Anthony Joshua has been ranked number 1 in the Ring Magazine’s latest heavyweight rankings despite his back-to-back defeats to Olekansdr Usyk.

‘AJ’ suffered his second consecutive defeat by Oleksandr Usyk in September, which has left him out of the heavyweight world title picture for the first time in several years.

The Ring Magazine belt is not a typical world title like the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, but regarded as a prestigious trophy handed out only when the best fight the best.

Meanwhile, Fury declared he had retired from the sport after his successful title defence against Dillian Whyte, but has now announced he will return in December in Cardiff.

Fury’s on-off retirement from the sport appears to be the reason he has been left out of the Ring Magazine rankings with the likes of Whyte and Luis Ortiz making the top 10 ahead of him in fifth and sixth respectively

Joshua tops the pile having recently fought for the title belt against Usyk, which was put on the line for their sequel after the ‘Gypsy King’ ditched the title.

Deontay Wilder sits behind Joshua with Joe Joyce and Andy Ruiz Jr tucked in third and fourth position after their recent wins.

Joseph Parker remains at the seventh position while Zhilei Zhang clings on to 10th position behind Filip Hrgovic (8th) and Frank Sanchez (9th).

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