Current Heavyweight Rankings

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
2. Vitali Klitschko Next: Sept. 12 vs. TBA
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. Ruslan Chagaev
5. Nicolay Valuev
6. Chris Arreola
7. Oleg Maskaev
8. Sultan Ibragimov
9. David Haye
10. Eddie Chambers
11. John Ruiz
12. Samuel Peter
13. Sergei Liakhovich
14. Tony Thompson
15. James Toney
16. Alexander Dimitrenko
17. David Tua Next: Oct. 3 vs. Shane Cameron
18. Lamon Brewster Next: Aug. 29 vs. TBA
19. Evander Holyfield Next: July 26 vs. Sammy Retta
20. Jameel McCline
21. Hasim Rahman
22. Odlanier Solis Next: Aug. 15 vs. Kevin Johnson
23. Kevin Johnson Next: Aug. 15 vs. Odlanier Solis
24. Fres Oquendo Next: July 24 vs. Bruce Seldon
25. Juan Carlos Gomez
26. Shannon Briggs
27. Calvin Brock
28. Brian Minto Next: Aug. 14 vs. Donnell Holmes
29. Ray Austin Next: July 11 vs. TBA
30. Oliver McCall Next: Aug. 21 vs. Franklin Lawrence
31. Jason Estrada
32. Denis Boytsov
33. Monte Barrett
34. Vladimir Virchis
35. Sinan Samil Sam
36. Chazz Witherspoon Next: July 31 vs. Carl Davis Drumond
37. Kirk Johnson
38. Kali Meehan
39. Malik Scott
40. Luan Krasniqi
41. Andrew Golota
42. Shane Cameron Next: Oct. 3 vs. David Tua
43. Michael Grant
44. Dominick Guinn
45. Cedric Boswell
46. Travis Walker
47. Taras Bidenko
48. Paolo Vidoz
49. DaVarryl Williamson
50. Matt Skelton

Dropped from the Top 50: Audley Harrison, Tye Fields, Joe Mesi, Jean Francois Bergeron, Roman Greenberg, Michael Moorer, Michael Sprott, Chris Byrd, Corrie Sanders, Lawrence Clay-Bey, Owen Beck, Vassiliy Jirov, Danny Williams.

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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