Ring Magazine New Rankings: Deontay Wilder #3, Tyson Fury #2, Anthony Joshua #1

[Earl-Hickey]

How’s AJ land at #1 after beating a Povetkin?

Consistent form mate

Fury has one great win in the last 3 years but Joshua has a bunch of very good ones

[KillaMane26]

But they didnt change rankings accordingly after GGG was robbed in first Canelo fight?

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The Ring is owned by Golden Boy Promotions. Literally. How does anybody still take their ratings seriously?

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1) Fury
2) Joshua
3) Wilder

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But they didnt change rankings accordingly after GGG was robbed in first Canelo fight?

Canelo's promoter owns the magazine. Literally.

[abracada]

He didn't land number 1 for beating Povetkin. Ring has had AJ number 1 at heavyweight for years for beating Martin, Whyte Parker, Povetkin etc. Before Fury and Wilder fought Ring had AJ number 1, Wilder number 2 and Fury number 7. After the fight they still have AJ number 1, Wilder number 2 and they moved Fury up to number 3. They can't get AJ's number 1 spot by fighting each other. They have to actually beat AJ in the ring to take his number 1 spot. When AJ fought Povetkin Ring had Povetkin at 3rd or 4th well above Fury at 7th.

Good post, actually from memory it was from beating Klit.... which was done is such dominant fashion.

[kingstip9]

Fury number 1 with wins over Klitschko and Wilder. Don’t need a judge to tell me who won a fight that clear

[R01]

He didn't land number 1 for beating Povetkin. Ring has had AJ number 1 at heavyweight for years for beating Martin, Whyte Parker, Povetkin etc. Before Fury and Wilder fought Ring had AJ number 1, Wilder number 2 and Fury number 7. After the fight they still have AJ number 1, Wilder number 2 and they moved Fury up to number 3. They can't get AJ's number 1 spot by fighting each other. They have to actually beat AJ in the ring to take his number 1 spot. When AJ fought Povetkin Ring had Povetkin at 3rd or 4th well above Fury at 7th.

I don’t necessarily disagree with you; just trying to see the logic behind their ranking system.

I looked up Ring Magazines Annual rankings back to 2014. (Maybe I’m not looking in the right place).

2014:
Wladimir Klitschko, Champion
1.Alexander Povetkin
2.Bermane Stiverne
3.Tyson Fury
4.Kubrat Pulev
5.Bryant Jennings
6.Deontay Wilder

2015:
Tyson Fury, Champion
1.Wladimir Klitschko
2.Alexander Povetkin
3.Deontay Wilder
4.Kubrat Pulev
5.Luis Ortiz
6.Bermane Stiverne
10.Anthony Joshua

2016:
Tyson Fury, Champion
1.Wladimir Klitschko
2.Deontay Wilder
3.Kubrat Pulev
4.Luis Ortiz
5.Anthony Joshua
6.Joseph Parker
10. Dillian Whyte

2017:
Tyson Fury, Champion
1.Anthony Joshua
2.Deontay Wilder
3.Joseph Parker
4.Alexander Povetkin
5.Luis Ortiz
8.Dillian Whyte

Where I got info from: http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Th...Annual_Ratings

How’s Fury go from Champion status to number 2 here for 2018?

[Ray*]

I think that’s how I had it too. I cannot place Fury as number 3 after what he did. Either tie at number 2 with Wilder or just ahead of Wilder.

[EnglishOxide]

The Ring is owned by Golden Boy Promotions. Literally. How does anybody still take their ratings seriously?

GBP have no horse in this race, so who cares?

Wilder is #3. Deal with it.