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

Dropped from the Top 50: Shane Cameron, Matt Skelton, 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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