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Who is the best Heavyweight Boxer?

The Undisputed King at Heavyweight, Oleksandr Usyk, defeated Tyson Fury yet again to put a stamp in their rivalry and makes it official his #1 status at Heavyweight and even for Pound for Pound. There hasn’t been an undisputed Heavyweight boxer since Lennox Lewis who defeated Evander Holyfield in 1999. Daniel Dubois makes a case for a remath against Usyk after a spectacular knockout against Anthony Joshua and moves up in the rankings. So here is a look at the Top Heavyweight Boxers List. Before we get to it here are some honorable mentions.

What is a Heavyweight in Boxing?

Heavyweight is a weight class of boxers that consists of boxers weighing over 200 pounds (90kg). The following are the Best Heavyweight Boxers in the World.

Honorable Mention

• Moses Itauma
• Bakhodir Jalolov
• Fabio Wardley
• Michael Hunter

Top 10 Heavyweight Boxers – World Rankings

10. Efe Ajagba

First up, we have Efe Ajagba from Nigeria, who has a professional record of 20 wins and 1 loss. 

He is the current WBC Silver heavyweight champion and has defended the title twice. He also fought Frank Sanchez for the WBC Continental Americas title, but could not win. 

In his most recent fight, he defeated Guido Vianello and as of now, there is no official announcement about his next fight.

9. Filip Hrgović

Next up we have Filip Hrgović. A professional boxer from Croatia. He has a record of 17 wins and 1 loss.

Hrgović is the former WBC International heavyweight champion. He won the title in 2018 and defended it 5 times. He also held the IBF International heavyweight title and defended it twice. 

Filip Hrgović defeated Mark De Mori in the Day of Reckoning event. Hrgović dominated De Mori in the first round and finished him by TKO.

Filip Hrgović lost his recent fight to Daniel Dubois. The result was a technical knockout due to the cut produced by DuBois around his eye. No announcement on his next fight.

8. Agit Kabayel

Agit Kabayel is a professional boxer from Germany, and he has an undefeated record of 25 wins.

He fought against Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Day of Reckoning event winning by fourth round knockout. His most recent fight at the Ring of Fire event was against Frank Sanchez winning by 7th round knockout.

Kabayel’s next fight is against Zhilei Zhang for the WBC Interim World Heavyweight Title on February 22nd.

7. Martin Bakole

Martin Bakole is an African boxer fighting out of the Democratic Republic of Congo with a record of 21 wins and 1 loss.

He is the current WBO International Heavyweight World Champion and the North American Boxing Federation Heavyweight World Champion.

Bakole is on a 10 fight win streak since his loss against Michael Hunter back in 2018. He has had 3 Knockouts in a row with his last fight against Jared Anderson ending in the 5th round. As of now, there is no official announcement about his next fight.

6. Zhilei Zhang

Zhilei Zhang is a professional boxer from China, and he has a record of 27 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. 

Zhang is the former WBO Interim Heavyweight world champion, and previously also held the WBO Oriental heavyweight title. He defeated Joe Joyce in a rematch via KO.

Zhang faced Joseph Parker and lost by majority decision. Zhang was able to knockdown Parker twice in the fight but was never able to capitalize. He let Parker comeback to win by decision losing his WBO Heavyweight Interim Title.

In his most recent fight, Zhang faced Deontay Wilder and won by KO. Zhang was hurting Wilder throughout the fight catching him multiple times. In the fifth round, Zhang caught Wilder with a short right hand while Wilder threw his right. Zhang followed up with another right after he made Wilder spin around to end he fight.

His next fight is against Agit Kabayel for the WBC Interim World Heavyweight Title on February 22nd.

5. Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua is a British professional boxer with a record of 28 wins and 4 losses. 

He is the former unified WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO world heavyweight champion, and has defended his titles against big names like Dillian Whyte, Wladimir Klitschko, Charles Martin, Joseph Parker, and Alexander Povetkin.

Joshua faced Francis Ngannou winning via a devastating knockout in the 2nd round. AJ was able to knockdown Ngannou twice before the final KO. His next fight was against Daniel DuBois in which he lost via a devastating knockout as well in the 5th round.

There is no announcement on his next fight

4. Joseph Parker

Title(s):

• WBO Heavyweight Interim Champion

Coming in at number 4 on the Top Heavyweight Boxers list we have Joseph Parker, a professional boxer from New Zealand, and he has a record of 35 wins and 3 losses.

Parker is the current WBO Heavyweight Interim Champion. He previously won the WBO Heavyweight title back in 2017 after defeating Andy Ruiz Jr. He defended the title twice over the next year, before losing it to Anthony Joshua in 2018.

He upset Deontay Wilder by unanimous decision at the Day of Reckoning event. The fight started off slow but Parker was able to back up Wilder with a right hand and also avoiding Wilder’s powerful right hand. Parker was able to rock Wilder in the 8th round to complete the upset.

Joseph Parker then defeated Zhilei Zhang by majority decision. Parker was able to overcome to knockdowns to comeback and win the WBO Interim Heavyweight Title. Parker will be fighting Daniel Dubois on February 22nd.

3. Daniel DuBois

Title(s):

• IBF Heavyweight Interim Champion

Daniel DuBois is a British professional boxer, with a record of 22 wins and 2 losses.

DuBois is the current IBF Heavyweight Interim Champion and former WBA Heavyweight World Champion. He has also held multiple regional titles as well such as the WBC Silver, WBO International, EBU European, Commonwealth Boxing Council, and BBBofC British Heavyweight Titles. DuBois won the IBF Heavyweight Interim Title defeating Filip Hrgović by technical knockout.

Daniel Dubois then faced Anthony Joshua in London with heavy title aspirations on the line with the winner against Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury possibly. Dubois defeated Joshua in spectacular fashion knocking him down four times throughout the fight with the final being a devastating right hand. Dubois won with a KO in the 5th round.

Daniel Dubois will face Joseph Parker on February 22nd with the winner possibly facing Oleksandr Usyk next.

2. Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury is a heavyweight boxer from Britain, and he has a record of 34-2-1. Fury is the former WBC Heavyweight champion of the world. 

Fury held the title of Lineal Heavyweight champion, and back in 2015, where he defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight world champion. 

Tyson Fury faced Oleksandr Usyk to combine the major belts to become the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion since 1999. In Saudi Arabia, Fury lost the first 3 rounds in his feel out process before dominating most of the rounds with effective body shots and uppercuts. He was even able to rock Usyk in the 6th with an uppercut.

Then in the 9th round he almost faced a knockout before the referee stepped in. Instead, a knockdown took place and Fury finished the final rounds losing to Usyk by split decision.

In the rematch, Fury let his hands go early but slowed down in the second half of the match losing to Usyk again via unanimous decision.

No announcement on his next fight.

1. Oleksandr Usyk

Title(s):

• WBA Heavyweight Super Champion
• WBC Heavyweight World Champion
• IBF Heavyweight World Champion
• WBO Heavyweight World Champion
• The Ring Heavyweight World Champion

Now at #1 on the Heavyweight Boxers list is Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk is an undefeated boxer from Ukraine, and he has a record of 23 wins and no losses. 

Usyk is a two-weight unified world champion. He is the current undisputed WBO, WBC, WBA, IBF, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight world champion. He is also the former undisputed Cruiserweight champion and current lineal Heavyweight World Champion

Usyk defended his title against Daniel Dubois, winning the fight via Knockout in the 9th round. The fight sparked some controversy, regarding a low blow landed by Dubois in the fifth round, which put Usyk down. Where some fans and Dubois believed it was a legal blow, and should have ended the fight. Still, Usyk outlanded Dubois every round and won the fight in the 9th.

Oleksandr Usyk then faced Tyson Fury to become the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in Saudi Arabia recently. There, after winning the first couple rounds, Usyk was able to land a devastating left in the 9th round that almost knocked out Tyson Fury if it wasn’t for the referee. Instead it was ruled a knockdown and from there Usyk dominated the rest of the fight winning by split decision.

In his most recent bout, Oleksandr Usyk faced Tyson Fury in a rematch in which he solidfied his status as one of the greatest Heavyweight Boxers in this generation. Usyk statred off slow but later took over the fight around the middle rounds winning by unanimous decision.

There is no announcement on his next fight.

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