BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Fury vs. Whyte

[margaret thatcher]

well, then it's a well matched fight isnt it

[oogiebe]

well, then it's a well matched fight isnt it

There's your next thread. "Well matched fights that sucked balls."

[margaret thatcher]

2 big dudes with some pop, olympic medalists, sluggers who arent fast enough to move out of the way. im expecting some good early action. probably zhang eventually gasses and gets stopped around mid way i think. winner is ibf mandatory, so not meaningless fight

look at dat glass half full my man

[oogiebe]

2 big dudes with some pop, olympic medalists, sluggers who arent fast enough to move out of the way. im expecting some good early action. probably zhang eventually gasses and gets stopped around mid way i think

I wouldn't be surprised if Hrg ends it early. Zhang is a hypejob who's already been exposed. Hrg fell in love with his right and has been on a downhill trajectory since. I liked him better when he actually boxed.

[CMCanavessi]

The 2 boxers not in this top 15 that I want to see the most are Hrg and big Mak. Hope to see at least 2 or 3 fights from them this year.

[oogiebe]

The 2 boxers not in this top 15 that I want to see the most are Hrg and big Mak. Hope to see at least 2 or 3 fights from them this year.

Makhmudov has my interest. the head twitching beast.

[Cyclops]

I'm sure we can all be happy with the changes?

Most voted he remain but there was a majority who wanted him to drop.

With Ruiz, Joyce, Ortiz, Pulev, Hrgovic, Yoka fighting in the next coming months hopefully before Summer and given Whyte doesn't fight until the end of the year, there is room for much more improvement.

I'm good with that.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I guess Hrgovic won't be looking at entering these rankings anytime soon.

[pound per pound]

It's arguable with Parker, but Ruiz did more than Whyte in the last 3 bouts. It's also arguable with Joyce, but he will beat them all. Whyte to the 8th.

Whyte effort was patheric even before Fury landed the uppercut on his crystal chin.

[DrDuke]

We need an update after Kubie Pu vs Jerry Forrest and Bakole vs Yoka.

[joshj909]

We need an update after Kubie Pu vs Jerry Forrest and Bakole vs Yoka.

Yeah I think there could be some fairly big changes. I'd have Bakole to 9, Yoka to 15. Forrest remains out while Pulev drops to 13. That's more of a punishment for inactive and lower level opponents because Wallin doesn't really have any wins which give him a ranking deserving of this top 15.

[Ruthless-RKO]

We need an update after Kubie Pu vs Jerry Forrest and Bakole vs Yoka.

Yeah I think there could be some fairly big changes. I'd have Bakole to 9, Yoka to 15. Forrest remains out while Pulev drops to 13. That's more of a punishment for inactive and lower level opponents because Wallin doesn't really have any wins which give him a ranking deserving of this top 15.

Will post one later today or tmoro

[cpx2]

Yeah I think there could be some fairly big changes. I'd have Bakole to 9, Yoka to 15. Forrest remains out while Pulev drops to 13. That's more of a punishment for inactive and lower level opponents because Wallin doesn't really have any wins which give him a ranking deserving of this top 15.

At first thought, Bakole to 9 seemed a tad ambitious, but then I saw the names there and actually I'm not sure that's far off - it's a difficult one though because I think Wallin (poor quality opposition) & Pulev are arguable, but I don't think I'd have him above Ortiz or Helenius. Yoka should be out altogether I'd say - if he remains in after this one, the Hughie-Hunter and/or Dubois-Bryan winners (if it's not a complete debacle) should be overtaking him.

[joshj909]

Yeah I think there could be some fairly big changes. I'd have Bakole to 9, Yoka to 15. Forrest remains out while Pulev drops to 13. That's more of a punishment for inactive and lower level opponents because Wallin doesn't really have any wins which give him a ranking deserving of this top 15.

At first thought, Bakole to 9 seemed a tad ambitious, but then I saw the names there and actually I'm not sure that's far off - it's a difficult one though because I think Wallin (poor quality opposition) & Pulev are arguable, but I don't think I'd have him above Ortiz or Helenius. Yoka should be out altogether I'd say - if he remains in after this one, the Hughie-Hunter and/or Dubois-Bryan winners (if it's not a complete debacle) should be overtaking him.

Yeah, i think it says a lot about the records of those outside the top 8 to be honest. I thought I was going to bring Bakole in at around 14 but then looked at who was above that and I think that a win over the current 11 in Yoka is a better win than anyone else has. I was dropping Yoka to 15 because I think it's time for Chisora to drop out as he's not had a top win since Takam 4 years ago, knowing that Dubois/Bryan/Hunter/Hughie/Hrgovic will take that spot at some point in not so distant the future.