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2004 1 Chris Byrd - W McLine D Golota 2 James Toney - W Booker 3 Larry Donald - W Fields Cawley Holyfield 4 Evander Holyfield L Donald 5 John Ruiz -W Oquenda Golota 6 Hasim Rahman - W Cole Calman Cawley Meehan Lewis 7 DaVarall Williamson - Relleford Castillo McCall L Klitchsko (pre rank) 8 Oliver McCall - W Woodward L Williamson 9 Vitali Klitchsko - W Sanders Williams 10 Corrie Sanders - W Varakin L Klitsscho 11 Lamon Brewster - W Klitchsko Meehan 12 Wladimir Klitscho - W Williamson L Brewster 13 Jameel McCline - L Ruiz 14 Fres Oquendo - L Ruiz 15 Siarhie Liakovich - W Guerero Maxine Guinn 16 Joe Mesi - W Jirov 17 Monte Barrett - W Beck L Rahman 18 David Tua -No Fights 19 Elisier Castillo - W Maxime Taylor James Moorer 20 Michael Moorer - W Da Silva Jirov L Castillo 21 Dominic Guinn - W Jackson L Barrett Liakovich 22 Michael Grant - W Hatcher 23 Robert Davis-W Phillips 24 Audley Harrison - W hersis Francis Bonin 25 Thomasz Bonan - W Dychkou & others 26 Henry Akinwande W Nel 27 Nicolai Valuev W Ryan Domingues bango vidoz nobles 28 Paulo Vidoz - W Dychkou Guezolli Mouradi L Valuev 29 Steve Herelius 30 Thieri Guezouli L Vidoz Herelius 31 Taras Bidenko W daSilva Edmonson Dychkou corpus frank francis Simko onofrei 32 Constantin Onofrei - W Druso L Bidenko Chris Byrd is the man to take the crown from Lennox (with his retirement) Will be interesting to compare the competition of some of the claimants at this stage. His first defence was against the 10th ranked fighter which is not too bad compared to recent previous champions. Vitali fought the 8th ranked Corrie Sanders. Evander Toney and McCall fought unranked fighters. Ruiz fought the 11th ranked fighter and Golota who does generally have the better reputation and did draw with Byrd. Rahman fought the 17th ranked fighter. Vitali's first career would actually finish with him ranked as the 9th best fighter. A little disappointing and very surprising. Surely his second career will be an improvement. Based on these rankings, it does seem that Byrd and ruiz were the guys fighting and beating the highest ranked and most proven contenders. Strangely, it does seem that being non heavy hitters with a "boring" style to many, it does seem that these to ushered in the modern trend of ranking fighters on how they look more so than who they actually beat Despite the top guys not really fighting each other it is actuallyquite interesting from a historical perspective. The late 90s fighters do seem to be more than holding their own against the new wave which is what I would have expected. I am very surprised to see Audley Harrison make his way into these rankings at this stage. Nicolay Valuev moves into the top 30 Mike Tyson sadly drops out of the top 30.
Wladimir fought Williamson after Brewster. So Wlad should be above Williamson. He should be number 7, above Sanders, Vitali, and Brewster. EDIT: Nevermind. TOS got his ranking for beating McCall, which was after the Wlad fight. Sorry.
2005 1 Chris Byrd - W Williamson 2 James Toney - W Ruiz Guinn 3 Nicolai Valuev - W Levin Ettierne Donald Ruiz 4 Larry Donald - D Austin L Valuev 5 Evander Holyfield No fights 6 John Ruiz -ND Toney L Valuev 7 Hasim Rahman - W Barrett 8 DaVarall Williamson - W Jefferson L Byrd 9 Oliver McCall - W Wilson ellis Hale Saleta NC Gomez 10 Corrie Sanders - No Fights 11 Lamon Brewster - W Golotta Krasniqi 12 Wladimir Klitschko - W Castillo Peter 13 Calvin Brock - etienne Mclean bostice craven 14 Zuri Lawrence - w McLine L Ibragimov (prerank) 15 Jameel McCline - L Brock Lawrence w Panell Sample 16 Fres Oquendo - no fights 17 Siarhie Liakovich - no Fight 18 Joe Mesi - no fights 19 Monte Barrett - W Beck L Rahman 20 David Tua -Griffis Salif 21 Elisier Castillo - L Klitscho 22 Michael Moorer - No fights 23 Dominic Guinn - D Ahunyaa L Toney 24 Michael Grant - W Daniel McGeer 25 Danny Williams - W Petranyi Harrison 26 Audley Harrison - w Davis Wiggins Williams 27 Robert Davis-W Green L Harrison 28 Thomasz Bonan - W Dbanakek Ozokin feliz 29 Henry Akinwande W Vasiliev Walker Mahone 27 Nicolai Valuev W Ryan Domingues bango vidoz nobles 28 Paulo Vidoz - W Kalikauskus Hoffman Sprott 29 Steve Herelius - W Oezbek 30 Oleg platov - W Ozekin Guezouli Kulikauskas Tessier 31 Thieri Guezouli L Platov 32Volodomyr Vyrchs - W Bidenko Serin Diaz Sprott 33 Taras Bidenko W Suferi L Vyrchs 34 Alex Mazekin - W Chechenev & Others 35Valary Chechenev - W onofrei & Others L Mazekin 36 Constantin Onofrei - L Chechenev Not only was chris byrd the logical replacement to Lennox, and ducked by lennox, but his defences were technically as good as many of Lennox defences or at least not that much worse. Nicolai Valuev actually beat 2 top 10 contenders this year, a suprising statistic and deserved title challenger. Toney is another who seemed to be competing with the legitimate top 10s. More so than many of the up and coming bigger and younger fighters.
no problem, it is so easy to mistake, i made some shockers along the way, but i think it is pretty close to correct now. thanks to those that picked up the obvious errors.
2006 1 W Klitchsko - W Byrd Brock 2 Chris Byrd - L Klitschko 3 Sam Peter - W Lloyd-long Toney 4 James Toney - D Rahman L Peter 5 Nicolai Valuev - W Beck Barrett 6 Larry Donald - no fights 7 Evander Holyfield W Ouendo Bates 8 Russian Chagaev - W Calloway Vyrchrs Sprott Ruiz 9 John Ruiz -L Chagaev 10 Oleg Maskaev - W Rahman Othello 11 Hasim Rahman - D Toney L Maskaev 12 DaVarall Williamson - W Mollo 13 Oliver McCall - W McDanial Craven Wilson diaz 14 Corrie Sanders - W Wilson 15 Shannon Briggs - Ryan Koval Liakovich 16 Siarhei Liakovich - W Brewster L Briggs 17 Lamon Brewster - L Liakovich 18 Calvin Brock - Lawrence Ibragimov L Klitschko 19 Zuri Lawrence - L Brock 20 Jameel McCline -W Ward McGee Calloway Rhode Smith 21 Fres Oquendo - W Bispo Mora L Holyfield 22 Joe Mesi - Bellamy Tessier Mathews Weiss 23 Monte Barrett - L Valuev 24 David Tua - Gutierez Wheeler 25 Elisier Castillo - W Minus 26 Michael Moorer - W Couser 27 Tony Thompson - W Cabell Wheeler Guinn 28 Dominic Guinn - W Harrison Page L Thompson 29 Michael Grant - No Fights 30 Matt Skelton - W Kelachayan Williams L Williams 31 Audley Harrison - W Greeley Williams L Guinn 32 Danny Williams - W Skeltin Serin L Skelton Harrison Wlad takes over as no 1 fighter in the world. A little earlier than I would have thought previously. He is set up to rank extremely high in terms of all time longevity. It will be ineresting to see how his reign compares with number of top 10 opposition actually beaten. I think it might end up more impressive than Lennox and Evander and even guys like Frazier and Dempsey. I don think he will reach the dominance of Louis Ali and Johnson, but he might. From memory he does seem to have really cleaned the division towards the end. James Toney was actually fighting as many top 10 fighters as anyone of the time. It surprises me a bit. It is a shame he didn’t go up a year or two earlier. The old champs rank 1, 7, 11, 13 and 15 all are still very competitive with the new wave of fighters. It does seem like the generation of this time was using the tactic of avoiding the older fighters so that they aged and taking the easy fights. It probably says more about the politicks of he sport than the apility, though. I could be wrong, but to me the top 10 doesn’t look real strong at all and the 10-20 spots also seem to be decidedly average and dominated by older fighters who are aging and simply not fighting at the highest level.
2007 1 W Klitchsko - L Austin Brewster 2 Alexander Povetkin - Bostice Heureaux Donal Byrd 3 Chris Byrd - W MarinaccioL Povetkin 4 Sam Peter - W Toney McLine 5 James Toney - W Batchelder L Rahman 6 Russian Chagaev - W Calloway Vyrchys Sprott Ruiz 7 Nicolai Valuev - W McLine Bergeron L Chagaev 8 Larry Donald - L Povetkin 9 Sultan Ibragimov - W Mora Briggs Holyfield 10 Evander Holyfield W Maddalone Savarese L Ibragimov 11 John Ruiz -W Tisdale 12 Oleg Maskaev - No Fights 13 Hasim Rahman - W Sykes Ryan Fox Lawrence 14 Kali Meehan - W Williamson 15 DaVarall Williamson - W Meehan 16 Juan Carlos Gomez - W Rodrigue Bachtov Mcall 17 Oliver McCall - W Wilson Sam L Gomez 18 Corrie Sanders - W Bispo 19 Shannon Briggs - L Ibragimov 20 Siarhei Liakovich - No Fights 21 Lamon Brewster - L Klitschko 22 Eddie Chambers - W Rossy Guinn Brock 23 Calvin Brock - W West Gonzalez L Chambers 24 Robert Hawkins - W Smith Guinn L Tua Estrada Bergeron Vyrchys (pre rank) 25 Dominic Guinn - W Lawrence L Chambers Hawkins 26 Zuri Lawrence - w Jolly Bergman Woods L Guinn Rahman 27 Jameel McCline -L Valuev Peter 28Fres Oquendo - W Norris Castillo 29 Joe Mesi - W Miller 30 Tony Thompson - W Ibragimov Kasniqui Couser 31 Monte Barrett -W Couser L Couser 32 Cliff Couser - W Barrett L Thompson Barrett Calloway (pre rank) 33 David Tua - W Hawkins Montana Fox 34 Elisier Castillo - W Morgan L Oquendo 35 Michael Moorer - W Fields Boruff Willis 36 Michael Grant - zumbren Montiy 37 Matt Skelton - W Sprott 38 Michael Sprott - W Harrison L Skelton 39 Audley Harrison - W L Sprott 40 Danny Williams - W Gammer NC Platov So far Wad is continuing the recent tradition of fighting fighters outside the top 10. Povetkin was building himself as a pretty good top 10 challenger. He had beaten 2 oher top 10s (which at this stage was better than Wlad. Robert hawkins win over Guinn was a good win in the middle of a huge losing streak. Jameel McLine had a decent career especially early on, but he was really starting to struggle to step back up in class now. Joe Mesi Finishes his career just inside the top 30.
2008 1 W Klitchsko - L Ibragimov Thompson Rahman 2 Alexander Povetkin - W Chambers Sykes 3 Shaun George - W Byrd 4 Chris Byrd - W MarinaccioL Povetkin 5 Vitali Klitscho - W Peter 6 Sam Peter - W Maskaev L Klitscho 7 James Toney - W Oquendo NC Rahman 8 Ruslan Chagaev - W Skelton 9 Nicolay Valuev - W Liakovich Ruiz Holyfield 10 Sultan Ibragimov - L Klitschko 11 Evander Holyfield L Valuev 12 John Ruiz -W McLine L Valuev 13 Oleg Maskaev - W O Peter Hawkins L Peter 14 Hasim Rahman - W Toney L Klitscho 15 Kali Meehan - W Bates Alexander 16 DaVarall Williamson - W Fox 17 Juan Carlos Gomez - WVyrchs 18 Oliver McCall - No Fights 19 Joseph Chincangu - - W Machimana Ankra 20 Osborn Machimana - W Sanders 21 Corrie Sanders - L Machimana 22 Shannon Briggs - no fights 23 Siarhei Liakovich - L Valuev 24 Lamon Brewster -L Batchelder 25 Eddie Chambers - W Butler Castillo Salif L Povetkin 26 Dennis Boytsov - W Hawkins Felix Maddalone 27 Robert Hawkins - l Boystov Maskaev 28 Dominic Guinn - W Bergeron Brown 29 Darell Madison - W Barnes Lawrence McKnight Rhodes 30 Zuri Lawrence - L Madison W Sosnowski 31 Jameel McCline -W Molo L Ruiz 32 Fres Oquendo - W Alexander L Toney 33 Tony Thompson - L Klitschko 34 David Haye - W Macaranellie Barrett 35 Monte Barrett - W Reed Fields L Haye Wlad with two solid wins over no 8 and 13 but he is still avoiding most of his top 10 at this stage. Looking at the rankings, Wlad v Povekin, which happens in a few years should have been a lot bigger than it was. One of the first 1 v 2 matchups in quite a while. Povetkin actually looks very underated so far. He is entrenched in the top 10 and it takes the very best to actually beat him. If he ends up emerging as the championship ahead of Joshua Wilder and Fury (he has lost once to these guys), I think he might just deserve all time great status with hindsight. Chris Byrd creates what might just be the biggest blip ever by losing to a light heavyweight, and not even a great one. Not sure how this will effect things. Vitali with a huge win after a 4 year break gives him a career high ranking of number 5. And probably higher, with number 3 and 4 both campaining as light heavys not heavys. It interesting, So far, Valuev's title opponents are roughly on par with Klitschko's.
2009 1 W Klitchsko - W Chagaev 2 Alexander Povetkin - W Estrada Nolan 3 Chris Henry - W George 4 Shaun George - W Ballogou L Henry 5 Chris Byrd - W Sandow 6 Vitali Klitscho - W Gomez Arreola Johnson 7 Eddie Chambers - W Peter Dimitrenko 8 Sam Peter - W McGee Bellamy Brown L Chambers 9 James Toney - W Greer 10 Ruslan Chagaev - W Drummond L Klitschko 11 David Haye - W Valuev 12 Nicolay Valuev - L Haye 13 Evander Holyfield No Fights 14 John Ruiz -W Serin 15 Nagy Aguilera W Johnson Maskaev L Johnson (pre rank) 16 Oleg Maskaev - L Aguilera 17 Hasim Rahman - No fights 18 Kali Meehan - No Fights 19 Ray Austin - W Williamson Lloyd-long 20 DaVarall Williamson - W Davis L Austin 21 Juan Carlos Gomez - L Klitchsko 22 Oliver McCall - W Hopoate Lawrence Whitaker 23 Joseph Chincangu - - W Abbey 24 Osborn Machimana - no Fights 25 Shannon Briggs - Pedro Alexander Calloway L Klitschko 26 Siarhei Liakovich - W Bates 27 Rene Detweiller - W Oluokon Zavorotni 28 Kubrat Pulev - W Benche uysal Oluokon Page 29 Gbenga Oluokon - W Detweiller Pulev Charr (pre rank) 30 Lamon Brewster -L Oluokon 31 Dennis Boytsov - W Garcia Bidenko Gavern Chris Henry moves into third place. Not bad for someone who never actually fought a heavyweight! Chris Byrd retires as the 5th best heavyweight in the world. A big achievement, despite a strange ending to his career. The up and coming young fighters are not beating the older fighters at the moment. But it seems to be more through lack of testing themselves rather than trying and failing, as has happened in some other eras. The modern way to the top seems clear. Fight unranked fighters and get a long enough win streak to challenge a klitschko. The klischko's legacies are starting to take shape and really improve, but it does seem like the Chris Byrd/Shaun George upset may cost them an all time great level of dominance but we will see how it goes. Kubrat Pulev does well to debut in the top 30 in his first year. His record actually looks as good or better than any challengers of this era. I am not sure if this will transfer into rankings, but he looks like he should definitely be considered one of the main challengers for the current title. He has a good level of competition and only a prime Wlad has been able to beat him.
Byrd and George was always a strange result. Most blame it on old age or weight drain. They are probably correct but not definitely. This result opens up so many questions. Byrd dropped 35 lbs,he says by training with longer road work. This was the norm in the older days. does this mean that someone like Jeffries would have been more like 270 if he trained like today? Would smaller fighters like Sharkey or others suddenly look like todays fighters if they trained the same? In these rankings, a win is a win and a loss is a loss. It is the only real way to go. There will be times where a fighter gets a bad decision. It doesnt and shouldnt matter. Weight is a condition of the fight. It doesnt change the result. If Fury and Ruiz fight today, with a condition of 6 rounds and Fury wins on points or by KO, the conditions of the fight dont effect it. If it is a ND fight then neither fighter benefits from no decision even if Fury completely dominates. if both fighters agree to a weight condition, it is an extra condition on the fight and doesnt effect the rankings. Most modern fans say we have weight divisions for a reason (correct of course) but they assume that the 30 best heavyweights in the world are the 30 best fighters in the world. i dont think that this is the case. If heavyweight versions of Toney, Jones Jr and Byrd (well more so the first two for sure ) fought middleweight or light heavyweight versions of themselves, i doubt they would win every time. The question is how many heavyweights would lose fights to cruiserweight or light heavyweights or even middleweights. It is the advent of these weight divisions that has really robbed the modern scene of depth, more than anything else. i think this is what has ultimately wore down the value of the heavyweight title. There are not enough legitimate contenders around anymore It is a strange thing that an average light heavy weight (was he even one of the 10 best light heavys in the world at the time?) is able to bet what is definitely a top 10 heavyweight. Would Byrd have fared better if he came in at a higher weight against George. Nobody knows the answer to this. But this win raises questions. And Toney's form is another. He was grossly overweight, that is surely common ground. Yet he beat as many heavy contenders as anyone outside the Klitschos. And he was old and well past his best. You say he and Byrd are ranked too highly. But they actually beat proven contenders and quite a few of them. All of these rankings are historically interesting. In the era of the modern Super heavy, overweight smaller fighters are astonishingly successful. if we returned to one title and no cruiserweights, with fighters fighting 12 times a year, i have no doubt that the heavyweight top 10 would not look anything like it does today. Certainly the top 50 would look nothing like it does today. I think i could say that with certainty.
2010 1 W Klitchsko - W Chambers Peter 2 Alexander Povetkin - W Mora Oruh Firtha 3 Chris Henry - W Garay 4 Vitali Klitscho - W Sosnowski Briggs 5 Eddie Chambers - L Klitschko 6 Sam Peter - W Aguilero L Klitschk 7 James Toney - W No Fights 8 Ruslan Chagaev - W Meehan Walker 9 David Haye - W Ruiz Harrison 10 Evander Holyfield W Botha 11 John Ruiz -L Haye 12 Maurice Harris - W Zumbrun Lloyd-long Aguilera Hawkins 13Antonio Tarver - w Aguilera 15 Nagy Aguilera W Willis L Peter Harris Tarver 16 Hasim Rahman - W Boldridge Miller Reed McGee 17 Kali Meehan - W Quinn L Chagaev 18 Odlanier Solis - W Drummond Austin 19 Ray Austin - L Solis 20 DaVarall Williamson - No fights 21 Juan Carlos Gomez - L Mazikin Kahl Cetinkaya Page Sconier 22 Jean Marc Mormeck - Ibragimov Oquendo 23 Timur Ibragimov - Tamim McCall Singh Pineda L Mormeck 24 Oliver McCall - W Oquendo L Ibragimov 25 Osborn Machimana - W Muravha 26 Shannon Briggs -Alexander Calloway Klitschko 27 Siarhei Liakovich - W Quinn 28 Edward Gerber - Kurtagic Swaber Detweiller Kenna 29 Rene Detweiller - L Gerber 30 Kubrat Pulev - W Skelton Mondo Batchelder Orlov Guinn Vidoz 31 Robert helenius W Brewster Oluokon Tony Levin 32 Oleg Platov - W Oluokon 33 Gbenga Oluokon - W Airich 34 Lamon Brewster -L Helenius 35 Dennis Boytsov - W Montiy Shephard Wlad Really starting to exert some form of dominance with a win over 8th ranked peter and 7th ranked chambers Chris Byrd and Shaun George both retiring inside the top 10. Nicolay Valuev also retiring at number 12. Interesting to see Antonio Tarver, another light heavyweight move into the top 15. this really does have to be the lowest quality of heavys for some time. It is interesting that he earned his ranking straight after losing two ibf world light heavy title fights. Thee has been an awful lot of retirements this year, it seems the only way hat any of the next generatino of heavys can break into the rankings. Kubrat Pulev had a pretty good year. I have to say, this year does seem very down on quality.
2011 1 W Klitchsko - W Haye 2 Alexander Povetkin - W Chagaev Boswell 3 Chris Henry - W No Fights 4 Vitali Klitscho - W Solis Adamek 5 Eddie Chambers - W Rossy 6 Robert Helenius - W Peter Liakovich Chisora 7 Sam Peter - L Helenius 8 Dennis Lebedev - W Jones Toney 9 James Toney - L Lebedev 10 Ruslan Chagaev - L Povetkin 11 David Haye - L Klitschko 12Evander Holyfield W Williams Nielson 13 Tony Thompson - W harris 14 Maurice Harris - W Rossy L Thompson 15 Antonio Tarver - w Green 16 Chris Areola - W Abell Aguilera Butler Releford NC Ahunyana 17 Nagy Aguilera L Arreola 18 Hasim Rahman - W Brown 19 Kali Meehan - W Semiskur Kirby 20 Odlanier Solis - L Klitschko 21 Bermaine Stiverne - W Manswell Austin 22 Ray Austin - L Stiverne 23 DaVarall Williamson - W Marrone 24 Ondrej Pala - W Wilson Maziklin 25 Darnell Wilson - W Gomez L Walker Gavern (pre rank) Pala 26 Juan Carlos Gomez - L Wilson 27 Jean Marc Mormeck - No Fights 28 Seth Mitchell - W Davis Quinn Ferryro Ibragimov 29 Timur Ibragimov - L Mitchell 30 Cedric Boswell - W Alexander McCall manswell L Povetkin 31 Oliver McCall - W Wills L Boswell 32David Price - Machimana Butler Dallas 33 Osborn Machimana - L Price 34 Siarhei Liakovich - L Helenius 35 Edward Gerber - W Butler Baker Page Banks mcGee 36 Kubrat Pulev - W Zavrotnyi Rossy Pedyura Walker 37 Oleg Platov - No Fights 38 Carlos Takkem - W Oluokon Kurtagic 39 Gbenga Oluokon - L Takkam 40 Dennis Boytsov - W Greer Wlad is slowly asserting dominance. The Chris Henry light heavy blip is continuing, but it is interesting that Vitali, who many considered world champ at the time, just had arguably his best win. And it was against Adamek, who found the light heavy division (courtesy of chad dawson) too hard and started climbing through the Heavy ranks. Helenius with three good wins over at least two previously ranked fighters. Toney joins the list of heavys losing to lighter fighters with his loss to cruiserweight Lebedev. Admittedly, age is clearly slowing him up though. Lebedev if nothing else beat two pretty decent pound for pound fighters that year, in Toney and Jones Jr! Evander finally retires in 12th spot. Carlos Takkem seems to have a pretty decent record outside of the big guns of the era. It will be interesting to see how his current ranking compares with his current boxrec ranking of 27
2012 1 W Klitchsko - W Thompson Wach 2 Alexander Povetkin - W Huck Rahman 3 Chris Henry - W Hunt 4 Vitali Klitscho - W Chisora Charr 5 Thomas Adamek - W Chambers Walker Cunningham 6 Eddie Chambers - L Adamek 7 Robert Helenius - W Williams 8 Dennis Lebedev - W Cox Silgado 9 James Toney - W Gunn 10 Ruslan Chagaev - Manswell Zumbrun Kreoskott 11 David Haye - L Klitschko 12 Tony Thompson - W Klitschko 13 Michael Spott - W Gerber L Pulev Gerber 14 Edmund Gerber - W Mazikin Harris Wilson Sprott L Sprott 15 Albert Sosnowski - W Harris L Johnson (pre rank) 16 Maurice Harris - L Gerber Sosnowski 17 Antonio Tarver - Nd Kayode 18 Chris Areola - W Molina 19 Nagy Aguilera W Frazier L Adamek 20 Hasim Rahman - L Povetkin 21 Kali Meehan - W Semiskur Kirby 22 Odlanier Solis - W Airich 23 Bermaine Stiverne - W Herring 24 Tony Grano - Williamson 25 DaVarall Williamson - L Grano 26 Ondrej Pala - W Kuca L airich 27 Dennis Boytsov - W Wilson guinn Kurtagic 28 Juan Carlos Gomez - W Wilson Pedyyura 29 Darnell Wilson - L Boytsov Gomez Gerber 30 Jean Marc Mormeck - L Klitschko 31 Johnathon Banks - W Flirtha Mitchell 32 Seth Mitchell - L Banks 33 Timur Ibragimov -W Dlomo 34 Francesco Pianetta - 35 Oliver McCall - L Pianetta 36 David Price - W McDermott Sexton Harrison Skelton 37 Osborn Machimana - No Fights 38 Bryant Jennings - W Byarn Collins Kovich Liakovich 39 Siarhei Liakovich - L Jennings 40 Kubrat Pulev - W Sprott Dimitrenko Ustinov 41 Oleg Platov - Sconier 42 Carlos Takkem - W Botha Mrzek Perkovic Vitali ends his career in 4th spot of what really was quite a disappointing career froma lineal perspective. There really isnt much movement among the top contenders because they are simply not fighting each other. That being said you do get the feeling that next generation are starting to finally about to burst onto the scene. It seems to be taking old age and retirements and there does seem to be a drop off in the number of USA fighters but it does look like we may be at least starting to see a vibrant scene again. The action really did seem to be more in Britain and Europe at the moment.
