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 now he's retired. Then Vitali Klitschko seemed to be on his way to becoming the (more-or-less) undisputed champ ... but then he retired too ... at least for a while. 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: TBA vs. Alexander Povetkin
2. Samuel Peter Next: Oct. 11 vs. Vitali Klitschko
3. Ruslan Chagaev
4. Nicolay Valuev Next: Aug. 30 vs. John Ruiz
5. Vitali Klitschko Next: Oct. 11 vs. Samuel Peter
6. Alexander Povetkin Next: TBA vs. Wladimir Klitschko
7. Oleg Maskaev Next: Sept. 6 vs. Robert Hawkins
8. Sultan Ibragimov
9. John Ruiz Next: Aug. 30 vs. Nicolay Valuev
10. Chris Arreola
11. James Toney
12. Sergei Liakhovich
13. Tony Thompson
14. David Tua
15. Hasim Rahman
16. Jameel McCline
17. Evander Holyfield
18. Lamon Brewster
19. Alexander Dimitrenko
20. Eddie Chambers
21. Andrew Golota Next: Nov. 7 vs. TBA
22. Shannon Briggs
23. Juan Carlos Gomez Next: Sept. 27 vs. Vladimir Virchis
24. Vladimir Virchis Next: Sept. 27 vs. Juan Carlos Gomez
25. Calvin Brock
26. Fres Oquendo
27. Monte Barrett
28. Brian Minto Next: Nov. 1 vs. TBA
29. Oliver McCall
30. Luan Krasniqi
31. Sinan Samil Sam
32. Kirk Johnson
33. Kevin Johnson Next: Sept. 5 vs. Bruce Seldon
34. Odlanier Solis Next: Sept. 12 vs. TBA
35. Jason Estrada Next: Aug. 29 vs. Domonic Jenkins
36. Kali Meehan
37. Ray Austin
38. Malik Scott
39. Paolo Vidoz
40. Matt Skelton
41. Taras Bidenko
42. Chazz Witherspoon Next: Nov. 15 vs. TBA
43. Jean Francois Bergeron
44. Shane Cameron
45. DaVarryl Williamson
46. Roman Greenberg
47. Tye Fields
48. Joe Mesi
49. Michael Moorer
50. Audley Harrison

Dropped from the Top 50: Dominick Guinn, Michael Sprott, Chris Byrd, Corrie Sanders, Lawrence Clay-Bey, Owen Beck, Michael Grant, 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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