Tyson Fury has been ranked in second place behind Anthony Joshua by the WBC.
The ‘Gypsy King’ lost his WBC heavyweight title at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk in their undisputed clash last month in Saudi Arabia.
Having been previously ranked as champion, Fury has now fallen into the challenger pecking order and has been placed as the second-ranked heavyweight contender by the WBC.
The organisation have placed him below long-term British rival Anthony Joshua, who sits behind champion and conqueror Usyk.
AJ has back-to-back impressive wins over Francis Ngannou and Otto Wallin under his belt, and may well compete for the vacant IBF title against Daniel Dubois in September
Agit Kabayel rounds out the top three after his impressive underdog win over Frank Sanchez on the Fury vs Usyk bill in May.
Zhilei Zhang sits in fourth after his huge KO win over Deontay Wilder, while Efe Ajagba makes up the top five holding the WBC ‘silver’ trinket belt.
Jared Anderson is in sixth with Martin Bakole and Kabayel’s rival Sanchez ranked at no.7 and no.8.
Joe Joyce keeps a place in the top ten in ninth, while rising star Bakhodir Jalolov completes the list
, who currently holds the British title, sits in eleventh and will be hoping to break into the top ten before the conclusion of 2024.
It is another damaging blow for the ‘Gypsy King’ who had held the belt since beating Wilder in 2020.
He had since made some big defences against the likes of Derek Chisora, Dillian Whyte and Francis Ngannou on his march to the undisputed clash.
Luckily for the Briton, he will get a shot at immediate redemption on December 21 when he is signed to face Usyk in a sequel.
It will be a chance to earn back his precious WBC belt, and hand Usyk his first career defeat, just as he had inflicted on him in their previous encounter.
Fury is now back in the gym six months out from the clash, and has vowed to rewrite his name in the history books.
He wrote on social media: “Listen up! I’ve conquered everything in boxing – titles, records, the lot. But I’ve never had to come back from a loss.
