the competition he's fighting, that should answer the question as to why he gets no credit, he needs to at least pick up one more belt before he gets into the top 10.
calvin Brock, Sam Peter, lamon brewster,chris bird i think thats by far the best wins in any active hw now. Peter is ranked 2 in HW?? and now hes fighting a another champ a weak one but still. not a whole lot of great competition.
Is he the best current Heavyweight?, Yes, does that make him a top 10 P4P? No. I'm not saying Wlad wont be in the future, but he needs to challenge another title holder to get in the top 10 IMO.
Wlads currently just inside my top 20, if he beats Iggy he gets into my top 15, if he beats Peter, Chageav, or Valuev, I would put him into my top 10 P4P.:good
most people rate him higher than Hopkins already http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46460 i have him at #8 imo u should make this a poll
-He's already clearly beaten Peter. I think that Wlad is top 15 for sure right now, but maybe not quite top 10 yet. If he beats Sultan in impressive fashion, then he is arguably top 10 p4p material. You have to remember that as dominant a heavyweight champion as Lennox Lewis was, the highest p4p ranking he ever had was #8 or #9 (if im not mistaken). Klitschko hardly has the resume of a Lennox Lewis YET, but he is definitely on the right track.
Tyson was number 1 P4P at one time in his career, I believe it was in 88-89. Lewis also beat better competition to get that 8 or 9 ranking, Wlad's is knocking out guys that would never make the top 10 in the 90s, none of Wlads victories are over anyone that has even chance of making the boxing hall of fame, Bryd and Peter are his two best wins recently, Bryd was almost got beat by Golota, Mccline, and Oquendo just before fighting Wlad in April of 06. I'm trying to be realistic, he should be in the top 20 as we speak, with a win over Iggy, that should land him a top 15 spot, a win over another title holder should get him the top 10 place in ring magazine, thats just my opinion.