Who is your top 10 at heavyweight right now?

AJ and Fury and the rest are either old or not that good.

 

Not sure how the hell you can rank Hunter above Uysk seeing as Usyk already beat him comfortably? UD, and almost had Hunter out in the 12th.

 

I dont think Hunter should be THAT high but he's still arguably a top 10

 

It wasn't better. Hunter performed vs 40 y.o Povetkin not so well and this was a draw. Ofc some fans might suggest that old Povetkin should maybe had get robbed on cards vs Hunter?
Hunter get a draw vs old Povetkin.
If you are talking about how irrelevant are CW fights, then I do not know what to tell you.
Hunter is small for HW like Usyk is and for sure both of them at CW were more mobile boxers.
For the same old Povetkin I think to hit Hunter's CW version had been more difficult task than to hit his HW version.
Povetkin at all is not only old, he is small for modern HW division.
Okey, 222-224-225 lbs 40 y.o uncle Povetkin.
CW dudes does have weight in weight <200lbs and a lot of them are heavier in the ring than these 200lbs.
Yeah, I think very rarerly they are >220 lbs in the ring.

CW division where Hunter and Usyk had competed then was stacked with not old top ranked boxers.
Since they were not old, they were more mobile, with higher output and agility than 40 y.o Povetkin's version.

If Hunter had lost close decision vs 30-36 y.o Povetkin, I had rated this higher than if he had won 37 y.o and older Povetkin.

For fight vs Usyk Hunter even liked me, yeah, cos Usyk then was in real prime and very mobile.
This Usyk version was difficult task to hit properly and he had higher output.
Usyk btw does not looks at all so much bulked up at HW.
Most likely he just does not use diet plan to maintain weight and does not do water cut. Just a bit heavier and also older.

 

1) AJ
2) Fury
3) Ruiz
4) Whyte
5) Wilder
6) Parker
7) Hunter
8) Usyk
9) Joyce
10) Povetkin
(Honourable mentions - Pulev, Ortiz, Hrgovic)

 

Joshua
Fury
Whyte
Ruiz
Parker
Joyce
Hunter
Wilder
Povetkin
Ajagba

 

1) Fury
2) Joshua
3) Wilder
4) Usyk
5) Whyte
6) Joyce
7) Parker
8) Ruiz
9) Hunter
10) Povetkin

Usyk is higher than i'd normally have someone based on gut - I think Usyk beats all in the list bar Fury, but can't have him higher than that until he proves it.

 

Would certainly appear to be the case, yes.

 

I know that most likely you did not had been in any kind of sport.
I do not talk here about combat sport only, I don't know how old you are.
If you are below 35 and do not have high physical workload at gym or work, you most likely just don't know what stuff is Father time.

More than this: how many top level NBA or NHL etc players are older than 35?
Do you know why goalkeepers in NHL usually last longer than other roles athletes?

This is for a reason.
Do you think that if age did not mattered any bare thing, they didn't had continued?
In NBA no one punches you in the face. In tennis you even do not have close physical contact.
In marathon or sprint no one beat you, so why there aren't large number with champs and medalists 35+?
Isn't this for some reason?

I don't talk about fighting sport only.
To be top level athlete is young man's game.

Yeah, he had been highly ranked by boxrec and boxing orgs.
They use point system, ok, boxing orgs usually uses also ranking panel.
The ring ranks with all resume and uses ranking panel with experts.

So: Povetkin until he turned 38 y.o had only one decision loss vs then current champion in Wlad who then had been ranked very highly by multiple western pro boxing orgs and also boxrec.
He had held multiple belts when he stepped in the ring vs Povetkin.
Then next thing: Povetkin had beated some boxers ( I might list if you wish ) before! they had been beat by other top ranked boxers, including boxers like A.J and Briedis for example and not only these.
Then: while over the hill Povetkin had lost vs A.J, again this was boxer with multiple belts and currently ranked in top.

The reson why Pulev had been ranked so highly too most likely is because: yeah, he had been 33 y.o undefeated boxer who was not lighter than Witali and 38 y.o Witali beat him in 5 rounds.
Now: Pulev had been as mandatory for A.J and this is despite he was 39 y.o .

Okey, now Pulev had dropped in rankings more seriously cos he lost 2 nd title fight in row. IBF manadatory title fights 0-2 vs Wlad and A.J.



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Sorry about things you call as logic.
Proper body mechanics and power is last thing they can loss.
While other things are reality.
I do know how much more than reality boxers surnames matters for boxing fans.

Povetkin?
I had watched even am KBer in Povetkin, not alone pro versions.
Povetkin fought at world top levels in ams and pros since he was 17 and when he was 37 I assumed that he should retire.

You evalue fighters by surname, I more about their shape and actions even when they had won fights.
Povetkin for me looked starting to go over the hill in 3 fights he had won before fight vs A.J.

Maybe you are young lad, then I understand you, if you are 25 or 29 this doesn't change so much there.

Of course if you do have high level skills, you might KO some ppl even if you are 65.

The problem is that training too is workload, mileage accumulates and the older you get, the longer is recovery time after workload.
Your body doesn't turns younger and Father Time is Undisputed.
There ofc are also injuries and this all accumulates. Body gets older.

High level athlete does have more workload than laborer and we do not see bunch with 45+ current champs in sport. Unlike laborers.

This is for a reason.


I'm a bit interested how old are you?

 

1. Fury
2. Joshua
3. Wilder
4. Whyte
5. Usyk
6. Ruiz
7. Joyce
8. Parker
9. Hunter
10. Povetkin