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HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION (UNLIMITED)
1. Tyson Fury (25-0)泰森.富里
Tyson Fury, left, won the heavyweight championship by defeating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty ImagesEngland's Fury ended the 9½-year reign of Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 but twice pulled out of their contractually mandated rematch in 2016 because of a litany of personal problems that have kept him away from the ring. Fury twice tested positive for cocaine and has also admitted to alcohol and mental health issues. On top of that, Fury faces allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs in a fight before he faced Klitschko, which could lead to a multiyear ban from the sport. With so many issues, and unable to defend the belts, Fury gave up his alphabet titles but remains lineal champion. He claims he will be back on May 13, although he needs to get a license from British regulators.
Next: TBA
2. Wladimir Klitschko (64-4)小克里琴科
During his 9½-year title reign -- second-longest in heavyweight history -- Klitschko successfully defended the title 18 times, third-most in division history. He had an 11½-year undefeated run and won 22 fights in a row. Then he defended against England's Tyson Fury in November 2015 and showed virtually nothing, perhaps growing old before our eyes. But a loss is a loss, and Klitschko's historic reign came to an ignominious end. Since the rematch with Fury was twice called off because of his personal issues, Klitschko went without a fight in 2016. He will return in 2017 for a showdown with titleholder Anthony Joshua (18-0) at Wembley Stadium in London. Heavyweight title fights get no bigger.
Next: April 29 vs. Joshua
3. Deontay Wilder (38-0)维尔德
Wilder, a tremendous puncher, has scored knockouts in all five of his title defenses, including on Feb. 25, when he stopped Gerald Washington in the fifth round. It was Wilder's first fight since knocking out Chris Arreola in July; he broke his right hand and tore his right biceps in that bout and required surgery to repair both injuries. Wilder hopes to meet Joseph Parker (22-0) in a title unification fight next, but could instead have to fight a pointless mandatory defense against undeserving Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1), the man he easily outpointed for the belt in January 2015.
Next: TBA
4. Luis Ortiz (27-0)奥提兹
A 6-foot-4, 240-pound southpaw with raw power, Ortiz had a falling-out with Golden Boy Promotions and signed with Matchroom Boxing in England and fought twice in 28 days. The Cuban defector with tons of amateur experience scored a one-sided decision against unwilling Malik Scott on Nov. 12 in a horrible fight, then hammered overmatched David Allen in a one-sided seventh-round knockout on Dec. 10 on the Anthony Joshua-Eric Molina undercard. The talk that "King Kong" could return this spring against rising contender Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller (18-0-1) appears dead.
Next: TBA
5. Anthony Joshua (18-0)约书亚
Joshua won the Olympic super heavyweight gold medal for Great Britain in 2012 and has steamrolled his first 18 opponents as a pro, including a two-knockdown, second-round knockout victory against ** titleholder Charles Martin in April to win a belt, and a seventh-round knockout of Dominic Breazeale in a one-sided thrashing in Joshua's first defense in June. Nothing was different in defense No. 2 on Dec. 10, when Joshua smashed journeyman Eric Molina in the third round, a victory that set up a megafight with former long-reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko (64-4).
Next: April 29 vs. Klitschko
6. Joseph Parker (22-0)帕克
When Tyson Fury vacated his two sanctioning-body belts, it put New Zealand's Parker in position to face Andy Ruiz Jr. for one of the belts on Dec. 10. In one of the biggest sporting events in New Zealand history, Parker overcame a slow start and managed to edge Ruiz by majority decision to claim the title and become his country's first heavyweight titleholder. Parker's first defense will be a mandatory against Hughie Fury (20-0), Tyson's cousin. Parker's team won the purse bid and the fight will take place in New Zealand.
Next: May 6 vs. Fury
7. Kubrat Pulev (24-1)普列夫
Bulgaria's Pulev, who got knocked out in a title shot against then-world champion Wladimir Klitschko in November 2014, has won four in a row since. On Dec. 3, Pulev's first fight in his home country, he hammered washed-up, out-of-shape former titlist Samuel Peter for three rounds. Peter quit with an apparent arm injury just after the bell rang to begin the fourth round. Pulev will be back to fight again in Bulgaria when he meets journeyman Kevin Johnson (30-7-1) in what should be an easy win.
Next: April 28 vs. Johnson
8. Andy Ruiz Jr. (29-1)
Ruiz, who has tremendous hand speed but is not always in the best condition, traveled to New Zealand to face Joseph Parker for a vacant title on Dec. 10 in a bid to become the first heavyweight of Mexican descent to win a world title. He came up just short of the goal, dropping a majority decision in a fight that was exceptionally close.
Next: TBA
9. Dillian Whyte (20-1)怀特
Whyte, the British champion, outpointed former world title challenger Dereck Chisora on Dec. 10 in an epic slugfest that was one of the best fights of 2016. The victory was Whyte's fourth in a row since a knockout loss to Anthony Joshua in December 2015.
Next: TBA
10. Bermane Stiverne (25-2-1)斯蒂文内
Since losing his world title by near-shutout decision to Deontay Wilder in January 2015, Stiverne has boxed just once and struggled to a decision win in which he got knocked down by journeyman Derric Rossy in November 2015. Stiverne was supposed to face Alexander Povetkin for a vacant interim title in December, but Povetkin failed his second drug test in seven months 20 hours before the fight and it was canceled. Stiverne has instead been given a pass right into a mandatory shot in a rematch with Wilder.
Next: TBA | 
2023-10-18 07:24:20
