Top 5 at heavyweight

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  1. Bruce Tea

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    Right now who do you have as the top 5.
     
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    Noel857 I Am Duran

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    1 Usyk
    2 Fury
    3 Dubois
    4 Parker
    5 Zhang
     
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    Usyk
    Dubois
    Fury
    AJ
    Parker
     
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    Yeah I'd go with that too.
     
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    Top three

    Usyk, Bakole, Dubois. **** knows about the rest.
     
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    Usyk
    Dubois
    Fury
    Joshua
    Bakole
     
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    Usyk
    Dubois
    Fury
    Parker
    Zhang
     
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  8. Bruce Tea

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    Kind of how I have it. It is hard to have Tyson there as he hasn't beaten anyone in years. His next fight if it isn't Joshua will reveal his true standing.
     
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    He did however run Usyk really close as against Dubois getting stopped by him.I am not a Fury lover but anyone who thinks he is not one of the top 5 heavyweights are just showing their bias
     
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    1 Usyk
    2 Fury
    3 Dubois
    4 Parker
    5 Zhang
     
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    I get that but I’m not a fan of rating someone above someone else as they lost better.

    Fury got dropped by Ngannou and lost twice to Usyk. I think Dubois has done more in that time
     
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    I repect that reasoning but you also said it is hard having him in there.Surely were ranking on ability and the simple truth is there are not 5 heavyweights out there better than Fury
     
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    Usyk
    Dubois
    Parker
    Fury
    Joshua
     
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    Usyk
    Fury
    Dubois
    Joshua
    Parker

    seems clear enough to me - Usyk clear number 1, Fury fought closely with him and has done enough elsewhere to be number 2. Dubois on a good streak and defeated Joshua, the former consensus number 3. Joshua at 4 given his form pre Dubois and achievements - including defeating Parker, my number 5 - again on a recent hot streak.

    Zhang a bit too inconsistent, Bakole an enigma - unproven still, though looks the part. Wilder washed. Hrgovic inconsistent and inactive.
     
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  15. Bruce Tea

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    And Fury hasn't beaten a top 10 opponent in 2 years. Nobody can say for certain that he's top 5 as he hasn't beaten anyone in there or fought the others.