Wlads journey to becoming an ATG

[Enayze]

Currently Wlad boasts 12 succesful title fights, and 5 current defenses of his crown.

He virtually disposed of anyone worth defeating in his era. My qualification for him to hit that ATG status would be roughly 5 more defenses of his title and another unification, and then he enters the ranks of say the all time top 20 top 15 fighters?

[rizkybizness]

I stopped reading when I reached the G in ATG.

No, sir. Just no.

[larryx]

no heavy currently fighting will be an atg..sorry sorry

[Ray*]

Problem is Wlad doesnt have the necessary competition who can make him ATG, His above 95% of the HW at the moment and that doesnt help his resume at all..

[Joe2608]

No way will he be an ATG unless the Heavyweight competition suddenly starts training instead of eating cheeseburgers.

[The Hammer]

I stopped reading when I reached the G in ATG.

No, sir. Just no.

He will never be regarded as an all-time great no matter what he does, for two reasons: 1) he's not an American 2) his skin is the wrong color.

If he knocked out the 20 best heavyweights in the first round during the next seven or eight years, he'd still not receive recognition he deserves - the haters would just say the opponents were no good.

There's many different kinds of prejudice.

[Shadow boxer 3]

the heavyweight division aint shi!t. all the heavyweights suck, Wlad just sucks the least.

[Elie]

yes i agree


he's at least as good as that dude lewis

[rizkybizness]

He will never be regarded as an all-time great no matter what he does, for two reasons: 1) he's not an American 2) his skin is the wrong color.

If he knocked out the 20 best heavyweights in the first round during the next seven or eight years, he'd still not receive recognition he deserves - the haters would just say the opponents were no good.

There's many different kinds of prejudice.

Wlad could have the darkest skin, have an american flag tattoed on his ass, have his house shaped like apple pie and he still wouldnt be regarded as an ATG.

It's not his skin, or nationality or anything of that nature.

The problem is HIM, simple as that. He's a very good fighter and props to dominating the division.

These are his problems

1) His style
2) His competition (not his fault he's in this era but that's just the way the cookie crumbles)

Thank you.

[Enayze]

Wlad could have the darkest skin, have an american flag tattoed on his ass, have his house shaped like apple pie and he still wouldnt be regarded as an ATG.

It's not his skin, or nationality or anything of that nature.

The problem is HIM, simple as that. He's a very good fighter and props to dominating the division.

These are his problems

1) His style
2) His competition (not his fault he's in this era but that's just the way the cookie crumbles)

Thank you.

That in your opinion is what is preventing him from being an ATG......

That is assinite, Wladimir will be considered an ATG whether you or anyone else likes if he does the things I listed.

There are only a handful of fighters who can boast 17-20 title defenses.