Where do you rank Wladimir Klitschko among the ATG heavyweights?

[JACK1190]

Top 15. I'd say some of the big past heavies who could crack would have taken him out for sure, his chin is very bad.

[crold1]

Top 15. I'd say some of the big past heavies who could crack would have taken him out for sure, his chin is very bad.

He responds better now though. Pulev hurt him with the first jab last night and he doesn't panic like he did back when.

[JACK1190]

He responds better now though. Pulev hurt him with the first jab last night and he doesn't panic like he did back when.

Yeah he definitely responds better, steward did a really good job making him protect his weakness. But if he had fraught in the 70s and 80s he would have been KO'd a fair few times.

[Joeyzagz]

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Lennox
4. Marciano
5. Foreman
6. Johnson
7. Dempsey
8. Tyson
9. Holyfield
10. Wladimir

I think after goin a decade without losing he's finally strong enough to knock Holmes off my list. He needs the WBC strap and maybe challenge Joe Louis's record to move higher.

[crold1]

1. Ali
2. Louis
3. Lennox
4. Marciano
5. Foreman
6. Johnson
7. Dempsey
8. Tyson
9. Holyfield
10. Wladimir

I think after goin a decade without losing he's finally strong enough to knock Holmes off my list. He needs the WBC strap and maybe challenge Joe Louis's record to move higher.

I'd rate him above Tyson, Dempsey, and Rock. More longevity and stats than them and only Tyson of the three could have potentially beaten him in most eras. In dempseys time, with small gloves and no standing counts, punchers chance.

[soul_survivor]

How would you rate his career up until the end of 2014?

I've made this thread a couple of times over the years, but since the last time Wladimir has beaten the #1 and #2 ranked heavyweights (Pulev and Povetkin).

I think he's clearly in the all-time top ten now, arguably in the top 5.

just outside the top 10 imo but if he ends his career with wins and impressive wins over fury, stiverne and wilder, then he might make the top, including breaking holmes record of title defenses. cant argue with that.

[Szef]

He's too fragile to be in the top 50 let alone top 5

Vlad can dish it out but he can't take it..typical of Eastern Europeans.


his stanima isn't ATG level
his defense sure as hell ain't
his heart and toughness ain't either



Vlad and his quitting brother are too SLOPPY to be mentioned along with the greats that painted the canvas with excellence.

It took TWO Klitchkos to beat ONE Chris Byrd.

They are not ATG material.

you really are pain in the ass, Inkanyamba

[kiDynamite92]

Top 20.....................

[GGGKovaBeast]

Between 8-10.

[SeekDaGreat]

Somewhere in between getting knocked out cold by a prime Tyson, to going life and death with Andrew Golotta. So that would be somewhere around top 20?