Updating the BOXREC Forum heavyweight rankings CLOSED

[tiny_acres]

I'm amazed that people are voting Jennings up when he only won
because of a point deduction.

[Horse]

I'm amazed that people are voting Jennings up when he only won
because of a point deduction.

I had Jennings winning 117-111. I don't care about the judges.

[Horse]

I'm no Chagaev fan but why is he out? He won his last fight against someone in the top 50 while almost everyone else hasn't even fight.

Yes. What have Arreola or Solis done that is as good as beating Oquendo in the last few years? They've also both lost their last fights.

[ikorolev]

I'm amazed that people are voting Jennings up when he only won
because of a point deduction.

I had Jennings winning 117-111. I don't care about the judges.

He is still not an elite fighter. Should not go any higher than he was.

[Horse]

He is still not an elite fighter. Should not go any higher than he was.

He beat a fairly high ranked opponent though. I think he should climb a bit.

Who is elite at heavyweight anyway? It is an awful division.

[ikorolev]

He is still not an elite fighter. Should not go any higher than he was.

He beat a fairly high ranked opponent though. I think he should climb a bit.

Who is elite at heavyweight anyway? It is an awful division.

Beating is too strong of a word for what was happening in the ring.

[Horse]

Beating is too strong of a word for what was happening in the ring.

Jennings did better than Perez.

[tiny_acres]

I'm amazed that people are voting Jennings up when he only won
because of a point deduction.

I had Jennings winning 117-111. I don't care about the judges.

We have all read your p4p ratings.You have proven you don't know crap.

[Horse]

We have all read your p4p ratings.You have proven you don't know crap.

Yet, when critics offer their own rankings they are usually very much worse, often laughably so.

[tiny_acres]

We have all read your p4p ratings.You have proven you don't know crap.

Yet, when critics offer their own rankings they are usually very much worse, often laughably so.

I agree just pickin' on you.A p4p rating is easy for the top 2-3 after that good luck.Might
as well draw names out of a hat.

[Horse]

I agree just pickin' on you.A p4p rating is easy for the top 2-3 after that good luck.Might
as well draw names out of a hat.

[Lackeos]

I'm amazed that people are voting Jennings up when he only won
because of a point deduction.

a) That was the official scores. Unofficially, Jennings won that fight pretty clearly.
b) Jennings is better than Adamek. Adamek is overrated in these rankings and ridiculously past-it. Adamek robbed Cunningham (who wasn't top 15 at the time), only beat Chambers (who isn't in the top 25) due to a shoulder injury, and lost to Glazkov (who wasn't top 15 at the time). If Jennings is better than Adamek, which he is, then Jennings is entitled to move-up at least one spot.
c) Prior to this fight, Jennings had proven absolutely 0. In the course of this fight, he removed doubt about a lot of his previously untested attributes.

I'm no Chagaev fan but why is he out? He won his last fight against someone in the top 50 while almost everyone else hasn't even fight.

Yes. What have Arreola or Solis done that is as good as beating Oquendo in the last few years? They've also both lost their last fights.

Beating Oquendo is not an achievement worthy of a top 15 rankings. Solis has not done anything, and doesn't belong in there either, and you won't have me saying otherwise. Arreola dominantly beat Seth Mitchell recently. Chagaev unimpressively won against Oquendo. Mitchell clearly beat Jonathon Banks in the rematch not so long ago. Mitchell and Banks have both been consistently ranked above Oquendo for quite many years. Mitchell and Arreola had also frequently occupied spots above Chagaev prior to the past 13 months of results. Being better than Chagaev before + gaining more ground that Chagaev since then = remaining ahead of Chagaev. Also, I think Chagaev is pretty much easy pickings for any top 20 heavyweight, whereas Arreola could very realistically upset a handful of them, just like he did not so long ago against a guy who was in the top 15.

I'm amazed that people are voting Jennings up when he only won
because of a point deduction.

I had Jennings winning 117-111. I don't care about the judges.

He is still not an elite fighter. Should not go any higher than he was.

The #8 slot in the heavyweight rankings is not the threshold for being elite. Elite is like the top 1 at heavyweight, the top 4 at welterweight, the top 2 at super middleweight, etc..

[ikorolev]

Beating is too strong of a word for what was happening in the ring.

Jennings did better than Perez.

He did better but he didn't do well.

[eastezrider]

Opinion: Any Top Ten list including Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora is pure rubbish... May as well put Vitali Klitschko back @ #1...

You are wrong.

A bit premature perhaps... 2014-10-20 He (Fury) will be out... Chisora may be too, but really can't be bothered to check his record at the mo'...

[madmanjay]

DUMB ?

Why is Deontay Wilder fighting Mike Sheppard in CALIFORNIA in a couple weeks?

What purpose does this serve?

[Cap]

Stiverne No.2 contender for Wlad after Pulev. Everyone after them drops a notch because they're pathetic.

[Horse]

Stiverne No.2 contender for Wlad after Pulev. Everyone after them drops a notch because they're pathetic.

Stiverne beat Arreola twice. Whoop-de-doo!

[Cap]

If even someone like Ron Lyle or Earnie Shavers was around and in their prime, they'd demolish all of these so-called contenders. This is easily the absolute without-a-doubt worst crop of do-nothing lumps that have ever inhabited the heavyweight division in the entire history of the sport.

[jezzamundo]

Votes have been tallied, Jennings improves to #8, Chagaev remains at #15, Perez and Oquendo remain unranked.

Champion: Wladimir Klitschko
1. Kubrat Pulev
2. Alexander Povetkin
3. Tyson Fury
4. Bermane Stiverne
5. Dereck Chisora
6. Vyacheslav Glazkov
7. Carlos Takam
8. Bryant Jennings
9. Tomas Adamek
10. Deontay Wilder
11. Tony Thompson
12. Steve Cunningham
13. Chris Arreola
14. Odlanier Solis
15. Ruslan Chagaev

[bigdoug]

Well its not really fair that you guys are bagging the current crop of Heavyweights without first having a look at what has gone on over the past 25/30 years.
when i got into Boxing as a 12 year old in the mid 1960's there was only 1 Champion and 8 divisions, a little after that a couple more crept in, then by 1974 we had 14 or so divisions.
Then during the 1980's we grew to over 17 weight divisions,
NOW with 4 champions in every division thats 68 Champions.
now with the Cruiserweight Division cutting in half the OLD Heavyweight Division we are left with the biggest and by no means the best of the bunch,
Which means in the 1960's /70's our current crop would be Fringe contenders with only 3 or 4 making it into the top 10.
Like it or not the 9th /10th contenders of say 1972 would be in the top 2 or 3 today,
Have a go at putting together your top 15 of todays Heavy's and Cruisers and see where that takes you, and only ONE CHAMPION!!!!