I guess this confirms Fury as #1

[Sable&Whitefish]

It's speculation of course but there can't really be too much debate about it at this point. It has to go:

1. Fury
2. Wilder
3. Ruiz
4. AJ
5. Whyte

Just based on résumé and who's beaten who.

[Granath]

#1 Wilder
#2 Ruiz
#3 Everyone else

Belts matter. BS doesn't.

[Jewish-Reptile]

How is the guy who just beat the #1 not #1 ? Aha ok I get it, NSB logic right. Damn their was me thinking of applying sense. I think I’m due another sabbatical from this place.

[Legends456]

I'll explain in detail, if you disagree that's fine, but this is my take.

1.) Wilder came in extremely light and was like 50 pounds lighter, that's an extremely huge advantage, despite this, he was still able to seriously hurt Fury.

2.) Wilder has the speed and the length to jab Fury to the body, and hurt him to the body. Fury has great movement but I think Wilder is quick enough to catch him to the body and put rounds in the bank.

3.) Fury despite what he says will undoubtedly fight more cautiously this time around and Wilder will be at his optimum weight of about 225 pounds or more. This will open up a lot more opportunities for Wilder.


4.) Fury sacrifices power for being mobile and having the ability to punch off angles and being evasive. Which against literally other heavyweight imo would spell victory for Fury. I say this because I don't believe he can really deter a heavier Wilder without sitting down on his punches and that spells disaster. Outside of a hail mary punch I don't see him seriously hurting Wilder either, while we know the opposite is obviously true.

Thank you for writing this. I really appreciate reading posts from the thinking boxing fans of Deontay Wilder.
I get so tired of the other style of Wilder fans who simply swear a lot and repeat the “how can you not win when you knock the other guy down twice” thing...

Great post, and very well explained.

[removed]

#1 Wilder
#2 Ruiz
#3 Everyone else

Belts matter. BS doesn't.

Using that logic it should be 1) Ruiz 2) Wilder

Ruiz has more belts