If Whyte defeats Povetkin is he still top 5 heavy weight?

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  1. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Would you still rate him top 5 heavy weight
     
  2. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  3. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury
    Wilder
    Joshua
    Povetkin
    Usyk.......He would be in the Top 5 .....With Whyte already just outside the Top 5 with the the average quality of Heavyweights around at the Moment he goes into the Top 5 if He defeats Povetkin.....I any other Era he would struggle to be Top 15.
     
  4. RB1702

    RB1702 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wilder at #2 despite only beating one top 10 heavyweight in 44 fights lol. Joshua has beaten at least 3 top 3 ranked heavyweights for reference.
     
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  5. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I personally would put Joshua at 2 and Wilder 3....Got this off Boxing Record...
     
  6. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    Yeah probably. Fury, Josh and Booty D are top three right now, then maybe Povs and Ruiz. Usyk still needs to do something at HW to justify his ranking, even though on actual ability he'd likely be top three right now. Hopefully the bootlegged one takes a cherry pick tuneup gone wrong and gets knocked out of the top five, but until that happens he's kind of locked down in there.
     
  7. BCS8

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    You could probably do so. This era is awful.
     
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  8. merseyjay

    merseyjay New Member Full Member

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    I think the annoying question is if Whyte loses again will Eddie somehow get another rematch ? But to answer your question I would say not top 5.
    1. Fury
    2. Joshua

    I struggle putting wilder in there simply as he has beaten virtually nobody ranked. Usyk looks like he will be the business but that means nothing until he actually beats a live body (no disrespect to chisora) but he needs to beat a few top 10 not a washed up chisora. And as for Whyte well was he ever that good ?