Apart from the WBA...they haven't updated since June. The rest of these are the August rankings, I chucked in The Ring as well for the hell of it. WBC C - Oleg Maskaev 1. Samuel Peter 2. Vladimir Virchis 3. Oliver McCall 4. Hasim Rahman 5. Juan Carlos Gomez 6. Nicolay Valuev 7. Alexander Dimitrenko 8. Donnell Holmes 9. Alexander Povetkin 10. Chris Arreola WBA C - Ruslan Chagaev 1. Nikolay Valuev 2. Sergeui Liakhovich 3. John Ruiz 4. Taras Bidenko 5. DaVarryl Williamson 6. Vladmir Virchis 7. Mike Mollo 8. Juan Carlos Gomez 9. Alexander Dimitrenko 10. Eddie Chambers IBF C - Wladimir Klitschko 1. (vacant) 2. (vacant) 3. Calvin Brock 4. Chris Byrd 5. Nikolay Valuev 6. Vladimir Virchis 7. Hasim Rahman 8. Lamon Brewster 9. Ray Austin 10. Eddie Chambers WBO C - Sultan Ibragimov 1. Tony Thompson 2. Alexander Dimitrenko 3. Samuel Peter 4. Sergeui Liakhovich 5. Vladimir Virchis 6. Calvin Brock 7. Matt Skelton 8. Shannon Briggs 9. Vitali Klitschko 10. Luan Krasniqi THE RING C - (vacant) 1. Wladimir Klitschko 2. Samuel Peter 3. Oleg Maskev 4. Ruslan Chagaev 5. Nikolay Valuev 6. Sultan Ibragimov 7. Sergeui Liakhovich 8. Chris Byrd 9. Vladimir Virchis 10. Tony Thompson
All you see is political positioning and it's got to make you wonder. Until the sanctioning bodies are cleaned up, the sport will always lack the credibility.
The IBF should be commended on possibly having the most screwed-up rankings of the lot, yes. How you could get into a position where not only the #1 contender but the #2 contender hasn't been decided is ridiculous.
How can people not be familiar with the IBF's system by now . THe #1 and #2 spots are left vacant to be filled be eliminators(and it's bee that way for a long time) . In this case that heavyweight tournament of theirs will fill those places . Next someone will ask howcome the WBA have two champions at Super-Middleweight :roll:
Who are top ten Heavyweights? Pssst..It helps to speak Russian for correct pronunciation of names Maskaev by KO over Peter :hat