Tyson Fury has been dropped from the WBC Rankings as former rival Deontay Wilder rises once more on the heavyweight listing.
Fury was rated primary earlier than shedding to Oleksandr Usyk in December and subsequently retiring from the game for the fifth time. The World Boxing Council Scores Committee has since acknowledged Fury’s intentions to stroll away by eradicating the boxer’s ranking altogether.
The 2-time champion misplaced to Usyk for all 4 variations of the title, the WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF, earlier than the latter stripped the Ukrainian of the title. That belt is now within the fingers of Daniel Dubois, who defeated Anthony Joshua to select up the strap.
Agit Kabayel, one of the vital in-form heavyweights on the planet after defeating Zhilei Zhang, additionally loses his spot forward of a potential title shot towards Dubois. One other huge title lacking is Joseph Parker, who dropped out after claiming the WBO interim title.
Wilder is at quantity twelve after initially dropping to fifteen earlier than rising to 14. This state of affairs was resulting from different fighters shedding or transferring to different sanctioning our bodies. The USA puncher stays eligible for a voluntary crack on the title regardless of being linked to going through Francis Ngannou.
Former cruiserweight and bridgerweight titleholder Lawrence Okolie takes the highest spot in a controversial transfer. The WBC’s guidelines and laws favor the efficiency of world title wins by champions in different divisions and rank accordingly.
UK rival Moses Itauma has discovered favor within the WBO rankings and, subsequently, doesn’t seem on the World Boxing Council’s roster. WBA secondary champion Kubrat Pulev can be not rated by the WBC. British boxers take the highest three spots, with Fabio Wardley in third. This may change quickly because of the WBA ordering Pulev to face the Ipswich man.
Andy Ruiz Jr. stays within the body alongside the rejuvenated Derek Chisora forward of his ultimate bout.
WBC Heavyweight Rankings – March 2025
1 Lawrence Okolie GB SILVER2 Anthony Joshua GB3 Fabio Wardley GB BBBofC/COMM4 Efe Ajagba Nigeria/US5 Martin Bakole Congo/GB6 Frank Sanchez Cuba7 Zhilei Zhang China8 Bakhodir Jalolov Uzbekistan9 Filip Hrgovic Croatia10 Mourad Aliev France INTL SILVER11 Justis Huni Australia *CBP/P12 Deontay Wilder US13 Andy Ruiz Jr. Mexico/US14 Derek Chisora GB15 Guido Vianello Italy *CBP/P
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