Wladimir Klitschko has now gone from underrated to overrated. Same as many athletes.

[Elroy1]

he's earned respect. Undoubtedly.

Well, I think a proper fan will hold him to ransom over fighting subpar opposition and not always glorify whatever he does. That's the difference between a fan and a fanboy.

I swear, if Klitschko took a blue crap, some posters on this forum would try and convince you that's the way it's supposed to look.

Wladimir has fought MORE decent opponents than Lennox.

That is a fact.

[Szef]

And here comes elroy

I guess I misjudged LacedUp.

[Tha_Greatest]

My thoughts are that there aren't any higher classes to toss guys into. By that, I mean that he is a GIANT and he could conceivably fight against a guy like say Adamek who is not anywhere near that stature of Wlad and realistically, has little to no chance to beat him.

That being said, there are now a few guys out there that can match up to him physically but even so, maybe not technically. Had he been so dominant in a smaller weight class, I think he would have been much more popular, much like GGG. I see a lot of people claim that he isn't popular because he is Russian (Ukrainian), this simply isn't true at all. Look at Golovkin or Kovalev, Americans love to watch these guys fight. I just think that Wlad's size gives him so many advantages over much of his opposition that it overshadows many of the exciting aspects of a knockout win for him.

Now, if he were to fight maybe Fury or the Stiverne/Wilder winner, that would make for great action because those guys (mainly Wilder and Fury) are close to Wlad's size and could make for a potentially competitive matchup. Obviously, Wlad can't help the fact that he and his brother were born giants but it does detract an amount from their due credit and respect, imo.

all of this sukks for klit, lol, he should be in a super heavyweight division , just like foreman , lewis, vitali , holmes, and many of the greats , lol, thats what made it hard for tyson to even compete vs lewis, lol, i believe the same way lewis tore up tyson is the same way klit word pummel tyson, (i am a actual iron mike fan), lol, tyson, frazier, spinks, holyfield , etc. were small heavvyweights compared to some of the fighters theyve competed for greatness from eras, lol, many giants have had that size advantage that klitschkos have had but theyve never lived up, klitschko lived up and is already doing things that nobody else has, lol, thats greatness

[titan m]

Did you ever think maybe the people you say went from over rated to under rated actually just got older? Every athlete is going to slip a bit as they get older, it doesn't make them over rated, just past prime and nobody can avoid that.

[nacho daddy]

Are you drunk or high? How was Lewis knocked out against Mccall? And yes you are right. Lewis does get hurt in every fight by massive punchers. That actually make his chin look better not worst. Since he was only knocked out twice. He took incredible punishment from Vitali,Briggs,Bruno,Mason.......he was also hit by huge shots from Tua/Tyson/Morrison. Yet not one of them knocked him out. That actually make his chin look better moron.

He also avenged both his defeats............Wlad have avenged a total of one. The one eye version of Brewster he beat up in the rematch was even worst than the cracked out Mccall Lewis beat up.

lewis was knocked cold from one punch by mc call

[Scott9945]

lewis was knocked cold from one punch by mc call

Fighters who are "knocked cold" don't beat the 10 count and complain about the referee stopping the fight while on their feet.

[LacedUp]

And here comes elroy

I guess I misjudged LacedUp.

And there's my case in point.

[Simurgh]

Top5 ATG HW, all I'll say.

[RichCCFC]

If he gets Koed watch him become underrated again. People are so dumb they only remember fights when guys are already passed their peak.

[daggum]

just shows what fighting bad opposition constantly can do for a fighter.