Heavyweight rankings: A deeper look at the top five

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 22: Tyson Fury enters the ring prior to the Heavyweight bout for Wilder's WBC and Fury's lineal heavyweight title against Deontay Wilder on February 22, 2020 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /

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LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 28: Luis Ortiz of Cuba in the ring after defeating Razvan Cojanu of Romania in their heavyweight fight at Staples Center on July 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Ortiz won by knockout. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

There is nothing quite like the excitement of a heavyweight championship fight.

The buildup is different, the pre-fight buzz is different, and there is a different level of suspense when you watch two big men fight, knowing it can end at any second. That is why the heavyweight champion of the world has always been the baddest man on the planet.

For years, heavyweight boxing was perceived as dead because of a lack of talent, or more specifically, a lack of competition. The division was run exclusively by the Klitschko brothers for nearly a decade, and in that time they were barely losing rounds.

However, with the official end of the Klitschko era, boxing’s glamour division is in the midst of a revival, with three elite heavyweights to go thanks to a nice pool of talented challengers.

10. Kubrat Pulev: 28-1, 14 KOs

9. Oleksandr Usyk: 17-0, 13 KOs

8. Alexander Povetkin: 35-2-1, 24 KOs

7. Joseph Parker: 27-2, 21 KOs

6. Luis Ortiz: 31-2, 26 KOs

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