Updating the BOXREC Forum Heavyweight Rankings CLOSED

[jezzamundo]

BWH Rankings as of 25 February 2017:

Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Alexander Povetkin
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Kubrat Pulev
7. Joseph Parker
8. Carlos Takam
9. Vyacheslav Glazkov
10. Andy Ruiz
11. Dillian Whyte
12. Dereck Chisora
13. Bermane Stiverne
14. Christian Hammer
15. David Haye

Topic A - How are the rankings affected by Carlos Takam's KO4 win over Marcin Rekowski?

My vote: Takam remains at #8, Rekowski remains unranked.

Topic B - How are the rankings affected by Christian Hammer's TKO7 win over David Price?

My vote: Hammer to #9, Price remains unranked.

Topic C - How are the rankings affected by Deontay Wilder's TKO5 win over Gerald Washington?

My vote: Wilder to #4, Washington remains unranked.

Topic D - Vyacheslav Glazkov has been inactive for over a year and has no fight scheduled - what should happen to his ranking?

My vote: Glazkov OUT


Note: This topic is for voting on the rankings of Takam, Rekowski, Hammer, Price, Wilder and Washington and Glazkov. Posting your own top 15 will not count as a vote. Please cast your vote in the manner that I have done above.

[HyacinthusTurnipseed]

Takam no change
Hammer to #12
Wilder to #5
Glazkov OUT. Not before time too.

The rest stay out.

[crusader]

Takam no change
Hammer to 13
Wilder to 4
Glazkov out

[klitoris]

Pedvedkin out for juicing.

[crusader]

Was there already a vote on Stiverne? He hasn't fought in 15 months, although he had something scheduled...

In roughly the last 5 years he's only beaten Arreola and Rossey, and by all accounts he looked like crap in the latter fight.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Wilder to 2, glazkov out, the rest remain the same.

[asdfjkl]

Takam 8 Rekowski unranked
Hammer 14, Price unranked
Wilder rank 9, Washington out
Glazkov out, Breazeale in, rank 14, (Daffy 15)

[asdfjkl]

Was there already a vote on Stiverne? He hasn't fought in 15 months, although he had something scheduled...

In roughly the last 5 years he's only beaten Arreola and Rossey, and by all accounts he looked like crap in the latter fight.

Funny thing is, he used to be rank 15 in december 2016, but gained ranks because Tyson Fury and Jennings went out.
North American boxers simply have a big fanbase, and especially if a boxer can be connected to Wilder in any way, they stay in way longer as they deserve.

[crusader]

For me he's definitely getting to the point where the Arreola wins aren't enough to keep him ranked this high...

[Lennox]

BWH Rankings as of 25 February 2017:

Champion: VACANT
1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Alexander Povetkin
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Luis Ortiz
6. Kubrat Pulev
7. Joseph Parker
8. Carlos Takam
9. Vyacheslav Glazkov
10. Andy Ruiz
11. Dillian Whyte
12. Dereck Chisora
13. Bermane Stiverne
14. Christian Hammer
15. David Haye

Topic A - How are the rankings affected by Carlos Takam's KO4 win over Marcin Rekowski?

My vote: Takam remains at #8, Rekowski remains unranked.

Topic B - How are the rankings affected by Christian Hammer's TKO7 win over David Price?

My vote: Hammer to #9, Price remains unranked.

Topic C - How are the rankings affected by Deontay Wilder's TKO5 win over Gerald Washington?

My vote: Wilder to #4, Washington remains unranked.

Topic D - Vyacheslav Glazkov has been inactive for over a year and has no fight scheduled - what should happen to his ranking?

My vote: Glazkov OUT


Note: This topic is for voting on the rankings of Takam, Rekowski, Hammer, Price, Wilder and Washington and Glazkov. Posting your own top 15 will not count as a vote. Please cast your vote in the manner that I have done above.

A: No change B: No change C: No change D: Out

[dagilechia]

Takam 8 Rekowski unranked
Hammer 13 (12 after Glazkov out) Price unranked
Wilder 5 Washington unranked
Glazkov out,

[Freedom2013]

Topic A - no change

Topic B - Hammer to #9, Price remains unranked.

Topic C - Wilder to #5, Washington remains unranked.

Topic D - Glazkov out

[Rob3_142]

Topic A - How are the rankings affected by Carlos Takam's KO4 win over Marcin Rekowski?

My vote: Remains the same

Topic B - How are the rankings affected by Christian Hammer's TKO7 win over David Price?

My vote: Hammer to #12, and Price remains out.

Topic C - How are the rankings affected by Deontay Wilder's TKO5 win over Gerald Washington?

My vote: Wilder to #2, Washington remains out.

Topic D - Vyacheslav Glazkov has been inactive for over a year and has no fight scheduled - what should happen to his ranking?

My vote: Glazkov OUT

[asdfjkl]

Topic C - How are the rankings affected by Deontay Wilder's TKO5 win over Gerald Washington?

My vote: Wilder to #2, Washington remains out.

So Wilder had a match with a guy who's not even ranked at all and nevertheless Wilder actually lost all rounds and when the fight was stopped all of a sudden wrongly by the ref, Wilder actually deserves to gain ranks in your opinion?

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Yes, he should already be above PED boy.

[punchoutsb]

Takam stays where he's at
Hammer up to 11
Wilder down to 4
Glazkov out

[dagilechia]

then, inst Ortiz a ped boy too? everyone glorify Ortiz and he is so beloved but Povetkin is so blamed i wonder why

[Rob3_142]

Topic C - How are the rankings affected by Deontay Wilder's TKO5 win over Gerald Washington?

My vote: Wilder to #2, Washington remains out.

So Wilder had a match with a guy who's not even ranked at all and nevertheless Wilder actually lost all rounds and when the fight was stopped all of a sudden wrongly by the ref, Wilder actually deserves to gain ranks in your opinion?

Well personally it would go;

Joshua #2
Wilder #3
Povetkin #4 (or out)

But considering I can only influence the ranking position of Wilder, that leaves me with putting Wilder as #2.

[asdfjkl]

then, inst Ortiz a ped boy too? everyone glorify Ortiz and he is so beloved but Povetkin is so blamed i wonder why

Povetkin is most likely innocent, and on top of that, Dillian Whyte, Stiverne (despite he barely ever fought in the past few years), and possibly Daffy Duck did drug and Wilder fought at least one stoned bum.

[dagilechia]

then, inst Ortiz a ped boy too? everyone glorify Ortiz and he is so beloved but Povetkin is so blamed i wonder why

Povetkin is most likely innocent, and on top of that, Dillian Whyte, Stiverne (despite he barely ever fought in the past few years), and possibly Daffy Duck did drug and Wilder fought at least one stoned bum.

his ostarine and meldonium levels was so low that it makes me understand what there are so many doubts, especially because he was tested by vada, not by olympic wada.

and what i want to say about Povetkin - with PEDs or not he is just a better boxer than Wilder

[SaadOffTheDeck]

then, inst Ortiz a ped boy too? everyone glorify Ortiz and he is so beloved but Povetkin is so blamed i wonder why

I don't glorify anyone. Wilder should be ranked ahead of both of them.

[Tarkus]

Takam remains at #8, Rekowski remains unranked.
Hammer to #13, Price remains unranked.
Wilder to #6, Washington remains unranked.
Glazkov OUT

Stiverne been inactive longer then year. And the same will happen to Browne in a week.

[jezzamundo]

Takam remains at #8, Rekowski remains unranked.
Hammer to #13, Price remains unranked.
Wilder to #6, Washington remains unranked.
Glazkov OUT

Stiverne been inactive longer then year. And the same will happen to Browne in a week.

I've quoted this post, but this is really in response to all the comments about Stiverne so far. Bermane Stiverne's ranking went up for vote as soon as the Povetkin fight fell through, and the majority voted to keep him in at #15, before two higher ranked fighters were removed from the rankings. I don't have a rule in place for the ranking of fighters who have been voted to remain after more than a year of inactivity, so I've decided to leave him where he is until he has been inactive for 18 months without a fight scheduled, which will be the 14th of May. According to reports, it looks like he will be getting a rematch against Wilder next.

[crusader]

I wish I had caught that vote. Fat boy shouldn't be rated so high when he hardly fights and looks like shitt when he does.

[Belanio]

Topic A - How are the rankings affected by Carlos Takam's KO4 win over Marcin Rekowski?

My vote: Takam to #10, Rekowski remains unranked.

Topic B - How are the rankings affected by Christian Hammer's TKO7 win over David Price?

My vote: Hammer to #8, Price remains unranked.

Topic C - How are the rankings affected by Deontay Wilder's TKO5 win over Gerald Washington?

My vote: Wilder to #2, Washington remains unranked.

Topic D - Vyacheslav Glazkov has been inactive for over a year and has no fight scheduled - what should happen to his ranking?

My vote: Glazkov to #13