BEST IS YET TO COME
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A LOOK at the Boxing News rankings on page 15 shows Tyson Fury listed as the world heavyweight champion.
Regardless of the WBC belt he owns, or the WBA, IBF and WBO straps he doesn’t, the “Gypsy King” inarguably stands tall as the leader in the most watched division in boxing.
Some will dispute Fury’s claim to the throne. Namely Oleksandr Usyk, who of course owns the sanctioning body trinkets that, or the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board that we’re a part of, the reason why Fury is champion is fairly simple. The only way a new champion can be crowned is if an existing champion is beaten, or numbers one and two meet to fill the slot in a weight class without an existing champion. That was the case in February last year when Fury (No.2) defeated Wilder (No.1). Anthony Joshua had slipped out of the reckoning after losing to Andy Ruiz Jnr and was ranked third after winning the return.
