Daniel Dubois moved into the #3 slot in Ring Magazine’s heavyweight rankings following his fifth round submission victory over Anthony Joshua on September 21st at Wembley Stadium in London.
The Ring Magazine rankings should be adjusted for each weight class, but especially at heavyweight because most of the placements don’t make sense.
Dubois should be at #1, right behind WBA, WBC and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk, as he has beaten the best fighters in the last year. There is still some controversy involved with Dubois’ fight against Usyk last year in Poland based on the fifth round body drop that the referee ruled as a low blow. Replays showed it was on the belt. That should have been a KO win for Dubois.
Ring Magazine still has Fury ahead of Dubois at #1 despite him coming off a loss in his last fight and his poor showing in his fight before that against Francis Ngannou in October 2023. Many feel that Ngannou was robbed in that fight, and I saw it. and had 8-2 for Francis.
Champion: Oleksandr Usyk
- Tyson Fury
- Daniel Dubois
- Joseph Parker
- Zhilei Zhang
- Agit Kabaiel
- Martin Cole
- Anthony Joshua
- Filip Hrgovic
- Worship Ajagba
- Just Huns
It makes sense that Dubois is moved in the rantings, but he should be higher than #2, and he should be above Fury. All you have to do is look at how Fury did against the new Ngannou, who was making his boxing debut, to know that he is not the same fighter he once was.
Fury should be more in the ranking below his friends, Joseph Parker, Zhilei Zhang, Agit Kabaiel, and Martin Bakole, because those guys fight higher than him. The Gypsy King hasn’t looked like his old self since his second fight against Deontay Wilder in 2020. In all of his shows since then, he’s looked like a shadow of his former self.
My rankings:
Champion: Daniel Dubois
- Oleksandr Usyk
- Martin Cole
- Agit Kabaiel
- Zhilei Zhang
- Bakhodir Jalolov
- Filip Hrgovic
- Anthony Joshua
- Moses Will hurt
- Tyson Fury
- Worship Ajagba
Last updated on 09/29/2024
