Top 25 Heavyweights, As of June

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

While there are no changes in the top 10, the second tier continues to percolate. Young former Olympians Jason Estrada and Alexander Povetkin have scored fairly significant 10-round wins very early in their respective careers and show promise.

Veterans Danny Williams, DaVarryl Williamson, and Shannon Briggs scored wins in May in stay-busy fights.

The alphabet sanctioning bodies continue spew out rulings that are growing more bizarre with each edict. The IBF has been leading the way of late in the apparent sweepstakes for nuttiest rulings. On the organization’s website, they have no one listed in the number 1 position. Funny how that works. They can rank fighters in every other position but just can’t seem to figure out a number 1 contender. (Add to that the zany position taken recently by the organization allowing Zab Judah to hold onto its version of the welterweight title after losing a title fight and from 2005 the decision to allow DaVarryl Williamson to leapfrog over Wladimir Klitschko in their ratings despite losing to him. What is boiling in their collective brain buckets)? [details]

[badblood]

While there are no changes in the top 10, the second tier continues to percolate. Young former Olympians Jason Estrada and Alexander Povetkin have scored fairly significant 10-round wins very early in their respective careers and show promise.

Veterans Danny Williams, DaVarryl Williamson, and Shannon Briggs scored wins in May in stay-busy fights.

The alphabet sanctioning bodies continue spew out rulings that are growing more bizarre with each edict. The IBF has been leading the way of late in the apparent sweepstakes for nuttiest rulings. On the organization’s website, they have no one listed in the number 1 position. Funny how that works. They can rank fighters in every other position but just can’t seem to figure out a number 1 contender. (Add to that the zany position taken recently by the organization allowing Zab Judah to hold onto its version of the welterweight title after losing a title fight and from 2005 the decision to allow DaVarryl Williamson to leapfrog over Wladimir Klitschko in their ratings despite losing to him. What is boiling in their collective brain buckets)? [details]

WTF!!! Yall left out Paolo Vidoz completely. How in the hell do you expect people to take your **** serious when you leave out the EBU champion?

[badblood]

BPP, how are you going to post a top 25 and leave out Vidoz?? Was it by accident or something?

[badblood]

If I was Rick I would fire whoever did these rankings. There was alot of good HW's left out of this list and some crap was put in, like Chazz Withespoon. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[paul750]

It wasn't the greatest list i've seen, but everyone has their opinion.

[badblood]

It wasn't the greatest list i've seen, but everyone has their opinion.

Come on bro, Vidoz was completely left out of the list and he is the current EBU HW champion??

[Mr. Ryan]

Come on bro, Vidoz was completely left out of the list and he is the current EBU HW champion??

There is a thing behind boxing columns that feature lists like these. Someone once told me to put a p4p list in some of my articles because it gets attention. I told him that I didn't like or believe in p4p lists, but he told me that opinion lists, as bull**** as they are, attract alot of attention because Americans love lists. This column and its ranking probably had some serious thought in it, but at the end of the day, its just another persons opinion, nothing scientific.

[Hous]

Come on bro, Vidoz was completely left out of the list and he is the current EBU HW champion??

i totaly agree with Badblood, this ranking is not to be taken serious, IMO Paolo Vidoz is top 20 easy!

The entire list starting at rank 2 is BS, Rahman doesn't belong in top 3.

[badblood]

There is a thing behind boxing columns that feature lists like these. Someone once told me to put a p4p list in some of my articles because it gets attention. I told him that I didn't like or believe in p4p lists, but he told me that opinion lists, as bull**** as they are, attract alot of attention because Americans love lists. This column and its ranking probably had some serious thought in it, but at the end of the day, its just another persons opinion, nothing scientific.

I think the guy that did the list did'nt know or just completely forgot about some people. You just dont put in Paolo Vidoz because you dont think he's in the top 25, because he is in the top 10-15.

[JEBoxing]

Pablo Vidoz

Pablo Vidoz? Top 10???? Give me a break. What is it in his record that you're so thrilled with? Perhaps his loss to Zuri Lawrence made you think he is suddenly special. Maybe it was his stoppage loss to Nicolay Valuev that you found impressive. His biggest win, over Timo Hoffmann certainly didn't have people clamoring for a Vidoz-Rahman(Klitschko, Liakhovich, Valuev - take your pick) match. And to say that because he holds the EBU title makes him worthy of a ranking is using the same logic as the alphabets. The belt matters only if it comes against top competition.