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 now he's retired too ... at least for now. 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 I submit my top fifty heavyweight fighters in the world today. Let the debates begin!
1. Vitali Klitschko Next: RETIRED?
2. Chris Byrd
3. James Toney
4. Lamon Brewster
5. Hasim Rahman
6. Wladimir Klitschko
7. Calvin Brock
8. Samuel Peter
9. Nicolay Valuev
10. John Ruiz
11. Shannon Briggs
12. Monte Barrett
13. Andrew Golota
14. Luan Krasniqi
15. David Tua
16. Fres Oquendo
17. Jameel McCline
18. Larry Donald
19. Kirk Johnson
20. Juan Carlos Gomez
21. Serguei Lyakhovich
22. Sultan Ibragimov
23. Oleg Maskaev
24. Ray Austin
25. Dominick Guinn
26. Audley Harrison
27. Danny Williams
28. Joe Mesi
29. Tye Fields
30. Ruslan Chagaev
31. Paolo Vidoz
32. Sinan Samil Sam
33. Oliver McCall
34. Owen Beck
35. Evander Holyfield
36. Henry Akinwande
37. DaVarryl Williamson
38. Lance Whitaker
39. Lawrence Clay-Bey
40. Michael Grant
41. Vassiliy Jirov
42. Vladimir Virchis
43. Brian Minto
44. Tony Thompson
45. Kevin McBride
46. Matt Skelton
47. Malik Scott
48. Leo Nolan
49. Mike Tyson Next: RETIRED?
50. Riddick Bowe
Posted at 08:43 pm by boxing