Wladimir is clearly a top 10 P4P fighter

Not only is he a unified and lineal champion, but he keeps on fighting the best in his division and dominating. Below are the top 10 ranked fighters in his division that he's beaten, in the past four years: Chris Byrd (#1) Calvin Brock (approx. #7) Lamon Brewster (#7) Sultan Ibagimov (#6, unifies titles) Tony Thompson (approx. #9) Ruslan Chagaev (#3, become lineal heavyweight champion) Eddie Chambers (#4) Out of his 8 title defenses, since he won the title from Byrd, he's fought 6 top 10 ranked fighters. That's great, in this day and age.

Comments (8)

Kagami_Taiga

i personally feel he shld be top 5 or close to it nyways. only ppl i think who are p4p better are the 3 big wws.

16y ago

ThePlugInBabies

they're just all racists then the white power, david duke ball grabbing klit fans will feel right at home in this thread.

16y ago

Titlist

that Chagaev only had a few weeks notice though Chagaev was training for a fight with Valuev that was supposed to happen less than a month before, but it was called off. Since Haye backed out of the Wladimir fight, Chagaev agreed to take his place. He was still in good condition.

16y ago

The_Demon

na he hasnt had the competition to beat to be rated that highly,not his fault

16y ago

HitmanHattonAY

that Chagaev only had a few weeks notice though

16y ago

Titlist

Err.. I don't know about the hating and racism parts, but I think he's just generally underrated because he's a heavyweight and is usually considered "boring". I don't know about you, but the term pound for pound refers to fighters of all divisions. You shouldn't just exclude one.

16y ago

intoccabile

good info, just to many klit-haters out there to give respect... Exactly. You can make an arguement for how good his opponents actually were all you want but the fact remains he's fighting the very best in his division.

16y ago

minasyan

great thread he should be in the top 5 they're just all racists

16y ago