BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Otto Wallin & Frank Sanchez

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Updated rankings

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

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Question: How are the rankings affected after Wallin's split decision win over Gassiev and also Sanchez's stoppage win over Alexander?

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Please vote twice,

One for Wallin, one for Sanchez.

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Upcoming Heavyweight Fights

28.10.2023 - Fabio Wardley - 16(15) 0 0 - (BoxRec's #23) vs. David Adeleye - 12(11) 0 0 - (BoxRec's #59)

28.10.2023 - Justis Huni - 7(4) 0 0 - (BoxRec's #26) vs. Andrew Tabiti - 20(16) 1(1) 0 - (unranked, inactive)

04.11.2023 - Trevor Bryan - 22(15) 1(1) 0 - (unranked, inactive) vs. Cassius Chaney - 22(15) 1(0) 0 - (unranked, inactive)

[Finkel]

Sanchez - no change. He really needs to step up the level of competition.

Wallin - to #8. He made very easy work of Gassiev (which many saw as a great match-up before it happened). He also has a win over Breazeale and a decent showing against Fury. For me, that puts him above Bakole and the rest of the chasing pack of fringe contenders.

[CMCanavessi]

Leave Sanchez where he is
Wallin at 14

Edit: Ajagba vs. Goodall is missing in the list, and Bakole Takam

[Ruthless-RKO]

Leave Sanchez where he is
Wallin at 14

Edit: Ajagba vs. Goodall is missing in the list, and Bakole Takam

Is that even still on?

It's not mentioned as part of the undercard for Fury-Ngannou anymore..

[joshj909]

Sanchez up to 8. Bakole shouldn't be that high.
Wallin to 11 above Anderson who also should be that high.

My current rankings:
1. Usyk
2. Fury
3. Joshua
4. Hrgovic
5. Zhang
6. Joyce
7. Sanchez
8. Parker
9. Ajagba
10. Makhmudov
11. Chisora
12. Wallin
13. Bakole
14. Anderson
15. Huni

[CMCanavessi]

Leave Sanchez where he is
Wallin at 14

Edit: Ajagba vs. Goodall is missing in the list, and Bakole Takam

Is that even still on?

It's not mentioned as part of the undercard for Fury-Ngannou anymore..

An article from today: https://news.bet365.com/en-gb/article/b ... 4110646005


And from the man himself: https://x.com/MartinBakole01/status/170 ... 64785?s=20

[gregregegg]

Wallin to 10 Sanchez to 11 (can’t vote that so a wrote it)

[stpeach]

Wallin to 10
Sanchez to 11

[margaret thatcher]

cant believe how crappy sanchez's career has been after his biggest win

[Finkel]

cant believe how crappy sanchez's career has been after his biggest win

There probably isn't much he can do about it. He signed with the PBC, and they haven't invested in him at all. Worse than that, when he should have been involved in the WBC elimination tournament. They stepped over him to go way down the rankings to match Helenius with Wilder.

Any of these heavyweights at PBC would have been a good match up and he hasn't been paired with any of them.
Wilder
Ruiz Jr
Ortiz
Martin
Helenius

Add to that the WBC allowing their champion to fight mismatches like Chisora and Ngannou, and Sanchez like many others just don't get a look in at actually establishing themselves.

[gregregegg]

I understand frank not being able to get big names… but there’s a lot of fighters between wilder and martz…. Frank Sanchez matchmaking my is so bad it should not be sanctioned.

[margaret thatcher]

return of da mack

[pound per pound]

Sanchez up to 8. Bakole shouldn't be that high.
Wallin to 11 above Anderson who also should be that high.

My current rankings:
1. Usyk
2. Fury
3. Joshua
4. Hrgovic
5. Zhang
6. Joyce
7. Sanchez
8. Parker
9. Ajagba
10. Makhmudov
11. Chisora
12. Wallin
13. Bakole
14. Anderson
15. Huni

Using those rankings, Anderson ( #14 ) is the great American hope, and the only one from the USA in the top 15.

How did this happen? Any theories as to why this is so?

[CMCanavessi]

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Gonna wrap up the votes soon

[margaret thatcher]

well it's good to see jalo step up his pro activity, but dude is so massively experienced in the ams and has been winning so easily (vs guys better than thompson) that these types of fights are disappointing.

get him in at minimum with a kuzmin or rice now. is that really too much to ask.

[cpx2]

Wallin to 8. Certainly a better win than Yoka. Sanchez to 11 to accommodate Wallin moving in.

[Finkel]

Wilder just reached 1 year without fighting. Time to drop him.

Are we voting on #15? Or leaving it vacant?

[joshj909]

Wilder just reached 1 year without fighting. Time to drop him.

Are we voting on #15? Or leaving it vacant?

Picking 15 would be picking from a wild west of unworthy candidates.

[CMCanavessi]

Leave it vacant until some worthy fight takes place. Huni or jalolov maybe?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Leave it vacant until some worthy fight takes place. Huni or jalolov maybe?

Yeh we don’t need to fill in vacant slots..

They can be filled when we have worthy fights.

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The vote is over.

• Otto Wallin enters at #9

• Frank Sanchez stays at #10

• Deontay Wilder exits the rankings due to inactivity

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

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

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

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

9. Otto Wallin - 26(14) 1(0) 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

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So that's Wilder, Ortiz and Ruiz, all PBC boxers exited in the space of a month..

How shocking and a shame,

How they couldn't make Wilder-Ruiz..