Wardley up to #2
Parker drops to #3
Vianello fills the vacant spot left by Joshua following his recent wins over Barriere and win over Makhmudov last year.
Questionable stoppage but it's a win for Wardley. Not a bad enough loss to drop Parker below Kabayel given that Parker has the marginally better wins while Kabayel has been less active. Kabayel needs to take a top opponent to keep himself in the mix otherwise everyone's going to be demanding Usyk Vs Wardley and Usyk vs someone else after that.
Usyk is the Champion, and has no need to be ranked.
I guess with you guys' system of ranking the Champion #1 instead of as Champion then Wardley would be 3 and Parker would be 4.
I personally prefer
Champion: Usyk
1. Kabayel
2. Wardley
3. Parker
And so on. So that's how I see them in my mind's eye, but I understand in the modern world with all the fragmented titles why all that nonsense has become necessary.
I would've ranked Sanchez and Zhang above Chisora and Itauma on record alone if they had actually done anything of note since being beaten up by Kabayel, but they haven't. And there was nothing iffy about those stoppages. Those are the sort of losses that make you consider if your heart is really still in this.
I would've ranked Sanchez and Zhang above Chisora and Itauma on record alone if they had actually done anything of note since being beaten up by Kabayel, but they haven't. And there was nothing iffy about those stoppages. Those are the sort of losses that make you consider if your heart is really still in this.
That's the cool thing about this division. There's a lot of guys out in the wings like that who would be right back in the mix with just 1 more win or 2.
Even Joe Joyce. As bad as it's been going for him. If he wins 2 in a row. He's a viable opponent again. That's just how it goes.
A lot of these guys are nearing the age though where they're going to have to stop soon though surely. It's time for a new crop of Heavies to come along and make them.
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑30 Oct 2025, 18:16
Yh not like these hw’s can move up and down in weight every other fight.
They’re stuck in the hw division.
Upsets can happen
It's probably one of the reasons, in addition to the more obvious ones, that casuals follow heavyweights more. They know who's in the division and that rarely changes. In the lighter weight classes most guys can flip between divisions on a regular basis.
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑30 Oct 2025, 18:16
Yh not like these hw’s can move up and down in weight every other fight.
They’re stuck in the hw division.
Upsets can happen
It's probably one of the reasons, in addition to the more obvious ones, that casuals follow heavyweights more. They know who's in the division and that rarely changes. In the lighter weight classes most guys can flip between divisions on a regular basis.
yh then they have stay-busy fights or tune up fights when they move up weights.
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑30 Oct 2025, 18:16
Yh not like these hw’s can move up and down in weight every other fight.
They’re stuck in the hw division.
Upsets can happen
It's probably one of the reasons, in addition to the more obvious ones, that casuals follow heavyweights more. They know who's in the division and that rarely changes. In the lighter weight classes most guys can flip between divisions on a regular basis.
yh then they have stay-busy fights or tune up fights when they move up weights.
Or in the case of a lot of the Lightweight stars now they spend years and years at a time without fighting a meaningful fight at all.
Oleksandr Usyk - 24(15) 0 0 - next fight: TBA
Joseph Parker - 36(24) 4(2) 0 - next fight: TBA
Agit Kabayel - 26(18) 0 0 - next fight: 10.01.2025 vs. 
Damian Knyba - 17(11) 0 0 - (Boxrec's #30)
Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - next fight: TBA
Filip Hrgovic - 19(14) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBA
Zhilei Zhang - 25(22) 3(1) 1 - next fight: TBA
Efe Ajagba - 20(14) 1(0) 1 - next fight: TBA
Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBA
Jermaine Franklin - 24(15) 2(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #39)
Tomas Salek - 23(14) 7(4) 0 - (Boxrec's #407)
Justis Huni - 12(7) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 06.12.2025 vs. 
