Who’re the High 10 heavyweights competing on the planet right now?
IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois made the primary protection of his title when he destroyed Anthony Joshua on September twenty first. Proper out of the gate Dubois appeared sharp and composed, and he dominated the motion from begin to end, dropping Joshua 4 instances alongside the way in which, the final of which scored him the spectacular and dramatic knockout victory. This upset victory shook up the heavyweight panorama, the place going into that one, Joshua was broadly seen as a High 3 heavyweight. That’s now not the case, nevertheless.
Proper now the reigning heavyweight king is Oleksandr Usyk. In his most up-to-date struggle again in Could, Usyk was awarded a 12 spherical cut up choice in opposition to Tyson Fury. That victory earned Usyk the undisputed world heavyweight championship, with Usyk changing into the primary undisputed heavyweight champion because the nice Lennox Lewis final held that distinction practically 1 / 4 century earlier. Just a little over a month after profitable the undisputed crown, Usyk vacated the IBF title, which now belongs to former Usyk sufferer, Dubois.
Usyk continues to be the reigning unified WBA/WBO/WBC and lineal world heavyweight champion, and his subsequent struggle is scheduled for December twenty first, and that struggle might be streamed on DAZN.
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2024 has been shaping as much as be an important yr for heavyweight boxing, one of many higher years in fairly a very long time. Extra high heavyweights are persistently going through different high heavyweights, and this can be a good factor for the heavyweight division. Turki Al-Sheikh deserves a lot of the credit score right here, as his curiosity in boxing has helped to bankroll many fights we could not have in any other case seen, and this has been very true within the heavyweight division. Hopefully Turki continues investing in heavyweight boxing (and boxing basically) the place followers might be afforded the chance to see extra attention-grabbing fights which might be in excessive demand.
So who’re the High 10 heavyweights competing on the planet right now?
This version of Rummy’s Nook will try and reply that query whereas offering a fast overview of the present heavyweight panorama. Please watch and benefit from the video for one man’s opinion. That is Rummy’s Nook (produced and narrated by Geoffrey Ciani).
Final Up to date on 10/01/2024
