Current Heavyweight Top 10?

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  1. Jab in the Face

    Jab in the Face Well-Known Member Full Member

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    AJ's best win is Wlad coming off that defeat to Fury after a 20 month retirement and it was a war and AJ almost got sparked.
     
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  2. McGrain

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  3. MAD_PIGE0N

    MAD_PIGE0N ... banned Full Member

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    Which means Usyk's best win is a hyped guy and two boxing bags (one with MD), yet he's considered the best or the second best heavyweight.

    The inactivity of all those guys makes them not that great as the fans want them to be.
     
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  4. StuartD89

    StuartD89 New Member Full Member

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    1. Fury
    2. Usyk
    3. Joshua
    4. Wilder
    5. Zhang
    6. Hgrovic
    7. Joyce
    8. Andy Ruiz
    9. Luis Ortiz
    10. Dillian Whyte

    Not convinced in current form Joshua could beat most of the list, but ranking due to resume. Same with Whyte.
     
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  5. Mr Stagger Lee

    Mr Stagger Lee Active Member Full Member

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    You can't justify AJ in the top 5 after his last fight.
     
  6. Mr Stagger Lee

    Mr Stagger Lee Active Member Full Member

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    Like your list except I would swap AJ with Joyce.
     
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  7. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    1. Tyson Fury
    2. Oleksandr Usyk
    3. Anthony Joshua
    4. Zhilei Zhang
    5. Deontay Wilder
    6/7 Filip Hrgovic / Andy Ruiz
    8. Joe Joyce
    9. Dillian Whyte
    10. Joseph Parker
     
  8. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    1. Usyk
    2. Tyresome Fury
    3. Anthony "Hip hip hooray" Joshua
    4. Windmill Wilder
    5. Big Bang Zhang
    6/7/8 .Andy Ruiz / Filip Hrgovic /Joe Joyce
    9. Dillian Whyte
    10. Joseph Parker
     
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  9. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Current HW top?

    1. Champ: Fury (obviously)
    2. Usyk (undisputed CW champ, unified HW champ no loss)
    3. Joshua (former unified champ, 3 losses but showed still top level)
    4. Wilder (vulnerable but he'll still flatline someone who's not elite)
    5. Hrgovic
    6. Frank Sanchez
    7. Zhang
    8. Hunter
    9. Whyte
    10. Parker

    I've dropped Joyce from the top 10 for losing to someone who was previously outside of the top 10 and had damn near lost to a Journeyman and Zhang jumps over Whyte, Parker and Hunter because you're only as good as your last fight and none of them looked good in theirs....
     
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  10. spravedlivylev

    spravedlivylev Haaaappy Neeeew Yeeeear! banned Full Member

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    The Wlad Joshua fought was sharper, faster and way more aggressive than the one Fury fought. No wonder Fury dicked around and never wanted that rematch against Wlad. Still, Joshua stopped Wlad and literally beat him into retirement.

    Also, Wlad is pretty much the only notable thing Fury ever did. Joshua fought a bunch of top opponents and he is an Olympic gold medalist too. Fury’s resume is laughable and it’s great to see that most boxing fans realised this by now.
     
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  11. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Zhang had started his career earlier, he would have already been a champion...
     
  12. Class A

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    1 usyk 2 fury 3 joshua 4 wilder 5 ruiz 6 hrgovic 7 zhang 8 joyce 9 gassiev 10 makhmudov
     
  13. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    1 Fury
    2 Usyk
    3 Wilder
    4 Joshua
    5 Ruiz
    6 Zhang
    7 Joyce
    8 Hrgovic
    9 Sanchez
    10 Whyte
     
  14. MAD_PIGE0N

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    The Fury haters will twist it all the way they like in order to diminish how effortlessly he mocked Wlad. "Oh, but he didn't knock him out, while AJ did" - Fury isn't a knock out fighter. Did Usyk knocked out AJ? Is no-knockout win a questionably spectacular victory?

    Fury just needs 3-4 top guys (hopefully he'll have those fight) and his resume will be great enough, as he already has few very good opponents, next to Wlad an Wilder who might be crappy in most aspects, but we all know that his power however won him enough fights and there's a reason some avoid him.
     
  15. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Joshua looked like garbage his last fight and Wilder has been ko’d two of his last 3 fights. I say to start sliding them down a little and give some new faces like Zhang and Hrgovic a chance. Wilder who has defeated nobody of note unless you count ancient and ped free Ortiz, has lingered in the top 3 for forever. And has lost by KO no less 2 of his last 3 fights. Zhang beating Joyce who was on a serious roll should move way up.