Comments Thread For: Runners and riders: Ranking the best and worst of the current heavyweight crop

[BoxingUpdates]

Matt Christie examines the good, the bad and the ugly of the world's heavyweight division.
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[Willow The Wisp]

Good assessment of a number of current contenders and I enjoyed the read.

My only point that could be viewed as a contention is that Duane Bobick handed Teofilo Stevenson, Randy Newman, Larry Middletown, Bunny Johnson Scott LeDoux and Chuck Wepner with little trouble; and he'd without a doubt handle Lawrence Okolie without any trouble, as well.

Respect for Duane, please, Son.

[anonymous2.0]

What about Kabayel? Everyone seems to forget about him.

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

Here is what sucks - how many of these guys are fighting EACH OTHER in the next 6 months?

[The D3vil]

What about Kabayel? Everyone seems to forget about him.

Yeah, I was waiting for him to bring him up.

[TheProudLunatic]

Let's check back on these upstarts in 5 years

[NihonJim]

Dubois imo is an overrated puncher.

He couldn't hurt Miller at all and that was an accumulation stoppage on an EXHAUSTED Miller who ate flush power for 10 rounds with little issues.

Hrgovic, same never hurt him with a punch, stoppage was cuts from headbutts.

AJ has a glass chin and anyone can hurt him, it was like Ruiz Jr type fight

Usyk took flush shots from Dubois with little issues and outpunched him in the exchanges

Dont get me wrong Dubois is heavy handed but his power isn't special.

[SSDnv]

What about Kabayel? Everyone seems to forget about him.

Agit Kabayel is honorable mention under the "Deserves a title shot" category.

[Willow The Wisp]

World Champion -
Oleksandr Usyk, Ukraine 24-0-0 (15)

1. Tyson Fury, England 34-2-1 (24)*
2. Agit Kabayel, Turkey 26-0-0 (18)
3. Joseph Parker, New Zealand 36-3-0 (24)
4. Moses Itauma, England 13-0-0 (11)
5. Fabio Wardley, England 19-0-1 (18)
6. Daniel Dubois, England 22-3-0 (21)
7. Anthony Joshua, England 28-4-0 (24)
8. Derrick Chisora, England 36-13-0(23)
9. Zhilei Zhang, China 27-3-1 (22)
10. Jarrell Miller, USA 26-1-2 (22)
11. Filip Hrgovic, Croatia 19-1-0 (14)
12. Efe Ajagba, Nigeria 20-1-1 (14)
13. Andy Ruiz Jr., USA 35-2-1 (22)
14. Richard Torrez, USA 13-0-0 (11)
15. Deontay Wilder, USA 44-4-1 (43)
16. Dillian Whyte, England 31-4-0 (21)
17. Martin Bakole, Congo 21-2-1 (16)
18. Michael Hunter, USA 24-1-2 (17)
19. Joe Joyce, England 16-4-0 (15)
20. Kubrat Pulev, Bulgaria 32-3-0 (14)
21. Frank Sanchez, Cuba 25-1-0 (17)
22. Tony Yoka, France 14-3-0 (11)
23. Umut Camkiran, Turkey 24-0-0 (22)
24. Luis Ortiz, Cuba 35-3-0 (30)
25. David Adeleye, England 14-2-0 (13)
26. Guido Vianello, Italy 13-3-1 (11)
27. Arslanbek Makhmudov, Russia 20-2-0 (19)
28. Murat Gassiev, Armenia 31-2-0 (24)
29. Justis Huni, Australia 12-1-0 (7)
30. Brandon Moore, USA 19-1-0 (10)
31. Hughie Fury, England 30-3-0 (17)
32. Lawrence Okolie, England 22-1-0(16)
33. Otto Wallin, Sweden 27-3-0 (15)
34. Jared Anderson, USA 18-1-0 (15)
35. Solomon Dacres, England 10-1-0 (3)
36. Jermaine Franklin Jr, USA 24-2-0 (15)
37. Bakhodir Jalolov, Uzbek 15-0-0 (14)
38. Kristian Prenga, Albania 18-1-0 (18)
39. Nelson Hysa, Albania 23-0-0 (21)
40. Labinot Xhoxhaj, Kosovo 21-0-1 (16)
41. Damian Knyba, Poland 16-0-0 (10)
42. Lenier Pero, Cuba 12-0-0 (8)
43. Stephan Shaw, USA 21-2-0 (16)
44. Alexis Barriere, Canada 12-0-0 (10)
45. Hemi Ahio, New Zealand 20-4-1 (18)
46. Joseph Goodall, Australia 12-2-1 (11)
47. Kevin Lerena, South Africa 31-4-0 (15)
48. Frazer Clarke, England 9-1-1 (7)
49. Dante Stone, USA 20-1-0 (13)
50. Charles Martin, USA 30-4-1 (27)
51. Mourad Aliev, France 13-1-0 (10)
52. Deontae Pettigrew, USA 14-0-0 (10)
53. Arslan Yallyev, Russia 16-1-0 (10)
54. Ivan Dychko, Kazakhstan 15-1-0 (14)
55. George Arias, Dom Rep 19-1-1 (7)
56. Jonathan Guidry, USA 21-1-2 (13)
57. Richard Riakporhe, England 18-1-0 (14)
58. David Allen, UK 24-7-2 (19)
59. Alexander Frank, Kazakhstan 25-0-1 (22)
60. Devon Young, USA 9-0-0 (7)
61. Joshua Edwards, USA 4-0-0 (4)
62. Viktor Vykhryst, Ukraine 15-1-0 (9)
63. Skylar Lacey, USA 8-1-3 (6)
64. Kem Ljungquist, Denmark 20-1-0 (13)
65. Kingsley Ibeh, Nigeria 15-2-1 (13)
66. Pryce Taylor, USA 9-0-0 (6)
67. Gurgen Hovhannisyan, Armenia 9-0-0 (8)
68. Antonio Mireles, USA 9-0-1 (7)
69. Roney Hines, USA 15-0-1 (8)
70. Gustavo Trujillo, Cuba 8-0-0 (7)
71. Yoandy Toirac, Cuba 3-0-1 (3)
72. Andrew Tabiti, USA 22-2-0 (18)
73. Peter Kadiru, Germany 20-1-0 (12)
74. John Cantrell, USA 15-0-0 (14)
75. Lorenzo Medina, USA 13-0-0 (11)
76. Kashaun Davis, USA 10-0-0 (10)
77. Kolbeinn Kristinsson, Iceland 18-0-0 (12)
78. Drake Banks, USA 10-0-0 (7)
79. Leo Atang, UK 2-0-0 (2)
80. Vartan Arutyunyan, Russia 11-0-0 (7)