Top 5 updated heavyweight contenders

I have if I exclude former Heavyweight Champions (Parker, Joshua, Ruiz) :

1- Zhilei Zhang

2- Daniel Dubois

3- Hrgovic (the choice of opponent pure joke)

4- Frank Sanchez

5- Jared Anderson / Martin Bakole (he is not a top 5 but still well ranked) / Agit Kabayel

 

But honestly I write Bakole because he is well ranked like Hrgovic. But for me they will do nothing in a world title match, except if the IBF titles is vacated for Hrgovic.

But Bakole no chance to be a world champion, he can be a problem of course but.. not to be a top 5 for to be honest.

 

1. Zhang
2. Hrgovic
3. Dubois
4. Joyce
5. Kabayel

Honorable mentions - Sanchez, Anderson, Bakole (although Bakole seems busier panhandling on social media than getting another fight organised)

 

1. Zhang
2. Hrgovic
3. Sanchez
4. Kabayel
5. Dubois

I think Joe Joyce is done. He was always easily hittable; now that Zhang has cracked his chin, he would get KO’d by any half-decent contender. Age is also not on his side.

I’ve yet to be impressed by Jared Anderson but he’s one to keep an eye on for the future.

 

This is a good list with the caveat that Joyce may be mentally checked out.

 

Why do people put Zhang over Hrgovic?!

 

Hrgovic
Zhang
Joyce
Kabayel
Anderson

 

I guess because some think Zhang beat Hrgovic. I personally thought Hrgovic did just enough to win.

The weirder one for me is picking Dubois over Joyce because he beat Miller. Can you imagine what Joyce would do to Miller with Miller's gas tank? In fact Joyce should fight Miller as a comeback fight, would be action packed, Miller doesn't have the power to hurt him and with Joyce's work rate would overwhelm Miller and stops him.

 

Because he clearly beat Hrgovic and then stopped Joe Joyce twice.

 

Copium

 

In no particular order:

Zhang
Hrgovic
Kabayel
Bakole
Huni

 

Yes agree Joyce is a bit of an unknown quantity at the moment. I'm going with the narrative that Big Bang was all wrong for him . But we'll soon see in his next fight.

 

1. Hrgovic
2. Zhang
3. Sanchez
4. Kabayel
5. Jalolov+
+I know that Jalolov needs to take an extra step before leveling up to be a contender, but I would immediately "put him in the game". And who wouldn't like to see Jalolov in fights with TOP 10 HW, or even in a title fight?

 

Personally, I would say:

Hrgovic
Zhang
Dubois
Joyce
Sanchez