Is Parker ( 35-2 ) the era's 3rd beat heavyweight?

[HeadShots]

He got thoroughly dominated and KOed by Joe Joyce.


Zhang only lost split controversial decisions and he KOed Joyce twice and KOed Wilder.

[HandsofIron]

1. Usyk
2. AJ
3. Parker
4. Fury
5. Zhang

[baroidi]

Rankings change fight by fight, Parker has big wins against Wilder and Zhang. Joshua, since his back to back losses against Usyk, has taken a very safe path towards a paper belt, Franklin (after loss to Whyte), Hellenius (after 1st round KO by Wilder), Wallin (sparring partner) and Ngannou (MMA fighter). Parker should be ranked above Joshua.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Where does Hrgovic rank?

Parker is obviously not top 3 or even top 4. Stop trolling.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

You are probably the only person who rates Parker above Fury.

He was the only person claiming Hrgovic was the best HW in the world too prior to Dubois exposing him.

[HeadShots]

Joyce dominated Parker too thoroughly to be ranked beneath Parker.


Parker scraping by Zhang after getting dropped twice does not disprove that. If he KOed Zhang maybe. Parker was literally beat down by Parker comprehensively then KOed between the ropes.


Joyce has to be ranked above Parker. Period.

[Willow The Wisp]

Parker ranks 8th within the era.
As others have noted, the era remains in motion, as do the rankings of it's participants.

The Heavyweight Ratings of the Era 2015 - 2025. (As of July 2024)


1. Tyson Fury
2. Oleksandr Usyk
3. Anthony Joshua
4. Deontay Wilder
5. Zhilei Zhang
6. Andy Ruiz Jr
7. Luis Ortiz
8. Joseph Parker
9. Daniel Dubois
10. Dillian Whyte
11. Wladimir Klitschko (old ver)
12.Joe Joyce
13.Agit Kabayel
14.Alexander Povetkin (old ver)
15.Jared Anderson
16.Filip Hrgovic
17.Jarrell Miller
18.Kubrat Pulev (old ver)
19.Charles Martin
20.Derrick Chisora
21.Martin Bakole
22.Fabio Wardley
23.Carlos Takam
24.Johann Duhaupas
25.Robert Helenius
26.Hughie Fury
27.Bryant Jennings
28.Bermane Stiverne
29.Otto Wallin
30.Frank Sanchez
31.Efe Ajagba
32.Chris Arreola (old ver)
33.Michael Hunter
34.Frazier Clarke
35.Bakhodir Jalolov
36.Tony Yoka
37.Murat Gassiev
38.Aleksandr Ustinov
39.Dominic Breazeale
40.Lucas Browne
41.Gerald Washington
42.Jermain Franklin
43.Lenier Pero
44.David Haye
45.Arslanbek Makhmudov
46.Vyacheslav Glazkov
47.Ruslan Chagaev (old ver)
48.Mariusz Wach
49.Johnathan Guidry
50.Francis Ngannou

[IronDanHamza]

Every fight except for Usyk has lost. This era is of heavyweight boxing is over 2 years max. Just look at the ages of the fighters. Exepct for Parker all of the listed guys will be old. Parker is two years will be 34. I'm not saying Parker was great fighter but in this era I view him as 3rd.

I know but he’s losing to fringe contenders in his prime and easily at that.

So I can’t see how he can also be up there with the other top fighters of their era who didn’t do that.

[Hous]

Hard to say who is better between Fury-AJ-Parker. They should fight each other. You know Parker is down. AJ is down. Fury, probably not on his radar.

[4truth]

Hard to say who is better between Fury-AJ-Parker. They should fight each other. You know Parker is down. AJ is down. Fury, probably not on his radar.

I doubt Parker would even fight Fury for much the same reason Norton would not fight his good friend Joe Frazier