10 Best Boxing Fighters In The World Today (Pound For Pound)

7. Wladimir Klitschko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjrfL3Hu_8 Alias: Dr. Steelhammer Division: Heavyweight Age: 37 Country: Ukraine Record: 61-3 (51 KOs) Titles: Current WBA (Super), IBF & WBO Heavyweight World Champion The younger brother of retired champion Vitali, Wladimir is currently the number one heavyweight on the planet. By the time he faces his next challenger, Alex Leipai, he will have been undefeated for ten years. Indeed, he won his first world heavyweight title in 2000, the WBO version, holding it for three years before being stopped by Corrie Sanders. But since being stopped again in 2004 to Lamont Brewster, Klitschko has reigned supreme, picking up the IBF, WBO and WBA titles along the way. The WBC belt has only eluded him because it's been held by his brother for the majority of that time, someone who he, understandably, refuses to fight, and vice versa. The likes of Alexander Povetkin, David Haye, Eddie Chambers, Samuel Peter, Ruslan Chagaev and Sultan Ibragimov, to name but a few, have been dispatched by Wladimir with relative ease. For such a big guy, standing tall at 6' 6'', Klitschko has pretty decent technical boxing ability, which stems from being the 1996 Olympic super heavyweight champion. For someone so dominant, some might question why Klitschko isn't higher on the list. Well, this is a 'pound for pound' list, not a divisional dominance list, and he tends to have a fairly big height and weight advantage over most of his opponents. Despite the technical ability he displays, taking the centre of the ring, boxing well behind his jabs before working his right hands, he does also have a reputation for fouling, clinching and pushing down his opponents. That much was evident in his last fight against Alexander Povetkin in October of last year. He was eventually deducted a point for his constant clinching and pushing down on Povetkin, although the points deduction(s) should have come a lot sooner than the 11th round from referee Luis Pabon. Klitschko, who floored Povetkin four times during the bout, still came away with a unanimous points victory; Winning every round to record scores of 119-104 from each of the three judges at ringside. As previously mentioned, he will fight again in April against mandatory challenger for his WBO belt, Alex Leipai of Australia.