All the modern heavyweight boxers have been rated and statuses ascribed to them based on the impacts.
The rankings, compiled by SPORTbible, ranked the heavyweight champions from ‘GOAT’ to ‘average’ to ‘not a boxer’.
Among those who were ranked are Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua.
Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield are ranked as ‘all-time greats’, while Fury and Vitali Klitschko are in the ‘elite’ category.
On this day 2003
— Steve Boxman (@SteveBoxman) June 21, 2020
Lennox Lewis beat Vitali Klitschko to retain the WBC heavyweight title when Vitali was stopped on a bad cut to the eye at the end of round 6
Vitali was due to fight on the undercard but stepped in to replace the injured Kirk Johnsonpic.twitter.com/vqLOZjwyzh
Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye ranked as ‘overrate’, with Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder ranked as “good”.
Andy Ruiz Jr, Joseph Parker, Hasim Rahman and Ruslan Chagaev are also among those ranked as ‘average’.
Meanwhile, Frank Bruno, John Ruiz and Lamon Brewster were out in the “terrible” category. Those ranked as ‘not a boxer’ are Charles Martin and Bruce Seldon.
See the full ranking by SPORTbible below:
All-Time Great: Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr
Elite: Tyson Fury, Vitali Klitschko, Riddick Bowe
Overrated: Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, David Haye
Good: Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Chris Byrd, Michael Moorer
Average: Andy Ruiz Jr, Joseph Parker, Hasim Rahman, Ruslan Chagaev, Corrie Sanders, Samuel Peter, Sultan Ibragimov, Oleg Maskaev
Terrible: Shannon Briggs, Bermane Stiverne, Nikolai Valuev, Frank Bruno, John Ruiz, Lamon Brewster, Herbie Hide, Siarhei Liakhovich, Henry Akinwande
Not A Boxer: Charles Martin, Bruce Seldon
