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: March 20 vs. Eddie Chambers
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. Alexander Povetkin
4. David Haye
5. Eddie Chambers Next: March 20 vs. Wladimir Klitschko
6. Chris Arreola
7. Ruslan Chagaev
8. Nicolay Valuev
9. John Ruiz
10. Samuel Peter Next: Dec. 19 vs. Gabe Brown
11. David Tua
12. Kevin Johnson
13. Sultan Ibragimov
14. Odlanier Solis
15. Alexander Dimitrenko
16. Tomasz Adamek Next: Feb. 6 vs. Jason Estrada
17. Denis Boytsov
18. Tony Thompson
19. Alexander Ustinov
20. James Toney
21. Shannon Briggs Next: Jan. 8 vs. TBA
22. Sergei Liakhovich
23. Evander Holyfield Next: Jan. 16 vs. Frans Botha
24. Fres Oquendo Next: Feb. 20 vs. TBA
25. Brian Minto
26. Jameel McCline
27. Hasim Rahman
28. Juan Carlos Gomez
29. Lamon Brewster
30. Chazz Witherspoon
31. Ray Austin
32. Calvin Brock
33. Oleg Maskaev
34. Oliver McCall
35. Vladimir Virchis
36. Francesco Pianeta
37. Jason Estrada Next: Feb. 6 vs. Tomasz Adamek
38. Sinan Samil Sam
39. Dominick Guinn
40. Kirk Johnson
41. Kali Meehan
42. Malik Scott
43. Luan Krasniqi
44. Cedric Boswell
45. Michael Grant
46. Travis Walker
47. Taras Bidenko
48. Paolo Vidoz Next: Dec. 18 vs. Albert Sosnowski
49. DaVarryl Williamson
50. Monte Barrett

Dropped from the Top 50: Andrew Golota, Shane Cameron, Matt Skelton, Audley Harrison, Tye Fields, Joe Mesi, Jean Francois Bergeron, Roman Greenberg.

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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