Is Wladimir Klitschko a top 5 ATG heavyweight?

[LacedUp]

This has been suggested quite a few times recently.

What do you think?

[Kagami Taiga]

top 5 is hard to justify. top 10 definitely

[LacedUp]

top 5 is hard to justify. top 10 definitely

But can you justify top 10? His resume clearly lacks the stand out names compared to other fighters in the top 10.

Longevity is not enough to be great IMO.

[Kagami Taiga]

off the top of my head fighters that i would rank greater than vlad

1.Ali
2.Joe Louis
3.Jack Johnson
4. larry Holmes
5. lennox lewis
6. evander holyfield
7. joe frazier
8. rocky marciano

[yoz]

No, not yet.

[Kagami Taiga]

id also rate george foreman above him mebbe jack dempsey and guys like same langford and ezzard charles. honestly, theres no doubt in my mind that vlad is great but there are numerous names above him and many that can be argued above him as well

[Madjab]

Tier 1- Ali, Louis, Holmes, Marciano, Lennox

2 - Holyfield, Foreman, Frazier, Johnson, Wladmir K

3- Tyson, Dempsey Liston, Norton, Patterson etc

[Kagami Taiga]

But can you justify top 10? His resume clearly lacks the stand out names compared to other fighters in the top 10.

Longevity is not enough to be great IMO.

i said definitely, but its not definitely if i think about it. theres a case for it tho. but top 5?? theres no case for that

[LacedUp]

id also rate george foreman above him mebbe jack dempsey and guys like same langford and ezzard charles. honestly, theres no doubt in my mind that vlad is great but there are numerous names above him and many that can be argued above him as well

Lennox, Ali, Louis, Johnson, Dempsey, Frazier, Foreman, Holmes, Tyson, Marciano, Holyfield are definitely higher IMO. Then you can throw in Charles, Walcott, Liston, etc. in terms of greatness I'd him a place around 15-20.

[SBleeder]

Heck no.


1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Holmes
4. Foreman
5. Liston
6. Frazier
7. Johnson
8. Lewis
9. Marciano
10. Holyfield
11. Dempsey
12. Tyson
13. W. Klitschko