BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Itauma vs. Franklin

[Ruthless-RKO]

Current ranking:
Oleksandr Usyk - 24(15) 0 0 - next fight: 23.05.2026 vs. Rico Verhoeven - 1(1) 0 0 - (unranked)

2. Agit Kabayel - 27(19) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

3. Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - (#5)

4 . Joseph Parker - 36(24) 4(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

5. Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - (#3)

6. Efe Ajagba - 21(15) 1(0) 1 - next fight: TBA

7. Filip Hrgovic - 19(14) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 16.05.2026 vs. David Allen - 25(20) 8(4) 2 - (Boxrec's #74)

8. Martin Bakole - 21(16) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

9. Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBC vs. Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - (#12)

10. Moses Itauma - 14(12) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

11. Derek Chisora - 36(23) 13(4) 0 - next fight: 04.04.2026 vs. Deontay Wilder - 43(42) 4(3) 1 - (Boxrec's #42)

12. Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - next fight: TBC vs. Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - (#9)

13. Justis Huni - 12(7) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 11.04.2026 vs. Frazer Clarke - 9(7) 2(1) 1 - (Boxrec's #92)

14. Guido Vianello - 14(12) 3(1) 1 - next fight: TBA

15. VACANT

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Question: How are the rankings affected following Itauma's win over Franklin?

[Ruthless-RKO]

As i said last time, moving the thread on to B&I section.

Much more lively than CS.

[KiwiRider]

I hate to be boring, but it wasn't more than a getting in rounds fight for me.
Boxrec have Franklin at #63 and I feel that's about right. So I'm happy with where Itauma is right now. If he beats someone in the top #20 I might think about moving him up.

[Coco]

Rankings shouldn't be based on potential, it should be on what they have achieved

[Ruthless-RKO]

Rankings shouldn't be based on potential, it should be on what they have achieved

If someone hasn't achieved anything in over a year, then they get dropped.

A lot of HW's are not active either.

[joshj909]

Itauma to #9 because Sanchez shouldn't even be ranked.

Realistically, Sanchez, Bakole and Chisora could plausibly drop out by the summer. The 10-15 will be abysmal.

My current rankings:
1. Usyk
2. Wardley
3. Parker
4. Dubois
5. Kabayel
6. Ajagba
7. Torrez
8. Bakole - Will be dropped soon
9. Chisora
10. Vianello
11. Hrgovic
12. Zhang
13. Itauma
14. Huni
15. Okolie

[tiny_acres]

Itauma #8
Franklin unranked

[gregregegg]

This should be currant scenes. I know the uk forum is busier, but that also means the currant scenes forum is easier to stay at the top. And I think world rankings should be main page not uk page… but eh I’m not to fussed.

Moses top 10 is such a stretch. Best wins are Dempsey and Franklin. Whyte was shot to bits.

Real shame Hrg isn’t available for him, that would be a great step up. But gassieve would ment be a bad fight (wba regular ?)

[margaret thatcher]

how the f@ck did sanchez get to 9?! he has even gotten higher since kabayel beat him

its 2026 now. he hasnt beaten someone with a winning record since 2023. his last meaninfful fight he was beaten up and stopped. and he has a very thin resume anyway.

this is the danger of not putting the foot down to boot a guy out. he will keep getting higher by doing nothing because there will be higher ranked guys actually taking risks who get voted down for losing.

[margaret thatcher]

moses to 8
frank out

sanchez shoulda been voted out, or at least down to like 15, in his last fight.

[Ruthless-RKO]

This should be currant scenes. I know the uk forum is busier, but that also means the currant scenes forum is easier to stay at the top. And I think world rankings should be main page not uk page… but eh I’m not to fussed.

Was testing it out for this round.

[gilgamesh]

I'd put him at 6

[stujones]

Isn't Parker suspended? Should he be ranked?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Isn't Parker suspended? Should he be ranked?

There’s been no update

[Ruthless-RKO]

The vote is over.

Changes

• Moses Itauma moved up one place to #9

Current ranking:
Oleksandr Usyk - 24(15) 0 0 - next fight: 23.05.2026 vs. Rico Verhoeven - 1(1) 0 0 - (unranked)

2. Agit Kabayel - 27(19) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

3. Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - (#5)

4 . Joseph Parker - 36(24) 4(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

5. Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - (#3)

6. Efe Ajagba - 21(15) 1(0) 1 - next fight: TBA

7. Filip Hrgovic - 19(14) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 16.05.2026 vs. David Allen - 25(20) 8(4) 2 - (Boxrec's #74)

8. Martin Bakole - 21(16) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

9. Moses Itauma - 14(12) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

10. Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 23.05.2026 vs. Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - (#12)

11. Derek Chisora - 36(23) 13(4) 0 - next fight: 04.04.2026 vs. Deontay Wilder - 43(42) 4(3) 1 - (Boxrec's #42)

12. Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - next fight: 23.05.2026 vs. Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - (#9)

13. Justis Huni - 12(7) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 11.04.2026 vs. Frazer Clarke - 9(7) 2(1) 1 - (Boxrec's #92)

14. Guido Vianello - 14(12) 3(1) 1 - next fight: TBA

15. VACANT

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