Rank these most prominent HWs by resume when they were approaching mid career before their 30th birthday (allowing perhaps a month more over that to be generous). Lennox - 3 world class wins in ruddock, tucker and bruno. Many weak wins. 1 world title AJ - old wlad, Parker, not much else except a weak title bout with Martin, and an eliminator with Whyte prhaps. Still has a year and a bit left to add. 3 world titles, although if we are being fair, one was gifted, its more like 2 titles that hes outright won. Pov - a win over old chris byrd, nothing else really no title Vitali Klitschko -one win of minor significance over Hide, plus weak win over Purity amongst others. no recognised title Wlad Klitchko - one significant win over Chris Byrd, plus a clutch of weak wins. no recognised title Fury - win over old wlad, plus a clutch of 3 much weaker wins. 3 world titles Still has one year before he turns 30, but unlikely to add to his career significantly. Wilder - one win of significance over Stiv, nothing else 1 world title The obvious order would appear to be - 0. Lewis? (shouldtn be here but I use him purely as a benchmark for what was the comparative deal in the 90s) 1. AJ 2. Fury 3. Wilder 4. Wlad 5. Vits 6. Pov I have left out Parker snce hes too young - but if he had been in 30, he'd have no real top level wins, a few weak ones and one major title,so ranked about 4, displacig the K bros and Pov lower. You'd need to figure in that he might go on to do mor (or might not).
Lol so the guy who reigned undefeated for over a decade, in Wladimir Klitschko, is less ranked than the guy who just became a unified champion? Lol, ok then.
read the title and content, I hope you arent being a butthurt tool on purpose. Before 30th birthday (give or take a few weeks). thank you.
By 30 Wlad had Byrd x2 McCline Barrett, and Peter all fighters who had or would challenge for a heavyweight title. That would have to put him above Wilder resume wise. Fury clearly has the best win (a younger Wlad) but little else Chisora twice but he isn't any better than Peter or Byrd. At this point has Parker really proved better than Byrd? I'd say it is a little closer than at first glance but AJ is likely still ahead resume wise.
some good stuff there about fury i agree fully my man. Parker is a title win for sure, though how good he is might be too early as you say. A unificaton is always significant however! thx for the content, nice to get some, though just one thing -I was looking fo ranked lists, not repeating my first post - I listed byrd already as a significant win, and as for mcline, barrett, peter they are all mentioned in wlads clutch of weak wins. cheers otherwise though.
I agree Fastione, it wasnt a big win, in the world of title wins. But he did win the world title, how can winning the world title NOT be significant in respect to world HW title history? Thats like saying GOrdon Brown wasnt a Britsh prime minister - he wasnt a popular or decent one for sure but he still was one. Are you saying that winning a title is not relevant to the HW title? thats the argument of a madman.
Damn that is a high standard for a weak win. I thought you meant like botha and mercer as weak. I see what ya mean now.
well i am comparing world champions (although to be far, I will grant you that I have Povetkin in there, and he wasnt really a world champion - I guess I felt he deserved mention as a prominent HW). Perhaps I am being high of standard,thanks for the input.
Yes but he should be last on this list, Stiverne is by far the worst of any fighters the listed fighters beat by 30.
no. the others below hadnt fought for titles. I am afraid a champion is better than an also ran in this argument, even if its only a tiny marginal difference. And there is absolutely no way in hell he would be below Pov, since this was before Alex had even faced Huck. But I would concede that youare right in that WIlder is the weakest of the titleholders in that list, you have a fair point there, Fastone. Therefore will keep him below Fury and AJ on your solid advice. THanks for your input!
Holyfield's resume at 30 makes Lewis' one look exremely weak in comparison. Holyfield was undispated champion in two weight classes and held 4 wins over foture HOFers (albeit two of them were old)
Yes I am aware of that but its all about opportunities and whenever they come your way. Joshua has been very lucky Fury wins all the belts then they are all up for grabs again. He fights a pure bum in Martin and unifies. Sky match him carefully and you know how it goes.... Wlad never had the same easy ride.
I have to disagree with you on Peter. That was a very significant win when you consider that Peter was undefeated and was seen by many as the heir apparent.