Updated February 25, 2013
The heavyweight division has always been and will always be the glamour division of the sport ... but it's kind of a mess at the present time.
Lennox Lewis was the (more-or-less) undisputed champ ... but then he retired. Then
Vitali Klitschko seemed to be on his way to becoming the (more-or-less) undisputed champ ... but then he retired too ... for nearly four years. Plus all the top
pound-for-pound fighters in the sport are campaigning in lower weight categories. Nevertheless, the big money and the majority of the media attention continues to focus on the big boys. Accordingly, it seems appropriate to have an in-depth look at who's who in today's heavyweight division and rank them accordingly. Plenty of magazines and web sites will give their top ten. However, if you really love boxing, then ten is definitely not enough. So here they are -- the top fifty heavyweight fighters in the world today. Let the debates begin!
1. Wladimir Klitschko Next: Apr. 6 vs. TBA
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Tomasz Adamek
5. David Haye
6. Chris Arreola Next: Mar. 9 vs. Bermane Stiverne
7. Kubrat Pulev
8. Tyson Fury Next: Apr. 20 vs. Steve Cunningham
9. Bryant Jennings
10. Robert Helenius
11. Denis Boytsov
12. Eddie Chambers
13. Tony Thompson
14. Deontay Wilder
15. Johnathon Banks
16. Malik Scott
17. Derek Chisora
18. Ruslan Chagaev
19. Manuel Charr
20. Mariusz Wach
21. Francesco Pianeta
22. Michael Grant
23. Kevin Johnson
24. Odlanier Solis Next: Mar. 22 vs. TBA
25. Vyacheslav Glazkov
26. Alexander Ustinov
27. Seth Mitchell
28. Samuel Peter
29. Alexander Dimitrenko Next: Mar. 9 vs. TBA
30. Steve Cunningham Next: Apr. 20 vs. Tyson Fury
31. David Price
32. Fres Oquendo
33. Juan Carlos Gomez
34. Bermane Stiverne Next: Mar. 9 vs. Chris Arreola
35. Mike Perez
36. Luis Ortiz
37. Andrew Wawrzyk
38. Carlos Takam
39. Tony Grano
40. Franklin Lawrence
41. Magomed Abdusalamov Next: Mar. 8 vs. Victor Bisbal
42. Artur Szpilka
43. Alex Leapai Next: May 9 vs. TBA
44. Joe Hanks
45. Neven Pajkic
46. Edmund Gerber
47. Jovo Pudar
48. Andriy Rudenko
49. Richard Tower
50. Kvotaro Fujimoto
51. Travis Walker
Dropped from the Top 50: Evander Holyfield, Tor Hamer, Nicolay Valuev, Cedric Boswell, Shannon Briggs, David Tua, Sergei Liakhovich, Shane Cameron, Chazz Witherspoon, Hasim Rahman, Kirk Johnson, Chauncy Welliver, Ray Austin, Oleg Maskaev, Kali Meehan, Jean-Marc Mormeck, Oliver McCall, James Toney, Lamon Brewster, John Ruiz, Sultan Ibragimov, Calvin Brock, Andrew Golota, Joe Mesi.
We're sure your list would look quite different. Tell us and your fellow fight fans where you agree and where you disagree on the boxing bulletin board.
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