British Heavyweight Top 10....

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stujones
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British Heavyweight Top 10....

Post by stujones »

How the hell do you rank the British Heavyweight top 10.

I would say at the moment 1 and 2 are practically a given (Joshua and Whyte)

But where or where do you rank the rest.... assuming Tyson is still not eligable as "inactive".

Bellew for all the hatred is an ex Cruiserweight world champion who is undefeated as a Heavyweight.

Hughie Fury does not have a meaningful win, but ran a geniune world class fighter to a razor tight decision.

Price hasn't had a meaningful win in years but floored argueably the #2 Heavyweight in the world.

How many steps has Joyce gone up with that win at the weekend

What about Chisora, ran Whyte close but been a while since a good win.

What about current British champion Sexton - could argue that Lenroy Thomas would be his best scalp, does Joyce move above him.

Then we have Haye himself, looks shot but then his only defeat has come to a world champion at Cruiserweight

What about Dave Allen and prospects such as Dubois and Gorman where do they rank.

It is so subjective.... I'd probably have it.
1) AJ
2) Whyte
3) H Fury
4) Bellew
5) Joyce
6) Chisora
7) Haye
8) Price
9) Sexton
10) Dubois.

But really from 3-9 who could nearly have in any order (obviously Bellew ahead of Haye)
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1. Shades of Ali
2. Paul Smith Jr
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Post by dirk2686 »

Haye can only be included on any list like this on the basis of what he was doing six/seven/eight years ago, and that fighter doesn't really exist anymore.
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My top five
1. Tyson Fury
2. Hughie Fury
3. Nathan Gorman
4. Tom Little
5. Anthony Joshua
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:lol:
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Post by Horse »

I was going to do a list, but there is no clear order that the top 10 should be in, so I didn't bother.

They should be fighting each other to sort the proper order out, but of the 45 possible matchups between the top 10 only about 6 have been made.
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dirk2686 wrote: 07 May 2018, 08:09 Haye can only be included on any list like this on the basis of what he was doing six/seven/eight years ago, and that fighter doesn't really exist anymore.
Yes, but would the 2016-2018 David Haye lose to Dave Allen? Has he already shown that he is better than Dave Allen?
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stujones wrote: 07 May 2018, 09:28
dirk2686 wrote: 07 May 2018, 08:09 Haye can only be included on any list like this on the basis of what he was doing six/seven/eight years ago, and that fighter doesn't really exist anymore.
Yes, but would the 2016-2018 David Haye lose to Dave Allen? Has he already shown that he is better than Dave Allen?
I suppose you could say that if Haye can blast someone out in the first three or four rounds then even this version would have a chance.
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Joshua
T Fury
Whyte
Bellew
H Fury
Chisora
Joyce
Dubois
Haye
Price
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Post by Stuarty »

You'd really need to have Fat Ton up there now! Collectively, his two wins over Haye are better than anything Whyte or H.Fury has achieved regardless of how you see any potential fight between them going!

AJ and Tyson are up in front on their own but there's a fair case that Bellew is the best of the rest unless proved otherwise.

Ps. For what it's worth I think H.Fury, Whyte, Chisora, Joyce, Dubois and Gorman all waste Tony but going by records you'd have to have him up there.
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1. Anthony Joshua
2. Dillian Whyte
3. Tony Bellew
4. Dereck Chisora
5. Hughie Fury
6. Joe Joyce
7. Daniel Dubois
8. Nathan Gorman
9. David Price
10. Sam Sexton

If Tyson Fury does in fact return on June 9th, he'll instantly be no less than #3, but I don't give people credit for maybe's. Until he gets back in the ring he's inactive, and he doesn't belong in any rankings anywhere.
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AJ
Whyte
Hughie
Bellew
Chisora
German
Price
Joyce
Dubois
Sexton
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1 Joshua
2 Whyte
3 H Fury
4 Joyce
5 Chisora
6 Gorman
7 Price
8 Dubois
9 Bellew
10 Sexton

Obviously Tyson has the ability to beat every man on the list, but is too inactive to rank.

I was dubious about ranking Bellew, but given he is probably a good enough Heavyweight to beat Sexton, I felt I had to squeeze him in above him.
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The last list is about right. Joyce would beat Bellew who is flattered by his victories against a small and totally shot Haye.
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Joyce is the next hype job it seems. He's a KO waiting to happen.

Euro is his limit.
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tigermoth87 wrote: 08 May 2018, 06:10 Joyce is the next hype job it seems. He's a KO waiting to happen.

Euro is his limit.
He gave Usyk a good workout. He’s nowhere near a hype job.
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Post by dookus »

Bellew's nipples are way too small for a top ten ranking
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Post by Belaqua »

rm1 wrote: 08 May 2018, 04:13 The last list is about right. Joyce would beat Bellew who is flattered by his victories against a small and totally shot Haye.
Great post.
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gilgamesh wrote: 07 May 2018, 19:22 1. Anthony Joshua
2. Dillian Whyte
3. Tony Bellew
4. Dereck Chisora
5. Hughie Fury
6. Joe Joyce
7. Daniel Dubois
8. Nathan Gorman
9. David Price
10. Sam Sexton

If Tyson Fury does in fact return on June 9th, he'll instantly be no less than #3, but I don't give people credit for maybe's. Until he gets back in the ring he's inactive, and he doesn't belong in any rankings anywhere.
Gorman fighting the big sexy Sean Turner on the Flanagan card .Be interestening
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Who has Whyte beaten to get the number 2 spot?
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Wa1nuts wrote: 21 May 2018, 08:38 Who has Whyte beaten to get the number 2 spot?
Browne, Helenius, Chisora. Lewison, Allen, Minto.

Aj
Whyte
Bellew
Fury
Chisora
Joyce
Price
Sexton
Gorman
Dubois
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