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It's a hard one to say, I think you could sneak him into the top 10, this wasn't a prime version that fought at the weekend, nor was it a prime version who fought Fury, you look at how the punch count has dwindled through the years you even somewhat see it in his fight with Bryant Jennings.
The inevitable has happened for Wladimir, just like it happened for B-hop, this is not to say he isn't still a great fighter just like B-hop maintained to be well into his late 40's Wladimir could do the same, but at heavyweight division it's a whole different ball game, it's much harder to remain in the game as long like B-hop has done where he has feasted on plenty of feather duster type of bum fighters.
It's a weird one really, AJ was legit more hurt in that fight than Wladimir Klitschko was and it was honestly AJ that came closer to being legitly stopped whereas Wladimir got the ole 1-2-3 British stoppage for you, to do that in your 40's what other fighters could have done that?
Vitali Klitschko? (Very possible with his awkward style so long as he had a good punch output)
George Foreman? (I definitely think big George would massacre a fighter like AJ)
The point is there is not many that I can think of!
That's my ten, I'm happy enough with that, I also think It's time for Wladimir to call it quits no point hanging it out for as long as someone like B-hop did you only will damage your resume.
The inevitable has happened for Wladimir, just like it happened for B-hop, this is not to say he isn't still a great fighter just like B-hop maintained to be well into his late 40's Wladimir could do the same, but at heavyweight division it's a whole different ball game, it's much harder to remain in the game as long like B-hop has done where he has feasted on plenty of feather duster type of bum fighters.
It's a weird one really, AJ was legit more hurt in that fight than Wladimir Klitschko was and it was honestly AJ that came closer to being legitly stopped whereas Wladimir got the ole 1-2-3 British stoppage for you, to do that in your 40's what other fighters could have done that?
Vitali Klitschko? (Very possible with his awkward style so long as he had a good punch output)
George Foreman? (I definitely think big George would massacre a fighter like AJ)
The point is there is not many that I can think of!
- Rocky Marciano
- Muhammad Ali
- Vitali Klitschko
- Larry Holmes
- Sonny Liston
- Lennox Lewis
- Gene Tunney
- Jack Dempsey
- George Foreman
- Wladimir Klitschko
That's my ten, I'm happy enough with that, I also think It's time for Wladimir to call it quits no point hanging it out for as long as someone like B-hop did you only will damage your resume.
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