Current state of the heavyweight division

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  1. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    In light of recent results, I've had occasion to refresh my h/w rankings. Here's how I'm seeing it:

    C - Tyson Fury - Lineal champion & legitimate ruler of the known universe.

    1. Anthony Joshua - Undefeated Olympic gold medalist & unified IBF, IBO, WBA & WBO champ
    2. Deontay Wilder - Undefeated Olympic bronze medalist & WBC champ
    3. Oleksandr Usyk - Undefeated Olympic gold medalist & undisputed underweight h/w champ
    4. Jarrell Miller - Soon to be WBA regular champ
    5. Dillian Whyte - WBC silver champ
    6. Luis Ortiz
    7. Tony Bellew
    8. Michael Hunter
    9. Dominic Breazeale - The WBC mandatory
    10. Adam Kownacki

    11. Kubrat Pulev – The IBF mandatory
    12. Joseph Parker - Former WBO champ
    13. Alexander Povetkin - Former Olympic gold medalist & WBA regular champ
    14. Dereck Chisora
    15. Andy Ruiz
    16. Big Cat Fury - British champ
    17. Tony Yoka - Undefeated Olympic gold medalist
    18. Joe Joyce - Undefeated Olympic silver medalist & Commonwealth champ
    19. Filip Hrgovic - Undefeated Olympic bronze medalist
    20. Daniel Dubois

    21. Bryant Jennings
    22. Charles Martin - Former IBF champ
    23. Trevor Bryan - WBA Interim champ
    24. Ivan Dychko - Undefeated two-time Olympic bronze medalist
    25. Junior Fa - New Zealand champ
    26. Martin Bakole
    27. Efe Ajagba
    28. Nathan Gorman
    29. Agit Kabayel - European champ
    30. Surgey Kuzmin
     
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  2. Heavy_Hitter

    Heavy_Hitter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You have people who never fought at HW higher rated then established HWs like Pulev
     
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  3. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    I've always thought of Usyk as a heavy.

    I think Usyk beats Pulev easy right now.
     
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  4. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is a good with more prospects than I have ever seen at once, but the winner of Fury-Wilder must fight Joshua.
     
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  5. Lith

    Lith Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I've just assumed that a few of the choices there were deliberate trolls.
     
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  6. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    In at #7, Rick waller
     
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  7. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    There's no trolling. Those are my honestly held views.

    I've always stated I only recognise the lineal champ. And that the best cruisers are really apprentice heavies.

    As for nationalistic bias, none of my countryman appear on the list. Nor do they deserve to.
     
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  8. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    There's a name I never thought I'd hear again.
     
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  9. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    His Whitney Houston cover.. I still have it on CD. It moved me... To the knife draw & a failed attempt at a Vincent van Gogh moment of madness, but it still moved me! I wonder where he is these days... Google maps here I come
     
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  10. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Wikipedia says he's an exam invigilator. In short he finally found a job in which he can sit around on his fat arse and watch other people work whilst still getting paid.
     
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  11. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Fair play to the lad I thought he'd eloped with Susan Boyle
     
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  12. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I reckon Michelle McManus was more his type.
     
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  13. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    I know you are not a troll poster but that is deplorable rankings. Nonsense, really.
     
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  14. Liquorice

    Liquorice Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    She's pregnant.. Its due in 18 months. Keepers are on stand by..
     
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  15. MidniteProwler

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    The OP has no idea his posts are genuinely terrible
     
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