How you rate the heavyweights at present?

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  1. Scissors

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    Fury
    Joshua
    Usyk
    Joyce
    Wilder
    Hunter
    Povetkin
    Parker
    Ruiz
    Whyte

    Here’s how I would rate them in rank of who I think would beat the most on the list.

    I’ve got Fury at number 1 after his Wilder performance and Joshua in at 2. Usyk has a lot of question marks over him at the minute but for now he’s in at 3. Joyce is a hard nights work for anyone and I’d have him beating everyone below him. I’m tempted to have Wilder even lower as he’s fought only 1 of the top 10 on my list and was comprehensively beaten. Hunter IMO beat Povetkin so he goes above him. Povetkin obviously got a fantastic win over Whyte. Parker not done much for a while but he’s got a win over Ruiz and a questionable loss to Whyte. Ruiz is what he is and Whyte I think struggles against almost everyone on that list and probably gets KO’d by 90% of them.
     
  2. pow

    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1. Fury
    2. Joshua
    3. Wilder
    4. Usyk
    5. Povetkin
    6. Whyte
    7. Parker
    8. Ruiz
    9. Hunter
    10. Joyce
    This is how I am seeing it at the moment and I would like to see each fighter fight the guy above them.
     
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  3. Unforgiven

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    1. Joshua
    2. Fury
    3. Alexander Povetkin
    4. Dillian Whyte
    5. Kubrat Pulev
    6. Joseph Parker
    7. Andy Ruiz
    8. Carlos Takam
    9. Charles Martin
    10. Dominic Breazeale
    11. Eric Molina
    12. Oscar Rivas
    13. Dereck Chisora
    14. Gary Cornish
    15. Deontay Wilder
     
  4. Twentyman

    Twentyman You dog nonce! banned Full Member

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    Interesting thread! Do we have to use your list of fighters bud or can we bring others in cos Whyte, Hunter and Povetkin wouldn’t get into my top 10?
     
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  5. Twentyman

    Twentyman You dog nonce! banned Full Member

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    Fury
    Joshua
    Wilder
    Usyk
    Ruiz
    Parker
    Joyce
    Hrgovic
    Ortiz
    Hunter
     
  6. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Molina should be higher
     
  7. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    I don’t even really know anymore. There’s a lot of questions over most fighters at this weight.

    1) Fury
    2) AJ
    3) Wilder (I think he gooms AJ H2H but Wilder probably loses to more guys than AJ does)
    4) Usyk
    5) Hunter (he beat Pov for me, so is here on merit but this position is far from set)
    6) Povetkin
    7) Ruiz (he could and probably should be higher but as he won’t do anything in this division again for a long time IMO)
    8) Parker
    9) Whyte (yeah he beat Parker - just - but I wouldn’t back him in the rematch)
    10) Joyce

    There’s a plethora of guys around the same level. Basically from maybe 4 or 5 downwards, including the likes of Rivas etc too. There are some unknowns like Hrgovic who might be the goods. It’s very hard to feel confident about these rankings
     
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  8. ideafix12

    ideafix12 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    1- Fury

    2- Joshua
    3 - Wilder
    4 - Usyk
    5 - Ruiz jr
    6 - Hunter
    7 - Whyte
    8 - Parker
    9 - Ortiz
    10 - Povetkin
     
  9. ideafix12

    ideafix12 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Parker win over Ruiz jr was a hometown decision
     
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  10. Scissors

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    Any top 10 mate
     
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  11. Surrix

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    #1 Fury
    #2 Ruiz
    #3 Usyk
    #4 A.J
     
  12. destruction

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    1. Fury
    2. Wilder
    3. Joshua
    4. Usyk
    5. Joyce
    6. Hunter
    7. Povetkin
    8. Hrgovic
    9. Whyte
    10. Parker

    Notable omissions:
    Ruiz Jr- He is never coming back to what he was. The man has lost all hunger to be a boxer after the 1st AJ payday.
    Ortiz- Is too old to be top 10, is a 6 round fighter.
    Chisora- Only just misses out, could swap him with Parker.
     
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  13. Mr Icaman

    Mr Icaman 32-0 WBC Champ, Ring + Lineal HW Champ Full Member

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    1. Wilder
    2. Ortiz
    3. Fury
    4. AJ
    5. Breazeale
    6. Martin
    7. Washington
    8. Usyk
    9. Hrgovic
    10. Parker
     
  14. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury - head and shoulders number one, the standout of his generation

    Wilder - hardest puncher in hw history earns his number two spot by nearly, NEARLY beating the man

    BRUTHA USKY - schools everyone below him

    The rest of these guys can all beat each other on any given day, all lose to the top men cleanly

    Whyteleafe Pulev Joshua Ruiz Parker Povetkin Chisora Takam Joyce
     
  15. Scissors

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    Do you honestly believe that? I’m not buying it at all. He’s not knocked out anyone he shouldn’t have done. How many of the ring or boxrec top 10 has he knocked out?
     
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