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BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 10:57
by Ruthless-RKO
Current ranking:
Image ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Oleksandr Usyk - 24(15) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

2. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Agit Kabayel - 27(19) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

3. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - (#5)

4 . ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Joseph Parker - 36(24) 4(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

5. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - (#3)

6. ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Filip Hrgovic - 19(14) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBA

7. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Efe Ajagba - 21(15) 1(0) 1 - next fight: TBA

8. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Martin Bakole - 21(16) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

9. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 28.03.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - (#13)

10. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Moses Itauma - 13(11) 0 0 - next fight: 28.03.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jermaine Franklin - 24(15) 2(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #39)

11. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Derek Chisora - 36(23) 13(4) 0 - next fight: 04.04.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Deontay Wilder - 43(42) 4(3) 1 - (Boxrec's #42)

12. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - next fight: 28.03.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - (#10)

13. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Justis Huni - 12(7) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 11.04.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Frazer Clarke - 9(7) 2(1) 1 - (Boxrec's #92)

14. VACANT

15. VACANT

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Upcoming Heavyweight Fights

11.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tyson Fury - 34(24) 2(0) 1 - (inactive, unranked) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Arslanbek Makhmudov - 19(18) 2(2) 0 - (Boxrec's #23)

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 11:00
by Ruthless-RKO
Zhang only had until the 22nd Feb til he was out anyway.. so he's gone now.

So he was 7th.. Everyone got moved up one place.

We need to votr on Efe.. Will do a poll on that.

We need to fill two vacant spots. We know Fury has a fight scheduled now so we can probably vote him back in.

Otherwise., Just give me your votes like this.

Example

14: Tyson Fury
15: Murat Gassiev


Let's get this thread back up to date, in honour of Dag.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 11:03
by Ruthless-RKO
We have a month til the next decent fight in HW.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 11:56
by joshj909
Efe up to 6

14. Vianello
15. Fury

Ajagba has been active and has better wins than Bakole overall who is one below him. Bakole is in fact not far from being dropped due to inactivity. Hrgovic best a past it Joyce somewhat recently but Ajagba's win over Vianello is probably better than that at the moment.

Vianello has been busy and holds some reasonably good wins recently (Makhmudov & Barriere) while only losing a close split decision to Ajagba and also a decision loss to Torrez.

Fury is a placeholder as he hasn't won a fight for 2.5 years and that was a very disputed victory over 0-0 Ngannou his last win before that was nearly 3.5 years ago. He has a fight with Makhmudov coming up and nobody else deserves the 15 spot. If Fury wins then 15 is a fair position for him to be in. If he loses then Makhmudov comes in.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 12:04
by Perkin Warbeck
Ajagba up to six due to activity.

Hrgovic down to 7, hasn't fought in a while and has nothing scheduled.

14. Gassiev
15. Vianello

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 12:11
by Ruthless-RKO
I think โ€˜activityโ€™ is the key word in the HW division.

Has been for a while.

AJ would have been back in this month, we know he was supposed to headline a Saudi card this month, but plans change. Heโ€™s not one to be too inactive usually.

Fury will probably re-enter following a win over Mak most likely. IF he wins.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 14:21
by gilgamesh
Image ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Oleksandr Usyk - 24(15) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

2. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Agit Kabayel - 27(19) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

3. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - (#5)

4 . ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Joseph Parker - 36(24) 4(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

5. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - (#3)

6. Efe Ajagba

7. Filip Hrgovic

8. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Martin Bakole - 21(16) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

9. Moses Itauma

10. Dereck Chisora



I'm looking forward to the big Heavyweight rankings shake-up to come in April and early May. I'm just gonna leave them 2 vacant spots open for some names that could well be filling them in the not too distant future.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 14:23
by margaret thatcher
where is ewey to tell us we're all haters for not having fury at #2

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 14:27
by gilgamesh
We don't got a separate thread for it I don't think, but on my P4P list I've begun dropping Bivol and Beterbiev a little bit with each passing few weeks they don't schedule a fight.

Beterbiev is coming off a loss, and his last bout was a year ago now so he's dropped out of my P4P Top 10 entirely. Bivol has swapped places with Shakur Stevenson for now going to #4 while Shakur is elevated to #3.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 15:26
by Ruthless-RKO
After the next HW fight. Iโ€™m gonna move the thread over to the British section.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 18 Feb 2026, 18:27
by tiny_acres
May I ask why we are putting Fury back in the ratings before he fights?
He has been retired and I don't even trust the fight will come off. He is kind of flakey.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 19 Feb 2026, 03:26
by joshj909
tiny_acres wrote: โ†‘18 Feb 2026, 18:27 May I ask why we are putting Fury back in the ratings before he fights?
He has been retired and I don't even trust the fight will come off. He is kind of flakey.
I have put him there because I can't be bothered to fine comb the fights of all the other guys that don't deserve it. Fury or Makhmudov will deserve that spot when they fight and nobody else will fight sooner and deserve it.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 23 Feb 2026, 08:59
by Ruthless-RKO
Any more here?

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 23 Feb 2026, 12:32
by tiny_acres
Efe to #6
no other changes at this moment

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 24 Feb 2026, 02:53
by 2316464
No change for me. His natural rise to #7 seems fair enough to me. If he fights someone in the top 15 and gets a clean win, then I would be happy to talk about him being higher.

I would also be happy to put Gassiev at #14 based on beating even an aged Pulev. The winner of Fury v Makhmudov will make the rankings, so just wait for the fight to happen

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 26 Feb 2026, 09:32
by CMCanavessi
Efe to 6 and maybe Vianello 14. No other deserves to enter.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 27 Feb 2026, 07:55
by Finkel
2316464 wrote: โ†‘24 Feb 2026, 02:53 No change for me. His natural rise to #7 seems fair enough to me. If he fights someone in the top 15 and gets a clean win, then I would be happy to talk about him being higher.

I would also be happy to put Gassiev at #14 based on beating even an aged Pulev. The winner of Fury v Makhmudov will make the rankings, so just wait for the fight to happen
Strange, it didn't attach my name to the post.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 02 Mar 2026, 05:38
by Ruthless-RKO
Anymore?

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 05 Mar 2026, 05:30
by Ruthless-RKO
Will wrap this up soon

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 05 Mar 2026, 06:04
by Ruthless-RKO
New Fights Added

13. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Justis Huni - 12(7) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 11.04.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Frazer Clarke - 9(7) 2(1) 1 - (Boxrec's #92)

Upcoming Heavyweight Fights

11.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tyson Fury - 34(24) 2(0) 1 - (inactive, unranked) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Arslanbek Makhmudov - 19(18) 2(2) 0 - (Boxrec's #23)

11.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Richard Riakporhe - 19(15) 1(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #11) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Jeamie Tshikeva - 9(5) 2(2) 0 - (Boxrec's #85)

26.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Lawrence Okolie - 23(17) 1(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #6) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Tony Yoka - 15(12) 3(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #31)

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 06 Mar 2026, 09:27
by Eolaithe
Why rate Efe Ajagba so highly?

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 06 Mar 2026, 09:31
by joshj909
Eolaithe wrote: โ†‘06 Mar 2026, 09:27 Why rate Efe Ajagba so highly?
For beating Vianello and being active

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 06 Mar 2026, 09:32
by Ruthless-RKO
Eolaithe wrote: โ†‘06 Mar 2026, 09:27 Why rate Efe Ajagba so highly?
Some of it was due to others inactivity and Efe moving up automatically. otherwise, activity is also key in these rankings.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 16 Mar 2026, 16:40
by Ruthless-RKO
I think we done with this.

Iโ€™ll wrap it up this week.

Re: BoxRec Forum HW Top 15 ranking - Ajagba & Vacant Positions

Posted: 19 Mar 2026, 20:17
by Ruthless-RKO
The vote is over.
  • Ajagba moves up to #6
  • Vianello enters at #14
  • Gassiev and Fury was a tie for #15. Neither enters for now
Current ranking:
Image ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Oleksandr Usyk - 24(15) 0 0 - next fight: 23.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Rico Verhoeven - 1(1) 0 0 - (unranked)

2. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Agit Kabayel - 27(19) 0 0 - next fight: TBA

3. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - (#5)

4 . ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Joseph Parker - 36(24) 4(2) 0 - next fight: TBA

5. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Daniel Dubois - 22(21) 3(3) 0 - next fight: 09.05.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fabio Wardley - 19(18) 0 1 - (#3)

6. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Efe Ajagba - 21(15) 1(0) 1 - next fight: TBA

7. ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Filip Hrgovic - 19(14) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBA

8. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Martin Bakole - 21(16) 2(2) 1 - next fight: TBA

9. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - next fight: TBC vs. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - (#12)

10. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Moses Itauma - 13(11) 0 0 - next fight: 28.03.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jermaine Franklin - 24(15) 2(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #39)

11. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Derek Chisora - 36(23) 13(4) 0 - next fight: 04.04.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Deontay Wilder - 43(42) 4(3) 1 - (Boxrec's #42)

12. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Richard Torrez Jr. - 14(12) 0 0 - next fight: TBC vs. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Frank Sanchez - 25(18) 1(1) 0 - (#9)

13. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Justis Huni - 12(7) 1(1) 0 - next fight: 11.04.2026 vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Frazer Clarke - 9(7) 2(1) 1 - (Boxrec's #92)

14. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Guido Vianello - 14(12) 3(1) 1 - next fight: TBA

15. VACANT

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Upcoming Heavyweight Fights

11.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tyson Fury - 34(24) 2(0) 1 - (inactive, unranked) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Arslanbek Makhmudov - 19(18) 2(2) 0 - (Boxrec's #23)

11.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Richard Riakporhe - 19(15) 1(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #11) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Jeamie Tshikeva - 9(5) 2(2) 0 - (Boxrec's #85)

26.04.2026 - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Lawrence Okolie - 23(17) 1(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #6) vs. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Tony Yoka - 15(12) 3(0) 0 - (Boxrec's #31)