Fury, Usyk, Joshua, Whyte: Heavyweight rankings ahead of Wembley showdown

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By Tom Ward

Published Apr 18, 2022

Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte are finally set to battle it out in a blockbuster heavyweight bout which is several years in the making.

Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte are finally set to battle it out in a blockbuster heavyweight bout which is several years in the making.

Fury, 33, is universally recognised as the No1 heavyweight in the world today.

However Whyte will certainly have something to say about that when the pair collide at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday night.

The Gypsy King, whose WBC and Ring magazine titles will be on the line against the Body Snatcher, has not fought since his Las Vegas trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder last October.

Fury twice picked himself up off the canvas and managed to put American Wilder down two times in return before finally putting him out for the count.

With his defeat of Wilder, Fury became the third person, after Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson before him, to hold The Ring magazine title twice.

But remarkably he is still not recognised by all of the governing bodies despite this incredible achievement.

Here, GiveMeSport goes through the top 10 according to each sanctioning body.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11: Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury of Great Britain enters the ring to sing "Happy Birthday" to Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum prior to the fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey at Madison Square Garden on December 11, 2021 in New York, New York. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

The Ring heavyweight rankings

Last updated March 21

Tyson Fury (c)
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Anthony Joshua
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Dillian Whyte
5. Joseph Parker
6. Andy Ruiz Jr
7. Luis Ortiz
8. Joe Joyce
9. Filip Hrgovic
10. Frank Sanchez

Boxing - WBA, IBF & WBO Heavyweight Titles - Anthony Joshua v Oleksandr Usyk - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - September 25, 2021 Oleksandr Usyk celebrates winning his fight against Anthony Joshua Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge

IBF heavyweight rankings

Last updated April 14

Oleksandr Usyk (c)
1. VACANT
2. Luis Ortiz
3. Filip Hrgovic
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Tony Yoka
6. Joe Joyce
7. Agit Kabayel
8. Murat Gassiev
9. Andy Ruiz Jr
10. Demsey McKean

WBA heavyweight rankings

Last updated April 4

Oleksandr Usyk (Super)
Trevor Bryan (c)
1. Daniel Dubois
2. Michael Hunter
3. Robert Helenius
4. Hughie Fury
5. Anthony Joshua
6. Deontay Wilder
7. Agit Kabayel
8. Arslanbek Makhmudov
9. Zhan Kossobutskiy
10. Martin Bakole

Tyson Fury Deontay Wilder — LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 09: Tyson Fury (top) reacts after knocking down Deontay Wilder in the third round of their WBC Heavyweight Championship title fight at T-Mobile Arena on October 09, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 09: Tyson Fury (top) reacts after knocking down Deontay Wilder in the third round of their WBC Heavyweight Championship title fight at T-Mobile Arena on October 09, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)