heavyweight rankings

there is a lot said about the HWs been in a weak area, but i for one don't buy that, there are a fair few decent heavy out there and if the right build up fights could give the k bros a run for their money. my question is how do you rate the current lot and who has the best chance of been the first non-klitschko champion?

1. wlad klitschko
2.1vitali klitschko
3. kubrat pulev
4. david haye
5. alexander povetkin
6. tyson fury
7. dennis boystov
8. bermane striverne
9. thomas adamek
10. robert helenius
11. bryan jennings
12. deontay wilder
13. olandier solis
14.chris arreola
15. jonathon banks.

now out of my top 13 challengers 9 have not been in the ring with a k bro, and with vitali slowing down haye may get his big fight and even win it. i think there is a lot of huge HW fights out there and the division is far from doomed.

how would you rate the top 10-15 HWs at the moment?

Ask us again on April 28th when Audley has turned the whole HW division on it's head!

No way is Fury number 6.

where would you put him? chisora, johnson and firtha were all decent wins. if he beats cunningham he definetly earns that spot for me.

I dont know alot of the names on that list but from what I have seen I think Price and Fury have a real chance. Both are a little rough around the edges but what they lack in finesse, they make up in size.

Chisora, Johnson and particularly Firtha are all useless.

No way should Wlider be near there.

No Tony Thompson? He's coming off an excellent win...

Bar the Drones the best underachiever there is Solis. His weight ruined him. Shame, the guy has class skills.

The overachiever is Fury, and he keeps getting better.

How on earth is Helenius top 10?

He got beat by Chisora (robbery) and struggled with P4P Legend Sprott!

Joke.

Would have Banks and Arreola both ahead of Fury and Wilder.

azania wrote:No way should Wlider be near there.

Ranked 12 yet I doubt he's fought anyone ranked in the top 50, maybe even top 100? Same probably applies for most in that list.

I don't remember Helenious struggling with Sprott.

John Bloody Wayne wrote:I don't remember Helenious struggling with Sprott.

brewster, peter, liakhovic are all great wins, he hasn't looked the same since the injury, but since he is undefeated (on paper at least) he deserves a fair rating for me.

Cast a Shadow wrote:No Tony Thompson? He's coming off an excellent win...

i considered him, but price looked like he had talent, but is yet to really prove it and so not a huge win for me and between his two pastings from wlad fought nobody of note really.

I know it's only semantics but the term 'great win' is used far too readily.

okay, only good wins ill concede

Barely that even.

take the klitschko's out and the division has some interesting matchups

totally agree. i hope that vitali retireing will stir up the competetion as there are some crackers. id love haye vs pulev or povetkin vs fury.

eddyfightfan wrote:

Cast a Shadow wrote:No Tony Thompson? He's coming off an excellent win...

i considered him, but price looked like he had talent, but is yet to really prove it and so not a huge win for me and between his two pastings from wlad fought nobody of note really.

Taking that into account how does Wilder get there?

mainly the unbeaten record, and the odd 2-3 semi recent wins. also a 100% KO ratio after nearly 30 fights. a loss to audley and i would remove him completely (or any other contender for that matter)