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