1 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 50-3 (44)
2 SAMUEL PETER 30-1 (23)
3 RUSLAN CHAGAEV 24-0-1 (17)
4 NICOLAY VALUEV 48-1 (34)
5 ALEXANDER POVETKIN 15-0 (11)
6 SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 22-1-1 (17)
7 OLEG MASKAEV 34-6 (26)
8 VLADIMIR VIRCHIS 24-1 (20)
9 TONY THOMPSON 31-1 (19)
10 JOHN RUIZ 43-7-1 (29)
Latest posted HW rankings from Ring's website. Everybody's been hatin on Wlad since he stunk up the house against Sultan but he's still clearly the best in a dull division right now. Even if he ain't the undisputed champ or Ring champ he's the man at HW right now and people should accept that until he gets beaten again. In a rematch I'd give Peter a punchers chance but as clearly as he got dominated last time (remember the 1st 2 knockdowns outside the 10th rd were bullshit calls and he basically lost every round) I doubt it. Anybody see any of the other top 10 ranked guys beatin Wlad right now? Interested to see opinions/explanations.
anyone who has good power and not afraid of Wladimir's power has a chance to beat him. you need to pressure guys like Wladimir. he has the advantage in height , reach and boxing skills which is a deadly combination and you can't beat him in a boxing match especially if you're he shorter guy with a shorter reach. the only way you can beat him is to pressure him and challenge his average chin and stamina.
Is Vlad's chin REALLY that weak...
I've put some serious thought into this...everyone says Vlad's chin is so weak...but he's only been knocked down by Corrie Sanders (38W - 3L - 29KO) at the time and Sam Peter...arguable the hardest hitting heavyweight, but he still beat him decisively! The kid came in cocky and brash against Sanders and got caught early...it happens. He underestimated him and he payed the price.
Yes, he lost to Ross Purrity and Lamon Brewster, but both were conditioning issues.He wasn't "knocked out" by a punch. He beat the crap outta Brewster for 5 or 6 rounds in the first fight and ran out of steam. He collapsed from exhaustion, not from a punch. The same thing happened against Purrity.
All I'm saying, is let's get off the "Glass Vlad" theory people...While is chin isn't made of granite, we've all seen far less in the heavyweight division.
And one more additional side not... as long as Emmanual Steward is in his corner, he won't lose. And I LOVE David Haye, but he can' beat Vlad now. TRUST ME!!!
i agree 100%.
out of THAT list specifically i think he beats them all...but if i had to pick the guy who has the best chance it would be Sam Peter.
NOT counting just that list i'd say if haye loooks as good at heavyweight as he did at cruiserweight then he has a better chance at beating wlad than peter.
in my book peter and haye are the two frontrunners.
Peter? Yes Haye? it's way to early to say.
I don't have a problem with the way Wlad fought Sultan, but that was a pathetic argument...
The way I see it, it's easy to criticize from a computer keyboard. But it doesn't mean shit. I call it the "put up or shut up" logic.
1 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 50-3 (44)
2 SAMUEL PETER 30-1 (23)
3 RUSLAN CHAGAEV 24-0-1 (17)
4 NICOLAY VALUEV 48-1 (34)
5 ALEXANDER POVETKIN 15-0 (11)
6 SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 22-1-1 (17)
7 OLEG MASKAEV 34-6 (26)
8 VLADIMIR VIRCHIS 24-1 (20)
9 TONY THOMPSON 31-1 (19)
10 JOHN RUIZ 43-7-1 (29)
Valuev,Peter,Virchis are the only ones I give a punchers chance to beat Wladimir. But Wladimir beats them all In my opinion.
Sure it's a gamble but why wait for the jab.
I really think the issue is quickness. The contenders just don't have it.
It's surely better then getting punched silly by the jab.
Make Wlad trade early, and you got a shot. It's much better than being potshotted for 6 rounds then getting ko'ed.Well, that is the style to beat Wlad, but he is mid 200 lbs, so to be quick you can't really have much weight close to that, so the weight difference would be big if you want to have a speed advantage on Wlad, and I'm not saying for them to wait for the jab, if they were to go inside like you say, they have a big chance of getting hit, and Wlad arguably hits harder than anyone in the division right now.
Corrie Sanders lit him up like a Christmas tree. It's amazing to me nobody has taken a page out of that book and brought it to him from jump street to make him fight.
These guys just aren't very talented. You'd think one of them would just go after him winging hard shots.
It's weird he hasn't even been tested in ages.Because if they do, they have a much bigger chance of getting caught by a jab, right hand then KOing Wlad. It's a gamble, it's not really a strategy.
Wlad didn't "stink up" anything and Im fucking sick of people ragging him for fighting a smart fight. If you think you can do better, then strap on the gloves, fight your way to number one (which you can do because you're obviously better than he is because you seem to know better than him) and then fight Sultan and beat him. Otherwise, shut the fuck up.
I don't have a problem with the way Wlad fought Sultan, but that was a pathetic argument...
1 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 50-3 (44)
2 SAMUEL PETER 30-1 (23)
3 RUSLAN CHAGAEV 24-0-1 (17)
4 NICOLAY VALUEV 48-1 (34)
5 ALEXANDER POVETKIN 15-0 (11)
6 SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 22-1-1 (17)
7 OLEG MASKAEV 34-6 (26)
8 VLADIMIR VIRCHIS 24-1 (20)
9 TONY THOMPSON 31-1 (19)
10 JOHN RUIZ 43-7-1 (29)
Latest posted HW rankings from Ring's website. Everybody's been hatin on Wlad since he stunk up the house against Sultan but he's still clearly the best in a dull division right now. Even if he ain't the undisputed champ or Ring champ he's the man at HW right now and people should accept that until he gets beaten again. In a rematch I'd give Peter a punchers chance but as clearly as he got dominated last time (remember the 1st 2 knockdowns outside the 10th rd were bullshit calls and he basically lost every round) I doubt it. Anybody see any of the other top 10 ranked guys beatin Wlad right now? Interested to see opinions/explanations.
Wlad didn't "stink up" anything and Im fucking sick of people ragging him for fighting a smart fight. If you think you can do better, then strap on the gloves, fight your way to number one (which you can do because you're obviously better than he is because you seem to know better than him) and then fight Sultan and beat him. Otherwise, shut the fuck up.