Pictured: Anthony Joshua


Part I of TTR's review of 2018 focuses on the 12 heavyweights currently ranked by the participating members of TTR as being the best currently campaigning in the division.

1. Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs)
- 3/31- Joseph Parker.....W UD 12
(Retained IBF and IBO World and WBA Super World Heavyweight Titles; Won WBO World Heavyweight Title)
- 9/22- Alexander Povetkin.....W TKO-7
(Retained IBF, IBO, and WBO World and WBA Super World Heavyweight Titles)

2. Deontay Wilder (40-0-1, 39 KOs)
- 3/3- Luis Ortiz.....W TKO-10
(Retained WBC World Heavyweight Title)
- 12/1- Tyson Fury.....Split Dec. Draw 12
(Retained WBC World Heavyweight Title)

3. Tyson Fury (27-0-1, 19 KOs)
- 6/9- Sefer Seferi.....W TKO-4
- 8/18- Francesco Pianeta.....W PTS. 10
- 12/1- Deontay Wilder.....Split Dec. Draw 12
(for WBC World Heavyweight Title)

4. Dillian Whyte (25-1, 18 KOs)
- 3/24- Lucas Browne.....W KO-6
- 7/28- Joseph Parker.....W UD 12
- 12/22- Dereck Chisora.....W KO-11

5. Luis Ortiz (30-1, 2 NCs, 26 KOs)
- 3/3- Deontay Wilder.....L TKO-10
(for WBC World Heavyweight Title)
- 7/28- Razvan Cojanu.....W KO-2
- 12/1- Travis Kauffman.....W KO-10

6. Alexander Povetkin (34-2, 24 KOs)
- 3/21- David Price.....W KO-5
-9/22- Anthony Joshua.....L TKO-7
(for IBF, IBO, and WBO World and WBA Super World Heavyweight Titles)

7. Joseph Parker (25-2, 19 KOs)
- 3/31- Anthony Joshua.....L UD 12
(lost WBO World Heavyweight Title; also for IBF and IBO World and WBA Super World Heavyweight Titles)
- 7/28- Dillian Whyte.....L UD 12
- 12/15- Alexander Flores.....W KO-3

8. Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs)
- 4/28- Johann Duhaupas.....W UD 12
- 10/6- Tomasz Adamek.....W KO-2
- 11/17- Bogdan Dinu.....W KO-4

9. Kubrat Pulev (26-1, 13 KOs)
- 10/27- Hughie Fury.....W UD 12

10. Dominic Breazeale (20-1, 18 KOs)
- 12/22- Carlos Negron.....W KO-9

11. Andy Ruiz, Jr. (31-1, 20 KOs)
- 3/10- Devin Vargas.....W KO-1
- 7/7- Kevin Johnson.....UD 10

12. Filip Hrgovic (7-0, 5 KOs/32-4. 15 KOs including WSB bouts)
- 1/27- Tom Little.....W TKO-4
- 2/24- Sean Turner.....W UD 8
- 6/9- Filiberto Tovar.....W TKO-4
- 9/8- Amir Mansour.....W KO-3
- 12/8- Kevin Johnson.....W UD 8

Article By: Ken Pollitt