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The Ring Heavyweight rankings have undergone a MASSIVE shakeup after six of the top 10 featured on that ridiculous ‘Day of Reckoning’ card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As expected, champion Oleksandr Usyk and #1 Tyson Fury maintain their positions ahead of their massive unification match on February 17, and Anthony Joshua remains at #2 after his highly impressive demolition job on Otto Wallin in Riyadh. But then it starts to get interesting.
Deontay Wilder drops SIX places in a shocking fall on the back of his embarrassingly one-sided points loss to Joseph Parker in Saudi. He goes from #3 to #9 with his place in the elite being taken by Chinese star Zhilei Zhang.
Parker moves up a spot to #4 after shocking Wilder, while unbeaten Croat Filip Hrgovic enters the top 5 on the back of his one-round win vs the overmatched Mark De Mori.
‘Cuban Flash’ Frank Sanchez is another heavyweight on the rise after a win in Riyadh, climbing from #9 to #6 after stopping Junior Fa inside seven rounds.
The exciting Jared Anderson and Britain’s Joe Joyce stay put at #7 and #8 before Wilder finally reappears at #9.
We have a new entry at #10 with Germany’s European champion Agit Kabayel getting just reward for that stunning fourth-round stoppage win over the previously unbeaten Arslanbek Makhmudov.