Big names like Usyk, Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua all appear in the top group of the best heavyweight boxers in 2023 of the prestigious magazine The Ring, while another name appears shocking…

Prestigious boxing magazine The Ring has just announced the rankings of the 10 best heavyweight boxers after the last hot event of the year “Day of Reckoning” ended.

Notably, even though he did not compete with Tyson Fury at this event, Oleksandr Usyk was still firmly at number 1. The 36-year-old Ukrainian puncher only fought once this year, defeating Daniel Dubois in August. recently. This victory helps Usyk continue to maintain the four prestigious belts WBO-WBA-IBO-IBF and the prestigious title named after The Ring magazine.

Usyk (left) knocked out Dubois this year to continue to hold 4 beltswith the title The Ring

Usyk and Tyson Fury would have fought later this year if the British boxer did not have to go through 12 difficult rounds, being punched to the ground by former UFC king Ngannou and having a swollen eye. But in the end, the classic heavyweight title unification match Fury – Usyk was still finalized, with the new match scheduled for mid-February 2024.

Notably, in 2023 Tyson Fury only had one fight with Ngannou and won by controversial points. Despite this, the “2.06m tall monster” still maintains an undefeated record (34 wins, 1 draw) and No. 2 position on The Ring’s rankings. This makes the fight between Fury, who holds the WBC title, and Usyk here worthy of a boxing match that only happens once every 25 years to find the absolute champion.

Tyson Fury (left) holds 2nd place on The Ring rankings despite a lucky win against Ngannou this year.

Right behind Usyk and Fury is also a familiar face, former world champion Anthony Joshua, who just impressed with a technical knockout victory over Otto Wallin at the “Day of Reckoning” event.

After the above victory, Joshua announced that he “will fight Tyson Fury”, thereby creating the most attractive “British civil war boxing match” in history. However, the most likely possibility for Joshua is the promising match with Filip Hrgovic, the boxer currently ranked number 5 on The Ring rankings.

The 31-year-old Croatian boxer has just continued to maintain his impressive unbeaten record to 17 matches (14 wins by KO) when it took just over 1 minute to knock out De Mori also at the famous event “Day of Reckoning”. “. If Hrgovic and Joshua fight next year, it will likely be a match for the prestigious IBF title.

Besides the worthy faces, many people were “shocked” and asked to review the arrangement of The Ring rankings because of the appearance of Deontay Wilder in the Top 10. The 38-year-old American boxer seems to have lost everything, from reputation as a “knockout machine” to the former WBC champion or “boxer with a crushing right punch” after his comprehensive loss to Joseph Parker at the recent “Day of Reckoning” event.

After the judges scored in favor of Parker (118-111, 120-108, 120-108), Wilder himself admitted: “There are no words to justify this defeat. My time has passed.” after a certain distance…”.

Wilder’s ranking 9/10 clearly reflects the current position of the puncher who once terrified the heavyweight boxing world. But it’s even sadder for Wilder when many readers even call for… him to be kicked out of The Ring’s Top 10 chart.

So, no wonder the match that took nearly 7 years of negotiations to get Wilder and Joshua to fight finally collapsed after the recent “Day of Reckoning” event. Obviously, Joshua has a reason to ignore and not bother fighting Wilder.