For each of the organisations, rankings are used to determine the number one contender within each weight division. If a fighter makes it to the top of an organisation’s world ranking, they can call on their status a mandatory challenger to fight the current world champion for the belt. Th...
14. Agit Kabayel:Lost out on a chance to fight Tyson Fury when Fury scuppered his December date. This ranking may be a bit high, but Kabayl holds a win over Chisora. 15.Charles Martin:Ex-IBF title holder re-entered the top twenty with a win over Gerald Washington. ...
And fair play to Hooper. The proud Aboriginal sprung the upset, outboxing the lanky 23-year-old over 10 rounds to claim the IBF and WBO International titles and a world ranking to boot. All three judges had Hooper up six rounds to four, 96-94. The victory made Top Rank boss Bob Arum...
The loss did not ingratiate Schmeling with high-ranking Nazi Party members, who had previously expressed concerns about his retention of Jewish American trainer Joe Jacobs as well as his marriage to the Austrian film star Anny Ondra, who worked with a number of Jews. In later years it was ...