Anthony Joshua not good enough, snubbed in list of world class boxers

Anthony Joshua not good enough, snubbed in list of world class boxers

- Anthony Joshua has been listed in the category of good boxers but missed out in the list of world class boxing stars

- The Nigerian boxer defeated Andy Ruiz in his last professional boxing fight

- Tyson Fury is ranked as one of the world class boxing champions

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Nigerian and British boxer Anthony Joshua has been rated in the third category in the list of the greatest boxing superstars in the world according to their achievements.

Anthony Joshua is no doubt one of the best boxers in the world considering the success he has recorded so far and also the money he has made in his career.

Joshua's last professional fight was against Andy Ruiz, and the 31-year-old was brilliant as he defeated his opponent to get back his belts.

According to the ranking made by Sportbible, Tyson Fury is ranked among the world class boxers and the British fighter is below the first category which is the GOAT.

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Tyson Fury's last fight was against American boxer Deontay Wilder and the Brit did well in the tough fight to win the duel.

One of Deontay Wilder's coaching crew had to throw in the towel which made the officials of the encounter to declare Tyson Fury as the winner.

Below is the how the boxers were ranked

GOAT: Manny Pacquiao, Chocolatito Gonzalez

World Class: Canelo Alvarez, Tyson Fury, Naoya Inoue, Terence Crawford, Gennady Golovkin, Errol Spence Jr, Teofimo Lopez

Underrated: Josh Taylor, Juan Francisco Estrada, Artur Beterbiev, Miguel Berchelt, Gary Russell Jr, Jermall Charlo

Good: Anthony Joshua, Gervonta Davis, Josh Warrington, Jermell Charlo, Callum Smith, Jose Ramirez, Caleb Plant, Murodjon Akhmadaliev, Mairis Briedis

Overrated: Billy Joe Saunders, Demetrius Andrade, Dmitry Bivol, Luis Nery, Emanuel Navarrete

Poor: Jamel Herring, Patrick Teixeira, Ilunga Makabu, Angelo Leo, JoJo Diaz, Arsen Goulamirian

Anthony Joshua rated in 3rd category in list of great boxers
Anthony Joshua rated in 3rd category in list of great world boxing superstars. Photo by Richard Heathcote
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Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Bulgarian professional boxer Kubrat Pulev expressed confidence that he will defeat reigning WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO champion Anthony Joshua when they face-off on December 12.

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The much anticipated bout between both boxers is billed to hold at the O2 Arena in the United Kingdom and Pulev is already talking tough ahead of the showdown.

Pulev claims having seen several fights of Joshua, the Brit does not possess enough mental toughness.

While admitting that Joshua has a good style and further branding him a ‘good specimen', Pulev stressed that Joshua does not have enough mental strength to fight him.

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