TYSON FURY is NOT Britain’s pound-for-pound best boxer – and Anthony Joshua doesn’t even make the top five.
That’s according to website BoxRec whose algorithm rates records of professional and amateur boxers.
They instead have former light-middleweight Liam Smith, 34, as the country’s No1 off the back of his January win over Chris Eubank Jr.
It leaves unbeaten heavyweight champion Fury, 34, trailing in second as he looks to fight again having been out since December.
Leigh Wood is up to third after he regained the WBA featherweight title in his rematch with Mauricio Lara.
But Josh Taylor has sunk to fifth after he suffered defeat for the first time, in New York to American Teofimo Lopez.
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Anthony Joshua, 33, is sixth in front of undefeated super-featherweight champ Joe Cordina.
Following defeat to Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez in Guadalajara, John Ryder comes in at No8.
On the cusp of a title shot, Jack Catterall is at No9 with Eubank squeaking in to top ten.
The middleweight saw his rematch with Smith shelved after the Liverpudlian suffered an injury.
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And despite talks to reschedule for September, there are also efforts in the background for Eubank to fight Conor Benn in Abu Dhabi.
Benn failed a series of pre-fight drug tests in the initial October 157 catchweight clash.
And he is fighting to clear his name with UK Anti-Doping in a bid to be re-licensed in Britain.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
