{"id":500076,"date":"2026-03-28T12:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/500076\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:46:07","slug":"derek-chisora-names-his-top-5-active-heavyweights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/500076\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora names his top 5 active heavyweights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a run of three straight victories, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/derek-chisora\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Chisora<\/a> is ranked as the number two heavyweight contender with the IBF. Now, \u2018Del Boy\u2019 has named whom he believes to be the top five active fighters in his division.<\/p>\n<p>Chisora was encouraged to retire by the masses when he failed in a second world title challenge of his career <a href=\"http:\/\/bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/63846783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">against Tyson Fury back in 2022. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the heavyweight veteran has since proved his doubters wrong, overcoming each of Gerald Washington, Joe Joyce and Otto Wallin to fight his way back into title contention.<\/p>\n<p>Although, despite his ranking, 43-year-old Chisora has vowed that <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/chisora-on-if-hell-retire-after-wilder\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his showdown with Deontay Wilder next weekend will be his last, even if victorious<\/a>, as he hangs up the gloves after professional bout number 50.<\/p>\n<p>Still, for Wilder, the clash represents a monumental opportunity for him to re-emerge as a threat to the heavyweight ranking and take Chisora\u2019s place in the world ratings, with victory likely to tee up a world title shot, despite losing four of his last six contests.<\/p>\n<p>Irrespective of the ill-form of \u2018The Bronze Bomber\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/2036791214368756064?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chisora told DAZN Boxing<\/a> that the American is still amongst the top five active heavyweights in the sport, when listing the division\u2019s best operators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy top five heavyweights in the world right now are Oleksandr Usyk, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unified champion Usyk remains the king of the division, and the despite Fury and Joshua having mixed form in recent years, they still find a place in Chisora\u2019s list, with the likes of Fabio Wardley, Agit Kabayel and Moses Itauma all omitted \u2013 the veteran Brit appears to favour longevity over current form.<\/p>\n<p>Chisora\u2019s clash against Wilder takes place at the O2 Arena on Saturday, April 4, topping a bill that also features an intriguing scrap between Viddal Riley and Mateusz Masternak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a run of three straight victories, Derek Chisora is ranked as the number two heavyweight contender with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-500076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}