How did a fight between #2 and #7 at HW turn in to a rematch between #1 and #2?

[Robbie Barrett]

Yeah that's silly, Fury beat Wilder so it should be;

1) Fury
2) Wilder
3) Joshua

Fury and Wilder are still #1 and #2 tho.

Why should Wilder be #2? He lost to Fury who was ranked #7 at the time and he hasn't avenged it. Zero sense.

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Why should Wilder be #2? He lost to Fury who was ranked #7 at the time and he hasn't avenged it. Zero sense.

Fury should never have been #7 considering he was an unbeaten former unified champion.

As soon as Fury laced the gloves back up he should've gone in the top 3.

[Robbie Barrett]

Fury should never have been #7 considering he was an unbeaten former unified champion.

As soon as Fury laced the gloves back up he should've gone in the top 3.

Yes and if Lennox Lewis comes back he should be top 3 too.......

Fury shouldn't have even been #7 with the bums he fought to be fair.

[DaNeutral.]

I don't care who is 1, 2 or anything else. Numbers don't unify champions do. Numbers don't make you undisputed, champions do.

Belts mean everything until somebody ppl don't like holds them and then they spit on it.

Joshua's titles mean nothing even though he's unified, lost and regained them. But charlo who got it given and has faced it against 2 guys who don't even belong at the weight and his belt is all good?

[NaijaD]

Fury’s ranking does seem generous seeing as he has no official victories over any top 10 opponents since 2015 when he beat Wlad.

I don’t mind people saying that Wilder and Fury are number 1 and 2. Joshua put his ranking in jeopardy when he slipped up against Ruiz, granted he won the rematch but the damage was done. Upsets happen but there is a cost to getting KO’d by a huge underdog.

The ranking of the top 3 for the most part is subjective because of the aforementioned circumstances. There’s no absolutely correct way to rank them till all they fight each other. People just need to let others have their opinions on this.

[Marchegiano]

I don't know why any importance at all is put on any unofficial rankings.

What's TBRB's #1 spot get Wilder that ESPN's doesn't?

How about Ring and Tyson or Boxrec and Joshua?

It's useless and the only prestige it has was given by fans who didn't know any better and thought it was a worth a **** board because for a time it happened to reflect their opinions.

No use in crying over rankings that don't make sense, none of them make sense.

[BoxOfficer]

Bro, there is no number 1, no number 2, no number 17. All that is subjective. I don't care about rankings made by all these fishy orgs and never will. Be it Rings. Be it whatever. Most times, they defy logic. Fans of particular fighters embrace these things when it favours their favourite fighter and then dismiss it when it doesn't, which is expected in this bias-filled sport. Don't get me wrong; this has nothing to do with you.

We only have Champs and then others. The terms contender, top10, and a whole bunch of others are simply meaningless to me 'cause they are all subjective. Mind you, we've got paper champs too, which is yet another subjective matter.

We know who the cash cows are in the sport, but someone could argue that too is subjective. Well, no surprises when it concerns this bias-filled sport we love.

[Amir Imam]

You sure do talk a lot of crap for a blogger. How many fights you won? You sound like a middle schooler

[REDEEMER]

Whoever has the best resume is number one ,Wilder and Fury have never defeated AJ so they cannot rank over him in reality doing realistic comparisons add to that multi belt holder fighting legit contenders is by far harder to achieve then hand picking guys at your leisure .

1. AJ
2. Fury
3. Wilder

Is the correct rankings ,you cannot rank someone with no belt over a multi defending champion holding 4 of them and Fury has fought Wilder ,we know who won the fight.

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Yes and if Lennox Lewis comes back he should be top 3 too.......

Fury shouldn't have even been #7 with the bums he fought to be fair.

Fury is a former unified champion. Why did Usyk get a mando spot after beating a single bum at HW? Because he's a former unified champion.