1) This is tough. It’s either AJ or Fury for me. Fury has two great wins but AJ has consistently beaten top opposition since becoming champion unlike Fury. I’m gonna go with Joshua. His win over 41 year old Klitschko isn’t as good as Furry’s win against a younger Wlad but is sure as hell still a better win than Fury’s win over Wilder. Then Povetkin, Whyte, Parker, Ruiz on top of it makes for an excellent resume. 2) Fury 3) Ruiz. Beat the number 1 heavyweight in impressive fashion and became unified world champion. 4) Whyte - His wins against Parker and an undefeated Rivas are both good wins. I’d say having a win over Parker a former world champ is better than a 2 wins over an old Ortiz with no gas tank. 5) Wilder. Former WBC champion with a lot of successful title defences but he’s only really beaten 2 top 10 heavyweights in a 44 fight career shockingly enough. Stiverne I don’t classify as a good win at all. I don’t rate that guy much. He was an okay fighter just wasn’t world level in my eyes and was fortunate enough to get a shot for a vacant title against Arreola. Ortiz is a good win but Ortiz hasn’t really beaten anyone good. Jennings is a decent win but Jennings isn’t anything special. Ortiz has always been hyped up by Wilder fans to make Wilders win against him look better than it actually is.
Fury 1. Better win against Klitschko...the historic win ending his reign. 2. Beat another "big three" heavy 3. No losses 4. A lot of the guys he gets no credit for (Johnson, Hammer, Cunningham) were actual eliminators when he beat them, and they went down hill and don't seem like good wins anymore. Joshua Beaten everyone outside Wilder and Fury. Very, very close with Fury. Ruiz The Joshua win Whyte Beat Ruiz and Parker, as well as Chisora, Browne, Rivas, Helenius... Parker Beat Ruiz Yes, I know that it is a contradiction that Wilder is not on the list. I have explained it a dozen times in other threads. It is "appearance and reality." Fury gets credit for taking on someone perceived as being a huge threat, but the truth is, Wilder has no resume at all. It is absolutely a paradox. We live in a complex world, and you do run into those nasty logical paradoxes.
Fury Wilder (Was #1 until exposed by Fury= down one spot) Joshua (Exposed by Ruiz big time, needs to beat Wilder or Fury to move up,) Not interested in anything else until these top 3 sort things out i.e; Fury vs. Joshua
Joshua - wins over Wlad, Povetkin, Ruiz, Whyte, Parker and Takam. Greatest depth by far. Fury - wins over Wlad, Wilder, Cunnigham and Chisora. Better single wins than Joshua but lacking in depth. Whyte - wins over Parker, Chisora, Rivas, Browne, Helenius. Very solid resume, even if he didn't look brilliant at times. Ruiz - win over Joshua, close contentious fight with Parker. Lacking depth but good single performances. Wilder - wins over Ortiz and Stiverne. Weakest resume by far, and his best wins are both unproven at top level.
Can't believe it's going to have to take Fury to have walked through Wlad, Wilder and AJ with ease before people realize he's the real G. AJ doesn't stand a damn chance. He's a basic plodder with rehearsed combinations. Hearn doesn't want this fight.
Wlad fight was boring asf and Fury did the same thing against Wlad as AJ did against Ruiz but AJ was running away but Fury dominated lmao. He dominated Wilder I’ll give you that. He’s not dominating AJ. Fury will have to go to hell and back to beat Joshua and he and his team both know it. They took on Wilder for less money and less belts because they knew he was limited and only had one trick.
Fury has been to hell and back and came back with the devils head. AJ is an imp, Fury will slap him out the way. Easy work.
A Donner Khebab grill stolen from a Manchester Kebab shop during a coke binge doesn’t count as the “devils head” and also that poor man still hasn’t been given back his property or been compensated for stolen merchandise. Fury has been too busy giving away all his money to the homeless I’m sure.
Wilder has never been a legit #1 heavyweight. Fury and Joshua have always better better than him. Wilder would probably lose to Ruiz and Whyte as well.
