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 Next: Mar. 3 vs. Jean Marc Mormeck
2. Vitali Klitschko Next: Feb. 18 vs. Derek Chisora
3. Alexander Povetkin Next: Feb. 25 vs. Marco Huck
4. Robert Helenius
5. Tomasz Adamek
6. Chris Arreola Next: Feb. 18 vs. Eric Molina
7. David Haye
8. Tony Thompson
9. Denis Boytsov
10. Eddie Chambers
11. Alexander Dimitrenko Next: Mar. 31 vs. Kubrat Pulev
12. Ruslan Chagaev
13. Michael Grant
14. Nicolay Valuev
15. Alexander Ustinov
16. Jean-Marc Mormeck Next: Mar. 3 vs. Wladimir Klitschko
17. Odlanier Solis
18. Tyson Fury
19. Seth Mitchell
20. Sergei Liakhovich
21. Francesco Pianeta
22. Kubrat Pulev Next: Mar. 31 vs. Alexander Dimitrenko
23. Chazz Witherspoon
24. Kevin Johnson Next: Mar. 18 vs. Alex Leapai
25. Samuel Peter
26. Deontay Wilder Next: Feb. 25 vs. TBA
27. Mariusz Wach Next: Mar. 24 vs. Tye Fields
28. Manuel Charr Next: Mar. 30 vs. Taras Bydenko
29. Derek Chisora Next: Feb. 18 vs. Vitali Klitschko
30. Cedric Boswell
31. Shannon Briggs
32. Evander Holyfield
33. Hasim Rahman
34. Antonio Tarver
35. Alex Leapai Next: Mar. 18 vs. Kevin Johnson
36. Chauncy Welliver
37. Oleg Maskaev
38. Kali Meehan Next: Mar. 7 vs. Travis Walker
39. Bermane Stiverne
40. Kirk Johnson
41. David Tua
42. Juan Carlos Gomez
43. Oliver McCall
44. Johnathon Banks Next: Feb. 18 vs. Nicolai Firtha
45. Mike Perez
46. Franklin Lawrence
47. Neven Pajkic
48. Fres Oquendo Next: Mar. 3 vs. TBA
49. Ray Austin
50. Timur Ibragimov

Dropped from the Top 50: 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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