We knew former two-time heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua would take successful rankings-wise after his cataclysmic KO defeat by the hands of Daniel Dubois on September twenty first, nevertheless it’s doable a couple of followers might be shocked to see how low AJ now sits within the new Ring Journal high 10 heavyweight rankings. Joshua, courtesy of the fifth-round KO loss, has been demoted to seventh place within the new high 10; that is the bottom he has been ranked in years.
Dubois, in the meantime, is now the third greatest massive man on the planet based on the oldsters at “The Bible of Boxing.”
The brand new high 10 reads as follows:
Champ: Oleksandr Usyk1: Tyson Fury2: Daniel Dubois3: Joseph Parker4: Zhilei Zhang5: Agit Kabayel6: Martin Bakole7: Anthony Joshua8: Filip Hrgovic9: Efe Ajagba10: Justis Huni
So, what do you consider the brand new high 10? Has Joshua been too severely punished for being dropped so far as he has been dropped within the new rankings? It’s nearly sure no fan may have any drawback with the brand new high three, Usyk, Fury, and Dubois, however the the rest of the brand new rankings could nicely fire up some debate.
One factor is for certain, of the blokes who’re at present ranked between fourth and tenth place, there are some doubtlessly thrilling, just about 50-50 fights that may very well 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 combating Joshua once more in February, however the different guys, who’re all in search of a shot at a world title, might get busy combating one another. Let’s hope so, anyway.
As for Joshua, it’s clear the consultants 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.
