The Ring Magazine Top 10 Heavyweights

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  1. RUSKULL

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    1. CHAMPION: Wladimir Klitschko

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      Country: Ukraine
      Record: 55-3-0 (49 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: C | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 298
      Titles: IBF, WB
    2. Vitali Klitschko

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      Country: Ukraine
      Record: 41-2-0(38 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 1 | Last Week: 1 | Weeks On List: 122
      Title: WBC
    3. David Haye

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      Country: England
      Record: 25-1-0 (23 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 2 | Last Week: 2 | Weeks On List: 99
      Title: WBA
    4. Alexander Povetkin

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      Country: Russia
      Record: 19-0-0 (14 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 3 | Last Week: 3 | Weeks On List: 172
    5. Tomasz Adamek

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      Country: United States
      Record: 41-1-0 (27 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 4 | Last Week: 4 | Weeks On List: 42
    6. Ruslan Chagaev

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      Country: Germany
      Record: 26-1-1 (17 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 5 | Last Week: 5 | Weeks On List: 221
    7. Eddie Chambers

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      Country: USA
      Record: 35-2-0 (18 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 6 | Last Week: 6 | Weeks On List: 98
    8. Denis Boytsov

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      Country: Germany
      Record: 26-0-0 (21 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 7 | Last Week: 7 | Weeks On List: 86
    9. Nikolai Valuev

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      Country: Russia
      Record: 50-2-0 (34 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 8 | Last Week: 8 | Weeks On List: 269
    10. Alexander Dimitrenko

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      Country: Ukraine
      Record: 29-1-0 (19 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 9 | Last Week: 9 | Weeks On List: 117
    11. Chris Arreola


      Country: USA
      Record: 29-2-0 (25 KOs)
      Ranking: This Week: 10 | Last Week: 10 | Weeks On List: 99
     
    RUSKULL, Feb 9, 2011
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    As good a list as can be made, I suppose. :conf
     
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  3. RUSKULL

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    Would you switch any of the names around? Is anybody missing from the list in your opinion?
     
    RUSKULL, Feb 9, 2011
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  4. Arcane

    Arcane One More Time Full Member

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    SNV below Chambers?
     
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  5. RUSKULL

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    I'm a bit curious about Denis Boytsov myself. He's a real question mark since he hasn't fought enough talent and his chin has yet to be really tested.
     
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  6. RUSKULL

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    I think it's fair to say that Sugar Valuev is a bit low on the list.

    But to be honest he hasn't fought in quite a while.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

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    i'd have it

    wlad
    vitali
    haye
    solis
    povetkin
    valuev
    chagaev
    chambers
    adamek
    thompson.

    so yeah my list is quite different.

    i cannot believe solis isn't in their top ten. i favour him to beat vitali and thought he was viewed as a concensus top contender.

    i also think adamek is a bit high; valuev and chambers are a bit low for my liking.

    the problem with this forum is that loads of adamek huggers will attack my list now because of where i place him. the truth is his best victory is a close victory vs arreola. everyone else in the top ten, bar solis and thompson, have much better heavyweight resumes iirc. i rank solis so high because i just don't see anyone beating him.

    as for thompson, i think stylistically he is much better h2h than arreola. and although he gave a poor showing vs wlad, he is clearly one of the top boxers today IMO.

    perhaps also i have chag a bit high, but he is a proven top heavyweight and his only loss is still to wlad, so until he starts losing i find it hard to drop him from his well earned position.
     
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  8. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    I am on board with that list for the most part. I also like thompson on that list ahead of Arreola. Other than that it looks good in terms of names and ranking.
     
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  9. dvb

    dvb Well-Known Member Full Member

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    but wheres del boy!. :lol:
     
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  10. lufcrazy

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    yeah i think thompson matches up well h2h vs most top tens. not saying he'd win or be a favourite, but noone is having an easy night.
     
    lufcrazy, Feb 9, 2011
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  11. Boxing Fanatic

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    How the hell Dimitrenko made that list beats the fug out of me
     
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  12. RUSKULL

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    There's a lot of good points so far:

    Solis should be on the list

    Thompson should be on the list

    Valuev is too low on the list
     
    RUSKULL, Feb 9, 2011
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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Well, Valuev is inactive for >1 year, so he could actually remain off the list until he fights again.

    Dimitrenko is fine at #10, with either Solis or Thompson leapfrogging into that vacant #9 spot (or both of them taking 9 and 10 and bumping Dimitrenko to 11)
     
    IntentionalButt, Feb 9, 2011
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  14. RUSKULL

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    Derek Chisora is somewhere around 15 or so in my opinion. Still, an unbeaten fighter with a European/British belt or something and good enough for a voluntary defense :cool:
     
    RUSKULL, Feb 9, 2011
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  15. Finesse74

    Finesse74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I sware this is the weakest division on boxing.
    Eddie chambers on a top anything list? Smh.
     
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