Nevertheless, 10 title defences - including bouts with Fury and Ortiz (x2) - is nothing to be sniffed at, not to mention 41 knockouts.Ruiz's record of 33-2 is a little bloated when you look at the standard of opponents, but the former unified champion almost beat Parker and caused one of boxing's biggest ever upsets in 2019.Retiring Chazz Witherspoon within seven rounds is nothing write home about, but everyone knows Usyk will be a force to be reckoned with after becoming undisputed cruiserweight champion.Despite some dry spots on his resumé, you can't ignore the fact that Fury outboxed Klitschko in his own back garden, rose from the dead against Wilder and then knocked him out 14 months later.
Let them get on with it. Because that’s what it’s worth … “He’s got to get some serious money out of them, some serious money because my son is worth all the money in the world. However, there can be no denying the strength of Joshua's … Anthony Joshua expects to stop Tyson Fury within six rounds when the heavyweight rivals clash next year. © 2020 Sports New Media Limited. Expect the Colombian to be back in some big fights very soon after walloping Jennings and giving Dillian Whyte an absolute war in July. But yeah, it’s mostly about the money that can be made.“A half a billion for the two fighters, that’s what I’d be asking for that fight,” John Fury said. Hunter has already taken the scalps of Martin Bakole and Sergey Kuzmin since moving up from cruiserweight and should have been given the decision over Povetkin.Kownacki tends to blow hot and cold, although his wins over Artur Szpilka and Washington remain ominous, so his upcoming fight with Robert Helenius will tell us a lot about his title chances.It seems a little kind to reward Chisora and his nine defeats with a place in the top 10, even if the Brit's victories over Senad Gashi, Szpilka and David Price have put him on the comeback trail.Despite his undoubted talent, Ortiz's professional record looks thinner and thinner the more you look at it and his two shots at the WBC crown both ended with Wilder stopping him inside 12 rounds.Pulev's one major step-up saw him humbled by Wladimir Klitschko, but the Bulgarian is one of the division's trickier customers with sound wins over Hughie Fury, Chisora and Alexander Ustinov.Povetkin has looked pretty sluggish beyond five rounds in recent years, but you can't not reward him when his stacked record features names like Hasim Rahman, Carlos Takam and Ruslan Chagaev.It's simply mind-blowing that Whyte has never fought for a world title despite beating Chisora twice, knocking down Parker, obliterating Lucas Browne, seeing off Rivas and ruffling Joshua's feathers.Wilder's array of opponents is certainly weaker than advertised.
For my money, retire now.”After more than a decade in the newspaper business writing about virtually every professional and major college sport for publications like the Cincinnati Post and theAfter more than a decade in the newspaper business writing about virtually every professional and major college sport for publications like the Cincinnati Post and the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, I joined CBSSports.com and covered the NFL for five years. By agreeing on the basics of a deal to meet twice, starting in 2021, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have given the sports world a tantalizing … Las Vegas NV. However, there can be no denying the strength of Joshua's record when you recall that Whyte, Breazeale, Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin and Ruiz have all come unstuck against him.Deciding between Joshua and Fury right now is so, so tough, but I'm going to edge it to the latter after the events of the weekend.Although Joshua has a denser record with consistently stiffer opponents, Fury deserves props for scoring three victories - yes, I'm counting the first Wilder fight as a win - that his compatriot simply can't match.Plus, it's hard not to reward the 'Gypsy King' slightly more for the fact he's now collected the belts of all four major governing bodies in his career as well as the Ring Magazine strap and lineal status.Meanwhile, elevating Usyk all the way to third is a little ham-fisted considering he's only fought at heavyweight once and Ruiz's position is grossly inflated based on his win over Joshua alone.I would personally keep Wilder in third, swiftly followed by Whyte and his burgeoning resumé, with Usyk and Ruiz bringing up the rear in the top tier of heavyweight fighters.But regardless of what the stats and I think, the Fury vs Joshua debate will never truly be settled until the British juggernauts exchange leather for all the marbles. Controversial. Anthony Joshua offered a prediction for his planned heavyweight championship unification showdown with fellow Brit Tyson Fury during a recent television appearance.
Controversial.