Carl Froch has ranked Britain’s six current male world champions across all weight classes.
Sunny Edwards, Leigh Wood, Joe Cordina, Josh Taylor, Chris Billam-Smith and Tyson Fury are the UK names who currently hold one of the four major belts at their respective weight categories.
In a recent video on Froch on Fighting, Froch – a former world champion himself – revealed how he would rank them.
“Tyson Fury’s got to be number one. He’s the heavyweight champion, he’s brilliant and he fights like a middleweight.”
“Josh Taylor, he’s got to be number two. Great fighter and unbelievable talent.”
“I’ve got to stick Leigh Wood at number three. My man from Nottingham. But it could be a joint third alongside Sunny Edwards and Joe Cordina.”
“Then I’d have Chris Billam-Smith, just had that fantastic win against Okolie and is a newly crowned world champion.”
Two of Froch’s list are in action this weekend, and will be desperately hoping to avoid defeat and lose their status as world champions.
Sunny Edwards takes on Andres Campos in his first fight under the Matchroom banner, whilst Josh Taylor takes on brash former lightweight world champion Teofimo Lopez at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
A victory for Edwards could pave the way for huge unification fights with the likes of Jesse Rodriguez or long time foe Julio Cesar Martinez, whilst Taylor will be hoping to exorcise the demons of his controversial win over Jack Catterall last February.
As for the man at the very top, he’s in limbo. Fury is desperately seeking a heavyweight to defend his title against in September, but hasn’t yet been able to get anything signed.