1. Wladimir Klitschko 2. Ruslan Chagaev 3. Vitali Klitschko 4. Nicolay Valuev 5. Samuel Peter 6. Alexander Povetkin 7. Oleg Maskaev 8. Sultan Ibragimov 9. Chris Arreola 10. John Ruiz 11. James Toney 12. Sergei Liakhovich 13. Tony Thompson 14. David Tua 15. Andrew Golota 16. Denis Boytsov-by far the best prospect to come along in many years 17. Lamon Brewster 18. Hasim Rahman 19. Alexander Dimitrenko 20. Juan Carlos Gomez 21. Eddie Chambers 22. Evander Holyfield 23. Shannon Briggs 24. Calvin Brock 25. Fres Oquendo 26. Monte Barrett 27. Brian Minto 28. Kevin Johnson 29. Odlanier Solis 30. Vladimir Virchis 31. Jameel McCline 32. Luan Krasniqi 33. Sinan Samil Sam 34. Kirk Johnson 35. Jason Estrada 36. Kali Meehan 37. Timor Ibragimov 38. Malik Scott 39. Paolo Vidoz 40. Matt Skelton 41. Taras Bidenko 42. Chazz Witherspoon 43. Shane Cameron 44. Jean Francois Bergeron 45. Audley Harrison 46. Oliver McCall 47. Roman Greenberg 48. Tye Fields 49. Joe Mesi 50. Oleg Platov
Chagaev? Look, he's got better skills than Peter, but lets be honest that Peter has been active against good fighters. Chag has got to get healthy and start fighting, or he is number 4 below Kilt, Peter, and Valuev. Vitali? He hasn't foguht in 4 years. Maskaev? Since his big win agaisnt Rahman, he beat the dreadful Okhello, got injured, and got beat by Peter. Toney? When is the last time he won a meningvul fight? Tua? Out over a year? Liakovich? Has lost twice since beating Brewster. Juan Calros Gomez 20 with wins over McCall and Virchis? He should be in the top ten. Calvin Brock, sadly, is finished due to injury. Barret,Bidenko, and Dimentrenko are not higher due to recent wins? Chambers came within a breath of a title shot. Boytsov stunk it up in his last two. Where is Danny Williams for beating Airsch? Kirk Johnosn is not an active fighter.
There really is only a top 6 right now. Wladdy- hard to argue with this, and I am not going to bother to spell it out. Peter- regardless of what you think of his skill set and training habits, he went through 3 guys in 4 fight- Toney, Mcline and MAskaev- to get his blet. You have to respect that, and his loss to Wladdy also adds to his mystique. Valuev- yeah, I know. But he's a two time WBA champ who fights often against perenial contender types. No one great win, but a lot of little good ones in donal, Ruiz, Barret, Levin, Bidenko, Mcline, Beck, Bergeron, Lykovich. Chagaev- His win against Valuev does it, along with Sprott, Skelton, Ruiz and Virchis. After Wladdy, has the second best resume. just needs to get more active. Gomez- Big win recently agasint Virchis, and also has those nice vicotires over McCall and Samil Sam Povetkin- Beat a fellow legit contender in Chambers. Throw in the wins against Byrd and Donald, and he deserves his Spot. And that is it. No one else deserves a top ten. Sultan, Brewster, Cambers and Thompson all have fine resumes, but need to get back in the winning column agaisnt someone at least semi real. When is the last time you saw Ruiz or Toney cleanly win an important fight? Arreola- I like the man, but beating talent free Cahz Witherspoon proves NOTHING. Barret and Bidenko both got recent good wins, but nothing special. Vitali- has not fought yet. It is ridiculous to rank him. Maskaev and Rahmen- need to retire. Solis, Boytsov and Dimentrenko- beat someone who is for real first. Haye- lets see how the fight with Baret goes The man has exactly one heavyweight win against a marginal guy, he's not the heir apparent yet.
where's riddick 'sugar daddy' or 'big daddy' bowe, even if he is beyond shot he should be able to give alot of unproven heavyweights a good whoppin
