My current Top 10 Heavyweights

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1. Vitali Klitschko
2. Wladimir Klitschko
3. Povetkin
4. Adamek
5. Dimitrenko
6. Chagaev
7. Helenius
8. Perez
9. Arreola
10. Denis Boytsov

 

delighted by the distinct lack of helenius in these lists.

 

1. Vitali
2. Wlad
3. Haye
4. Povetkin
5. Adamek
6. Arreola
7. Chambers
8. Helenius
9. Chisora
10. Dimitrenko

 

Recency bias

 

aka reality check

 

Extreme opinions (Helenius top 3 vs Helenius garbage) rarely constitute 'reality'.

 

That's a good list, but I do not understand what Haye has done to get above Povetkin. Chambers have not done too much winning in the heavy weight division lately either, right? Adamek is not a heavy weight and never will be so he drops off the list to the cruisers.

1. Vitali
2. Wlad
3. Povetkin
4. (Maybe) Haye (if he's not retired already)
5. Helenius
6. Chisora
7. Dimitrenko
8. Arreola
9. Chambers
10. Fury

 

Not including Haye, he's retired.

1. Wlad
2. Vitali
3. Povetkin
4. Chambers
5. Thompson
6. Adamek
7. Helenius
8. Chagaev
9. Arreola
10. Dimitrenko
11. Pulev
12. Chisora
13. Solis
14. Ustinov
15. Boystov
16. Fury
17. Lawrence
18. Mormeck
19. Mitchell
20. Stiverne

I'm reluctant to over-rate Chisora on the basis of one fight--I'm giving RH the benefit of the doubt that he actually broke his hand. I don't include Haye because he's "retired".

 

1. Wlad
2. Vitali
3. Povetkin
4. Haye
5. Chambers
6. Adamek
7. Helenius
8. Arreola
9. Dimitrenko
10.Thopmson

 

WTF is with morons on ESB who rate Tua? Why? Tua was trash, is trash and will always be trash. He couldn't beat ANYONE on that list today and you have him at 3? He isn't in the top 25!!! Chisora would beat him, **** Helenius would beat him...**** I'd take Fury over him...

My bad mate, just realized you originally posted this 2.10.2010...

 

F'kin depressing.

Tua wasn't even that good in his prime I'm afraid.

 

Helenius top 3 is an extreme opinion. Him losing to a bum is a fact.

 

My CURRENT top 10 based on activity, level of opposition and best wins:

1. Vladimir Klitschko
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Eddie Chambers
5. Tony Thompson
6. Ruslan Chagaev
7. Robert Helenius
8. Tomasz Adamek
9. Chris Arreola
10. Alexander Dimitrenko

 

I still have a soft spot in my heart for Tua. I'd love to see him cave in Wlad's chin in round one. I think he's still got a few good fights left. Povetkin don't want any!

 

By the back end of the top 10, I kind of want to vomit. Current based more on resume than talent, but a mix, and Haye isn't rated because he's still officially retired.

1 - Wlad
2 - Vitali
3 - Povetkin
4 - Chambers
5 - Adamek
6 - Arreola
7 - Tyson Fury
8 - Kubrat Pulev
9 - Franklin Lawrence
10 - Dereck Chisora

Helenius and Thompson probably come next. Chagaev hasn't done anything in years, so not sure why people are rating him. Same goes for Boytsov, who if anyone objectively looked at, people would realize that a lot of other prospects have lapped him at this point. Dimitrenko hasn't really done much of consequence either. It's sad that I'm rating a bunch of guys who are basically prospects at 7 - 10, but at least they've fought some decent guys and beaten them.

Anyway, if I could cut off the top 10 at 6, I would. Those are the only six guys who deserve to be in it. Guys like Chagaev, Dimitrenko and Boytsov still keep getting rated, but that's from entropy as much as anything. People start rating them, don't know who else to rate, and just keep rating them even though they haven't shown that they're even decent in years.