Where do you rank Wladimir Klitschko among the ATG heavyweights?

[ykdadamaja]

He can go anywhere between 9 and 11 depending on how you rate Johnson, Dempsey ahead of behind him.

I voted top 15. But could be in the lower half of the bottom 10.

[El Kabong]

Total wins, successful title defenses, reclaiming the title, getting up from the canvas to win, getting a KO late in a title fight....

Wladimir is an All-Time Great, top 10 no doubt

[Rantcatrat]

The knock on Wlad will always be that he has no hall of famers on his CV. I would have to look at the list, but one has to think bottom 10 to 20.

Give or take one or two, these guys probably all rank above him:

Dempsey, Johnson, Ali, Louis, Foreman, Lewis, Holyfield, Marciano, Jeffries, and Holmes. I'm not saying about head to head, but on legacy and resume, I'm not sure how you rank him above most of those guys.

With that said, his ranking might improve if he smashes through the Holmes and Louis records. However, his ranking might also be cast in stone because are wins over Jennings, Wilder, Stiverne, Fury, Chisora, Huck any better than the guys he's already faced like Povetkin, Pulev etc.? I would argue that they aren't.

[Master]

He is outside the top 10 because of his defeats which are embarrassing. He has improved but takes far too long to beat opponents that he should easily beat. His consistency and the way he conducts himself is all credit to him.

[roberto duran legend]

We always get these threads after Wlad kos another inept heavyweight.
No way in top ten.

[El Kabong]

We always get these threads after Wlad kos another inept heavyweight.
No way in top ten.

Inept? You act like Pulev was of the same ilk as Lepai....both earned their shots legitimately but Pulev was undefeated, fought some decent competition, looked like the best challenger out of the entire division......if Pulev looked "inept" it's because Wladimir MADE HIM LOOK INEPT.

10 years, 17 consecutive successful title defenses....only 2 heavyweights can boast better or even similar Championship reigns....Larry Holmes and Joe Louis....they are top 10 greats no questions asked and so is Wladimir.

[TigerFan]

Top 10 for me.

Found this article on Wladimir.
Wladimir Klitschko Would've Been A Title Threat In Any Era

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

For me, he has been to 10 ever since he unified.

[imp]

We always get these threads after Wlad kos another inept heavyweight.
No way in top ten.

I also used to think this but he deserves to be put in the top ten but not in the top five.

Wherever he is in the top ten vitali is in a better position.

[walrus]

I would put Wlad in the top 15 but I'd put his jab in the top five.