Boxing’s marquee division is booming right now, and our heavyweights rankings are designed to help you navigate a complicated landscape.
Our fully updated rankings give you an idea of how the division currently shapes up as we head deeper into 2025.
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The latest update comes ahead of two massive fights in the next three months, which are set to shake up the division further.
Heavyweights rankings: World top 10
Our rankings are based on achievement and analysis, and they ignore the current ratings of the sport’s alphabet sanctioning bodies. And they will be updated after all major fights affecting our top 10:
1 Oleksandr Usyk (23-0)
Usyk proved his unquestionable greatness by again overcoming Fury in their rematch in Riyadh on December 21. The Ukrainian superstar once again dug deep to dominate the second half of a gripping bout which didn’t quite have the fireworks of their first meeting. Now, at aged 37, this incredible talent is the master of all he surveys at heavyweight – just as he once was at cruiser. What a fighter.
Next Fight: tbc
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2 Tyson Fury (34-2-1)
Fury is no longer a world heavyweight champion and now has back-to-back losses on his CV after that agonising second defeat by Usyk on December 21. He came in 19lbs heavier than for their first meeting, and used that bulk to control the first half of the fight on the front foot, smothering Usyk when necessary. But he perhaps tired a little in the championship rounds as Usyk came on strong to claim another close decision. Now at the age of 36, with a ton of money in the bank, Fury must decide what comes next. A trilogy with Usyk or that long-awaited Anthony Joshua showdown would appear to be the front runners if he decides to come out of retirement. For now he remains firmly in our rankings.
Next Fight: tbc
Dubois is now riding high in the top three after an ASTONISHING fifth-round knockout victory over Anthony Joshua. He successfully defended his IBF heavyweight title by absolutely obliterating AJ in front of 96,000 stunned fans at London’s Wembley Stadium. He dominated from the first and had Joshua down at the end of the first. In reality Joshua never really recovered from that and was down in Rounds 3, 4 and then 5 as Dubois continued to dominate. It’s some renaissance from Dubois, who has defeated Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and now Joshua in the last 12 months – all inside the distance. Had been scheduled to defend against Joseph Parker in February but was forced into a late withdrawal.
Next fight: tbc
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4 Joseph Parker (36-3)
Parker looked he might be done at the very highest level when he was bludgeoned to defeat by Joe Joyce in late 2022, but since then he’s had a remarkable renaissance in reeling off six impressive wins. Included in those successes were hugely impressive performances in nullifying the big-punching threats posed by Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. More recently Parker blasted out Martin Bakole inside a couple of rounds, after a world title showdown with Daniel Dubois was cancelled at the 11th hour. A world title shot beckons very very soon for this terrific all-round fighter.
Next Fight: tbc
5 Agit Kabayel (26-0)
The German star is now the mandatory contender for the WBC heavyweight title held by Usyk following a brilliant run of victories which have solidified him as a major threat. The talented German has taken apart Arslanbek Makhmudov, Frank Sanchez and Zhilei Zhang in successive fights to show he is a real contender to become the next big thing in the heavyweight division. Kabayel does everything well and he has the knack of executing the perfect gameplan, whoever is in the opposite corner. Sanchez for example presented a very different question to Makhmudov and Zhang, but he again had all the answers in demolishing the slick Cuban.
Next Fight: tbc
6 Anthony Joshua (28-4)
Joshua appeared to be right back to his best heading into his IBF world title challenge against Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium – on the back of four straight wins and with his partnership with new trainer Ben Davison humming. But everything fell apart in the most astonishing of circumstances. He never looked right as Dubois dominated early, and never really recovered from a heavy knockdown at the end of the first. It was a quite shocking humbling for the two-time heavyweight king. And while Eddie Hearn says the rematch clause will likely be activated, there will be disbelief in the Matchroom camp at what happened in Riyadh Season’s first UK card.
Next Fight: tbc
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7 Bakhodir Jalolov (14-0)
‘The Big Uzbek’ could be the next big thing in heavyweight boxing – once he decides to go all in on the pro game. And that should be now after the man who has already built a 14-0 record in the paid ranks claimed a second Olympic gold medal at Paris 2024. We await his next assignment with much anticipation.
Next Fight: tbc
8 Moses Itauma (11-0)
The quite brilliant 20-year-old from Kent, England is seen as the next big thing in the heavyweight division – and it’s easy to see why. ‘Enriko’ is a spectacular talent and appears to have everything required to become a world champion one day. And there is every chance that day arrives very soon. Itauma (11-0 with 9 inside distance) was sensational again in his latest assignment – a one-round demolition of the game Demsey McKean in Saudi Arabia last December. The click is ticking on whether Itauma does beat the record for youngest heavyweight champion, held by one Mike Tyson. But a belt surely awaits for the British phenom.
Next Fight: tbc
9 Zhilei Zhang (27-3-1)
The Zhang hype train may be off the tracks for good after the Chinese giant was taken apart by Agit Kabayel in their showdown for the WBC interim heavyweight title in Saudi Arabia in February. Prior to that Zhang had rebounded from a loss to Parker by demolishing the fading force that is Deontay Wilder last June. As we know now, a win over Wilder is not even close to what it once appeared to be. Zhang is not out of the title picture, but he is definitely fading right now.
Next Fight: tbc
10 Andy Ruiz (35-2-1)
The former unified heavyweight king has fought only three times since losing his titles to Joshua in their Saudi rematch in late 2019. Inactivity has cost the Californian what was once a top-five spot in our rankings, but he is in the top 10 thanks to the exits of Wilder and Hrgovic following their damaging defeats on that Hearn vs Warren card in Riyadh in June. There are still questions to be answered by Ruiz though after he failed to impress in fighting out a draw with Jarrell Miller in Los Angeles in August. We may have to wait a while to see him again as well after he suffered a hand injury in that bout.
Next Fight: tbc
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