Its sad that Robbie holds Ruiz in such high regard, yet, a prime Bermane Stiverne is not credited as a outstanding name for the 'Bronze-Bomber' Deontay Wilder ; despite the fact that Bermane was legitimately #2. in the world in 2015 behind Wladimir.
A prime Stiverne beat a prime Chris Arreola, I think both ( in their prime ) beat fat-boy Andy Ruiz.
I understand where you're going, however I think the better question would be how many top-10 heavyweight has each fighter beaten since top-3 matchups are naturally more limited and thus harder to come by:
In that case you have (and I'm looking at the ESPN rankings)
1. Anthony Joshua: 5
-Wlad Klitschko (he was past it but certainly still top 10 at the time)
-Dillian Whyte (currently #4)
-Andy Ruiz Jr. (currently #5)
-Joseph Parker (currently #6)
-Alexander Povetkin (currently #8)
2. Tyson Fury: 1 officially (2 if you use your own scorecard)
-Wlad Klitschko (older yes but younger than the version AJ beat)
-*Wilder* (I had Fury winning myself but it's officially a draw so we can't rewrite history)
3. Deontay Wilder: 1
-Luis Ortiz twice
-A draw with Tyson Fury (by the way, a draw is not a win for Fury just because people had Fury winning on their unofficial scorecard)
Fury didn’t beat Wilder but his win over Klitschko was incredibly impressive given Klitschko’s reign and his streak of consecutive title defenses.
Joshua’s top three wins include a win over a 41 year old who hadn’t fought in two years, a guy who struggled with Hughie Fury and got a gift over Andy Ruiz, and Ruiz, a fat guy who was dropped by his former promoter and was unranked by everyone until he knocked out Joshua, which only happened because Joshua sucks.
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