BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Zhang vs. Joyce 2

[Thomastearns]

Difficult to be sure but I still put Joyce in the top 5.

No one has done that to him before and the way he still got up after that bomb of a right hand suggests his chin is ok.

Thankfully for Joe, there's no other heavy hitting 2 handed southpaws in the top 15 to worry about.

Zhang is certainly a one off, but like almost everyone else in the top 10, he needs careful matchmaking himself or else he might be chasing shadows for most of the 12 rounds.

He was exhausted and thoroughly outboxed by Hrgovic and in the end his impressive power alone wasn't quite enough to convince the judges.

Wilder v Zhang, if not Joshua, would be a fantastic fight for everyone outside boxing purists.

Andy Ruiz might be another good option for Zhang, better than either the more elusive Fury or Usyk.

As for Joe Joyce, why not Dillian Whyte next?

That's the best thing about the current HW scene - the fact that they're finally all running out of time and options.

Dubois of course is the exception, and he might also want another go at Joyce.

It's finally all happening.

[stpeach]

Zhang moves up to 4
Joyce moves down to 9

[Ruthless-RKO]

The vote is over.

• Zhilei Zhang has moved up to #4

• Joe Joyce down to #9

Current ranking:
Oleksandr Usyk - 21(14) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

2. Tyson Fury - 33(24) 0 1 - next fight: 28.10.2023 vs. Francis Ngannou - 17(12) 3 0* - (Unranked, Inactive)

3. Anthony Joshua - 26(23) 3(1) 0 - next fight: TBA

4. Zhilei Zhang - 24(21) 1(0) 1 - next fight: TBA

5. Deontay Wilder - 43(42) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

6. Joseph Parker - 32(22) 3(1) 0 - next fight: 28.10.2023 vs. Simon Kean - 23(22) 1(1) 0 - (BoxRec's #33)

7. Filip Hrgovic - 16(13) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

8. Martin Bakole - 19(14) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBA

9. Joe Joyce - 15(14) 2(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

10. Frank Sanchez - 23(16) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

11. Jared Anderson - 16(15) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

12. Arslanbek Makhmudov - 17(16) 0 0 - next fight: 30.09.2023 vs. Agron Smakici - 20(18) 2(2) 0 - (BoxRec's #73)

13. Efe Ajagba - 18(13) 1(0) 0 - next fight: TBA

14. VACANT

15. VACANT

* MMA record
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