The Heavyweights

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  1. Heisenberg

    Heisenberg Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Your top 5 heavyweights please - based on their 2019, their overall CV and then your current top 5 based on anything you want to consider

    ON 2019
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    Wilder - KO 1 Breazeale, KO 7 Ortiz
    2 Joshua - KO by 7 Ruiz Jnr, UD 12 Ruiz Jnr
    3 Ruiz Jnr - RTD 5 Dimitrenko, KO 7 Joshua, UD 12 by Joshua
    4 Hunter - KO 2 Maldonado, UD 12 Kuzmin, D 12 Povetkin
    5 Whyte - UD 12 Rivas, UD 10 Wach

    ON OVERALL CV
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    Joshua - Whyte, Molina, Breazeale, Klitschko, Takam, Parker, Povetkin, Ruiz x 2
    2 Povetkin - Byrd, Chagaev, Rahman, Klitschko, Charr, Takam, Price, Joshua, H Fury, Hunter
    3 Fury - Chisora x 2, Hammer, Klitschko, Wilder
    4 Wilder - Molina, Breazeale, Ortiz x 2, Fury
    5 Hunter - Usyk, Bakole, Kuzmin, Povetkin

    CURRENT TOP 5
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    ) Deontay Wilder - Unbeaten, 5 year WBC Reign, 11 world title fights, ATG Power
    2) Anthony Joshua - 2 x IBF/WBA/WBO unified champion, 9 world title fights, 2 unification fights, best overall CV
    3) Tyson Fury - Unbeaten, 2 world title fight, lineal heavyweight champion
    4) Oleksandr Usyk - Unbeaten, Former undisputed world cruiserweight champion, 5 world title fights
    5) Andy Ruiz Jnr - Former unified IBF/WBA/WBO champion, 3 world title fights, first Mexican heavyweight champion
     
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  2. TonyHayers

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    Fury isn’t the lineal champion. There is no lineal champion at the moment because Fury retired (in his own words) after Klitschko. Yes he came back, but if Lennox Lewis gets a licence he doesn’t become lineal champion.
     
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  3. Heisenberg

    Heisenberg Boxing Addict Full Member

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    100% but I’m playing devils advocate
     
  4. bbjc

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    Wilder number one for current 2019 form. Tyson fury number one for the best heavyweight and joshua number one for depth of cv. Still say furys got the better wins overall tho counting the wilder fight as a win. Beating klitchko and wilder away from homes a pretty decent cv. Lacks the depth of joshuas tho.
     
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