the13th POLL


Who Wins Tyson Fury VS Oleksandr Usyk?





>
>
>
>

2017-01-04
2016 IN REVIEW- The Cruiserweights
Pictured: Oleksandr Usyk


The second part of TTR's review of 2016 focuses on the cruiserweight division including the emergence of Oleksandr Usyk and Murat Gassiev as the division's top two fighters. The boxers are listed according to their current TTR rankings.

World Champion: Vacant

1. Oleksandr Usyk (11-0, 10 KOs)
- 9/17- Krzysztof Glowacki.....W UD 12
(won WBO title)
- 12/17- Thabiso Mchunu.....W KO 9
(retained WBO title)

2. Murat Gassiev (24-0, 1 NC, 17 KOs)
- 5/17- Jordan Shimmell.....W KO 1
- 12/3- Denis Lebedev.....W SD 12
(won IBF title)

3. Krzysztof Glowacki (26-1, 16 KOs)
- 4/16- Steve Cunningham.....W UD 12
(retained WBO title)
- 9/17- Oleksandr Usyk.....L UD 12
(lost WBO title)

4. Marco Huck (40-3-1, 27 KOs)
- 2/27- Ola Afolabi.....W TKO 10
(won IBO title)
- 11/19- Dmytro Kucher.....W UD 12
(retained IBO title)

5. Denis Lebedev (29-3, 22 KOs)
- 5/21- Victor Emilio Ramirez.....W TKO 2
(retained WBA Super title; won IBF title)
- 12/3- Murat Gassiev.....L SD 12
(lost IBF title)

6. Tony Bellew (28-2-1, 18 KOs)
- 5/29- Ilunga Makabu.....W TKO 3
(won vacant WBC title)
- 10/15- BJ Flores.....W TKO 3
(retained WBC title)

7. Mairis Briedis (21-0, 18 KOs as per BoxRec; 33-1 including Bigger's Better Tournament bouts)
- 2/21- Danie Venter.....W TKO 2
- 5/14- Olanrewaju Durodola.....W TKO 9
- 10/15- Simon Vallily.....W TKO 3

8. Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOs)
- 5/20- Youri Kayembre Kalenga.....W TKO 10
(won vacant WBA Interim title)

9. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (52-3-1, 37 KOs)
- 3/4- Valery Brudov.....W TKO 2
- 5/28- Kai Kurzawa.....W TKO 4
- 12/10- Leon Harth.....W UD 12

10. Ilunga "Junior" Makabu (19-2, 18 KOs)
- 5/29- Tony Bellew.....L TKO 3
(for vacant WBC title)

11. Maxsim Vlasov (37-2, 20 KOs)
- 2/21- Nurullo Mirzaev.....W TKO 1
- 4/29- Yury Bykhautsou.....W UD 10
- 6/2- Ismayl Sillakh.....W TKO 3
- 11/14- Carlos Ailton Nascimento.....W TKO 3
- 12/3- Rakhim Chakhkiev.....W TKO 7

12. Olanrewaju Durodola (24-3, 22 KOs)
- 5/24- Mairis Briedis.....L TKO 9
- 8/12- Yuberti Suarez Diaz.....W KO 1
- 12/2- Pascal Ndomba.....W TKO 1

 
Article By: Ken Pollitt