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The vote is over.

No change. There seems to be a split in what should happen. Let's see some of these guys actually pick up some decent wins.

Current ranking:
Oleksandr Usyk - 19(13) 0 0 - next fight: 20.08.2022 vs Anthony Joshua - 24(22) 2(1) 0 (#3)

2. Anthony Joshua - 24(22) 2(1) 0 - next fight: 20.08.2022 vs. Oleksandr Usyk - 19(13) 0 0 (#2)

3. Deontay Wilder - 42(41) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

4. Joseph Parker - 30(21) 2(0) 0 - next fight: 24.09.2022 vs. Joe Joyce - 14(13) 0 0 - (#8)

5. Dillian Whyte - 28(19) 3(3) 0 - next fight: TBA

6. Andy Ruiz Jr - 34(22) 2(0) 0 - next fight: 04.09.2022 vs. Luis Ortiz - 33(28) 2(2) 0 (#9)

7. Joe Joyce - 14(13) 0 0 - next fight: 24.09.2022 vs. Joseph Parker - 30(21) 2(0) 0 - (#5)

8. Luis Ortiz - 33(28) 2(2) 0 - next fight: 04.09.2022 vs. Andy Ruiz Jr - 34(22) 2(0) 0 (#7)

9. Dereck Chisora - 33(23) 12(3) 0 - next fight:TBA

10. Martin Bakole - 18(13) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBA

11. Otto Wallin - 24(14) 1(0) 0 - next fight: TBA

12. Robert Helenius - 31(20) 3(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

13. Frank Sanchez - 20(13) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

14. Kubrat Pulev - 29(14) 3(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

15. unranked

Thanks for your work Ruthie

It's reflected in the top 15 not having a #15.
They aren't fighting each other, most aren't even fighting, just getting older.
Hopefully things heat up towards the end of the year.

Well zhang vs hrgovic didnt clear anything up did it.

leaves more questions than we had before

That’s a shame..

We’ll put the two fights to a vote tomorrow.

Where do we sit on Fury vote-wise? Will he be back in these rankings if the WBC haven't stripped him by the 26th?

cpx2 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 08:26 Where do we sit on Fury vote-wise? Will he be back in these rankings if the WBC haven't stripped him by the 26th?

Personally, i'd take him out until he has something scheduled or atleast looks like things are being scheduled.

joshj909 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 08:51

cpx2 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 08:26 Where do we sit on Fury vote-wise? Will he be back in these rankings if the WBC haven't stripped him by the 26th?

Personally, i'd take him out until he has something scheduled or atleast looks like things are being scheduled.

I’m in agreement.

Ring and TBRB removed him.

Something’s gotta give. You gonna keep screaming retirement and do speeches and give your thanks then do one.

We need to move on.

If he scheduled a fight then yeh, I say we can vote him back in. Until then, he can sit at home.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 09:06

joshj909 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 08:51

cpx2 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 08:26 Where do we sit on Fury vote-wise? Will he be back in these rankings if the WBC haven't stripped him by the 26th?

Personally, i'd take him out until he has something scheduled or atleast looks like things are being scheduled.

I’m in agreement.

Ring and TBRB removed him.

Something’s gotta give. You gonna keep screaming retirement and do speeches and give your thanks then do one.

We need to move on.

If he scheduled a fight then yeh, I say we can vote him back in. Until then, he can sit at home.

Agree, leave him out until he's got something lined up. I suppose it would've made this vote a bit more intriguing seeing if people felt Usyk should be above Fury - it's a bit of a formality as it stands leaving him at 1.

Zhang deserves it, but technically he can't be there. Hrgovic can't be placed with such woefeful 'win'.

Hrgovic should be placed at #15.

Wonder how many will go with Hrgovic to 14 and Zhang to 15 with Pulev dropping out?

joshj909 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 12:26 Wonder how many will go with Hrgovic to 14 and Zhang to 15 with Pulev dropping out?

It’s a shout for sure.

Will consider Zhang to enter and someone to drop.

Will put that to the poll for sure.

joshj909 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 12:26 Wonder how many will go with Hrgovic to 14 and Zhang to 15 with Pulev dropping out?

Good shout. However, Both Hrgovic-Zhang and Chisora-Pulev could have gone either way. Like, Rizla paper thin decisions. It would be good to see Zhang and Pulev face off for that position. Pulev is, after all, the more decorated contender.

I personally am still not comfortable with Chisora being top 10. And I'm a fan. He should have been years ago, but now it just doesn't seem right. He's shot.

Personally I would put Zhang to #15 in protest.
He was jobbed on the cards there. Two judges scoring 8 rounds to Hrgovic?! Ridiculous for anyone scoring that fight round by round with their eyes open.

May be in the minority, and I thought Zhang did some of the more eye-catching work, but I didn't have a problem with the 114-113 card. I felt he won the fight, despite a decidedly abject performance.

Would love to see Zhang in with Chisora or something though. He's good to watch.

cpx2 wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 15:27 May be in the minority, and I thought Zhang did some of the more eye-catching work, but I didn't have a problem with the 114-113 card. I felt he won the fight, despite a decidedly abject performance.

Would love to see Zhang in with Chisora or something though. He's good to watch.

Fair enough, I didn't have an issue with the 114-113 either. I did with the two 115-112 cards though.
I think most people would have accepted a win for Zhang or a draw, or even a split for Hrg. But a UD win with those cards... Dodgy

That was voting based on national politics the same you see on the Eurovision song contest. The winner was pre decided

Seemed like throughout the fight, Zhang wanted it more.

I do not consider either Zhang or Hrgovic top 15.
Zhang in my opinion lost to Jerry Forrest and most on here have said Zhang was a bum and a knockout loss waiting to happen. And I thought he clearly beat Hrgovic who looks to be declining rapidly.
Neither should enter the top 15

tiny_acres wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 16:08 I do not consider either Zhang or Hrgovic top 15.
Zhang in my opinion lost to Jerry Forrest and most on here have said Zhang was a bum and a knockout loss waiting to happen. And I thought he clearly beat Hrgovic who looks to be declining rapidly.
Neither should enter the top 15

Yup.

oogiebe wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 16:38

tiny_acres wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 16:08 I do not consider either Zhang or Hrgovic top 15.
Zhang in my opinion lost to Jerry Forrest and most on here have said Zhang was a bum and a knockout loss waiting to happen. And I thought he clearly beat Hrgovic who looks to be declining rapidly.
Neither should enter the top 15

Yup.

The commentary team kept going on about how unhealthy he was for that fight. I mean his own fault..

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 15:51 Seemed like throughout the fight, Zhang wanted it more.

I didn't score it, so I can't say who won either way. But Zhang had so many long gaps between throwing punches it was concerning. I mean for half a round he just bumbled about

I think BoxRec has done a major disservice by taking Tyson Fury out of the number one spot because it is so obvious to everyone with a functioning brain cell that the whole retirement thing was nothing more than a promotional ploy to set up the undisputed fight with Usyk.

Whoever controls the rankings at BoxRec needs to really get a clue and put Fury back in there as the number one heavyweight before they do themselves a major embarrassment if Fury actually beats Usyk.

This will be nothing more than a repeat of history with Richard Kyle Fox backing Jake Kilrain over John L Sullivan when everybody knew that John L Sullivan was the true heavyweight champion of the world.

ah, the fury cockgobbler has spoken

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑21 Aug 2022, 17:12 ah, the fury cockgobbler has spoken