if AJ retires now, does he rank higher than Wlad in ATG HW's?

[MoneyKasha]

if AJ was to retire now, legacy wise would he rank higher, equal or lower than Wlad in HW rankings?

[Grandma Lover]

[famicommander]

Wlad vs world title winners:
W vs Chris Byrd UD 12
W vs Ray Mercer TKO 6
L vs Corrie Sanders TKO 2
L vs Lamon Brewster TKO 5
W vs Samuel Peter UD 12
W vs Chris Byrd TKO 7
W vs Lamon Brewster RTD 6
W vs Sultan Ibragimov UD 12
W vs Hasim Rahman TKO 7
W vs Ruslan Chagaev RTD 9
W vs Samuel Peter KO 10
W vs David Haye UD 12
L vs Tyson Fury UD 12
L vs Anthony Joshua TKO 11

Record: 10-4

Titles won
Reign 1: WBO heavyweight (5 successful defenses)
Reign 2: IBF, WBO, Ring, lineal, WBA, TBRB (18 IBF defenses, picked up the rest one by one as he went along)


Joshua vs world title winners:
W vs Charles Martin KO 2
W vs Wladimir Klitschko TKO 11
W vs Joseph Parker UD 12
L vs Andy Ruiz TKO 7
W vs Andy Ruiz UD 12
L vs Oleksandr Usyk UD 12
L vs Oleksandr Usyk UD 12
L vs Daniel Dubois KO 5

Record: 4-4

Titles won
Reign 1: IBF, WBA, WBO (6 IBF defenses, picked up the rest as he went along)
Reign 2: IBF, WBA, WBO (1 successful defense)

This isn't really all that close.

The next best names on Joshua's resume are guys like Povetkin and Pulev but Wlad beat younger, better versions of those guys. And Wlad's resume goes like 10-12 deep beyond the names already listed if you want to look up Ring/TBRB ranked opposition.

And, most importantly, only Wlad was widely recognized as lineal king. He held the lineal, TBRB, and Ring world championships in addition to his collection of belts. Joshua just has the belts.

[TheProudLunatic]

Has AJ even run the div ?!?!?

[NihonJim]

Absoloutley not

AJ basically got to the point Wlad was at pre steward, a dangerous glass cannon.

Unfortunately unlike Wlad he never improved from there.

[just the facts]

Ridiculous poll. Wlad and it ain’t close

[TheProudLunatic]

I wasn't aware AJ had a legacy

[elfag]

Wlad dropped prime AJ when he was a 41 year old man.

Could you imagine if it was reversed?

27 year old wlad vs a 41 year old Joshua? It would be a decapitation

[Coverdale]

Wlad dropped prime AJ when he was a 41 year old man.

Could you imagine if it was reversed?

27 year old wlad vs a 41 year old Joshua? It would be a decapitation

By 27, Wlad had been chinned by Corrie Sanders and thus began the development of the jab and grab style he became infamous for. He jabbed and grabbed fighters far worse than AJ so I'm not sure about your analysis here.

[The Big Dunn]

I hate Wlad and even I think this is a silly question.