We knew former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua would take a success rankings-wise after his cataclysmic KO defeat by the hands of Daniel Dubois on September twenty first, but it surely’s doable a couple of followers might be stunned to see how low AJ now sits within the new Ring Journal high 10 heavyweight rankings. Joshua, courtesy of the fifth spherical KO loss, has been demoted to seventh place within the new high 10, this the bottom he has been ranked in years.
Dubois, in the meantime, is now the third finest huge man on the planet in line with the parents at “The Bible of Boxing.”
The brand new high 10 reads as follows:
Champ: Oleksandr Usyk
1: Tyson Fury
2: Daniel Dubois
3: Joseph Parker
4: Zhilei Zhang
5: Agit Kabayel
6: Martin Bakole
7: Anthony Joshua
8: Filip Hrgovic
9: Efe Ajagba
10: Justis Huni
So, what do you suppose to the brand new high 10? Has Joshua been too severely punished in being dropped so far as he has been dropped within the new rankings, or not? It’s virtually sure no fan can have any drawback with the brand new high three, Usyk, Fury, Dubois, however the the rest of the brand new rankings could properly fire up some debate.
One factor is definite, of the blokes who’re at present ranked between fourth and tenth place, there are some doubtlessly thrilling, just about 50-50 fights that might be made. Think about, for one matchup, Zhang in opposition to Bakole! Or how about Kabayel in opposition to Hrgovic (who must rebuild after his personal stoppage loss to Dubois)? Or Bakole in opposition to Parker?
The highest three guys will probably be fairly busy over the approaching months, with Usyk and Fury to get it on once more in December, and with Dubois probably preventing Joshua once more in February, however the different guys, who’re all in search of a shot at a world title, might get busy preventing one another. Let’s hope so, anyway.
As for Joshua, it’s clear the specialists really feel he actually does want an enormous win if he’s to climb again as much as the highest, or to close the highest, of the heavyweight pile.
