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I would like to discuss the current heavyweight rankings with you.
Below you can see my list I put together based on recent accomplishments:
1st Sergei Liakhovich. Lamon Brewster was the man in my view. A win over him is the best he could have achieved. I know he has been unactive lately, but he deserves the spot based on his last fight alone.
I expect Brewster to become champ again very soon, by the way.
2nd Wladimir Klitschko. He stopped the longest reigning champion in Chris Byrd, a big win (at least on paper).
3rd Nikolay Valuev. In my opinion he does not deserve the WBA title because Larry Donald was robbed and John Ruiz should have won the decision or got a draw. But a win over them on paper is big.
4th Hasim Rahman. Draw with Toney (many claim he should have won) and wins over Monte Barrett and Kali Meehan. He can be champ for a long time, since he got his focus back.
5th Lamon Brewster. Big wins over Klitschko, Krasniqi and Golota.
6th John Ruiz. I know lots of boxing fans do not like him, but his record is very good.
7th James Toney. Undefeated at heavyweight. He should stay away from steroids and concentrate more on getting in excellent shape. He has all the tools he needs, I hope so at least.
8th Danny Williams. Defeated unbeaten Audley Harrison and Matt Skelton. His ranking appaears to be a little high right now, time will tell.
9th Chris Byrd. He was the longest reigning champ and has some good names on his record.
Is it true he is moving down to Cruiserweight now?
10th Samuel Peter. For me the most promising prospect out there.
11th Calvin Brock. Undefeated with wins over Jameel McCline, Zuri Lawrence, ...
12th Oleg Maskaev. On a long winning streak. His last win over Sinan Samil Sam was big (he broke his jaw and gave him a brain concussion).
13th Shannon Briggs. Very long winning streak. He should step up soon or get a title shot, he has all the tools he needs in order to become heavyweight champion of the world.
14th Paolo Vidoz. The European champ who defeated Timo Hoffmann (the only man to ever knock him down.
15th Ruslan Chagev. Undefeated, very strong.
Below you can see my list I put together based on recent accomplishments:
1st Sergei Liakhovich. Lamon Brewster was the man in my view. A win over him is the best he could have achieved. I know he has been unactive lately, but he deserves the spot based on his last fight alone.
I expect Brewster to become champ again very soon, by the way.
2nd Wladimir Klitschko. He stopped the longest reigning champion in Chris Byrd, a big win (at least on paper).
3rd Nikolay Valuev. In my opinion he does not deserve the WBA title because Larry Donald was robbed and John Ruiz should have won the decision or got a draw. But a win over them on paper is big.
4th Hasim Rahman. Draw with Toney (many claim he should have won) and wins over Monte Barrett and Kali Meehan. He can be champ for a long time, since he got his focus back.
5th Lamon Brewster. Big wins over Klitschko, Krasniqi and Golota.
6th John Ruiz. I know lots of boxing fans do not like him, but his record is very good.
7th James Toney. Undefeated at heavyweight. He should stay away from steroids and concentrate more on getting in excellent shape. He has all the tools he needs, I hope so at least.
8th Danny Williams. Defeated unbeaten Audley Harrison and Matt Skelton. His ranking appaears to be a little high right now, time will tell.
9th Chris Byrd. He was the longest reigning champ and has some good names on his record.
Is it true he is moving down to Cruiserweight now?
10th Samuel Peter. For me the most promising prospect out there.
11th Calvin Brock. Undefeated with wins over Jameel McCline, Zuri Lawrence, ...
12th Oleg Maskaev. On a long winning streak. His last win over Sinan Samil Sam was big (he broke his jaw and gave him a brain concussion).
13th Shannon Briggs. Very long winning streak. He should step up soon or get a title shot, he has all the tools he needs in order to become heavyweight champion of the world.
14th Paolo Vidoz. The European champ who defeated Timo Hoffmann (the only man to ever knock him down.
15th Ruslan Chagev. Undefeated, very strong.
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