I was one of the first to call this as well, and I even think Audley was a dive. I included him in my top ten because he would have lost anyway.
What was Bermaine Stiverne’s best win? What win catapulted him into number 2 position? It seems to be a win over Chris Arreola, whose own lofty ranking came from beating Eric Molina. His lofty ranking was paid for out of the ring and not earned in the ring. In the Wilder first fight. Stiverne looked like he could take a shot but that was about it. He was without a doubt one of the least ambitious Wilder victims.
Perhaps Hellenius was so well liked by the WBC and the networks, because he possessed acrobatic skills to rival Malik Scuba Scott?
I am borderline on that one. It looked fishy, but if anyone can lose in such idiotic fashion it is Helenius.
He is more convincing than Richard Lartey I will give him that. But you also need to consider the fights he has gone the distance in and the punches he has taken in those fights. Seems very odd how those very solid performances juxtapose with him looking like a Finnish version of David Price in other fights. These David Price like endings also happen to have occurred twice against American fighters being pumped by the networks. With another being against a future Wilder victim… Hmmmm…
Ortiz Stiverne Brezeale Duahuapas Molina Arreola Washington Szpilka Helenius Lyakhovic Truly an awful resume.
Not that I don't trust you, (you're far more well-versed in this stuff than I am) but do you have a source? I've never found any listing that had him rated in the top ten at the ring.
Ortiz1 4 Ortiz2 4 Stiverne1 4 Arreola 4 Duhaupas 4 Washington 4 Breazeale 4 Szpilka 4 Helenius 4 Harrison 2 Molina 2 Liakovich 1
For the sake of the count, I am going to count from your list both Ortiz fights, which means I have to bump one, which is Lyakhovic because you have him last. Is that right?
All the back issues are gonna be made online soon so it'll be on there. I remember posting it at the time but apparently I post about chisora and ring rankings a lot. I'll try to dig it out later and tag you in the reply
1. Ortiz 1 2. Ortiz 2 3. Stiverne 1 4. Szpilka 5. Breazele 6. Helenius 7. Arreola 8. Scott 9. Washington 10. Duhaupas The draw with Fury is the most meaningful draw in heavyweight history though.