Seriously, who are the top 10 heavyweights?

As of right now:

1. Valuev
2. Ibragimov
3. Briggs
4. Dimitrenko
5. Krasniqui
6. Brewster
7. Fury
8. Toney
9. Holyfield
10. Maskaev

 

I seriously think this will just start a huge debate, obviously, but I'll post my top 10, and then I probably won't look at this thread again, lol. I have recently compiled a top-25 actually, but after you get past the top 10 (which is hard enough) going through 25 is pretty hard. It's hard for me to rank both the people just moving up (Haye), people who have been inactive, and people who shouldn't be fighting anymore but have narrowly just won a title (holyfield) Anyways, I'll post my entire top-25, I may defend it slightly, but I know most of these arguments turn in to "your mama" type debates. Anyway Here goes.

Ranking Name
1 Wladimir Klitschko
2 Vitali Klitschko
3 Alexander Povetkin
4 Nikolai Valuev
5 Eddie Chambers
6 Chris Arreola
7 Ruslan Chagaev
8 David Haye
9 Alexander Dimitrenko
10 Denis Boystov
11 Oleg Maskaev
12 Vladimir Virchis
13 Brian Minto
14 Evander Holyfield
15 Sam Peter
16 John Ruiz
17 Tony Thompson
18 James Toney
19 Fres Oquendo
20 Ray Austin
21 Kevin Johnson
22 Odlanier Solis
23 Francesco Pianeta
24 Albert Sosnowski
25 Shane Cameron

 

Beside Wlad (#1), Vitaly (#2) and Valuev (#3) we have the following boxers who are

.... highly active in the ring by fighting at least once per year: Holyfield, Chambers
or

.... these who at least are making strong verbal noise in the media: Ruiz, Haye
or

.... who are trying to be prepared and be ready: Povetkin, Arreola

.....who are still pleased to the media news: Golota

 

I know you aren't insulting my list, as it truly is hard to get a top 25. I am always working on it, and even today I've made a change or two. But there are some "notable" names I have left out, like Golota, Brewster, and Rahman. But damn, it's still pretty tough. I have to actually go and try to do real work now, but I may try a revised top 25 list this evening or tomorrow.

 

Wladimir Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko
Eddie Chambers
Chris Arreola
David Haye
Alexander Povetkin
Ruslan Chagaev
Tony Thompson
Sam Peter
Alexander Dimitrenko

 

1.WLad
2.VItali.
3.Vacant
4.Vacant
5.Vacant
6.Vacant
7.Vacant
8.Vacant
9.Vacant
10.Vacant

 

I have Boswell in my "others" list, meaning in otherwords I could easily replace him with any of the names I have in my 20-25 slots, lol. There is a point around that place in my rankings that it all becomes interchangeable, but I just started this "project" so I'll try to have reasoning behind everyone of my picks, and I'll also try to reason why I've wasted so much time on an asinine project.

 

I'd maybe switch vitali and wlad and might put chambers in at 9, but other than that, this is a very precise and hard to argue with list.

 

:good

 

1. Wlad Klitschko
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Valuev
4. Povetkin
5. Chagaev
6. Chambers
7. Arreola
8. Peter
9. Dimitrenko
10. Haye

 

Yeah, I would expect that from a biased Klitschko fan. These guys are so biased, it could be night out and they would tell you it is day and expect you to believe it.

 

Haye is somewhere between 3-5 IMO.