Francis Ngannou is not yet ranked by The Ring

Francis Ngannou. Getty Images

Despite the difficult fight he gave the WBC champion Tyson Fury, Francis Ngannou (0-1, 0 KO) did not make it into the top ten of The Ring magazine’s updated heavyweight rankings.

The “Boxing Bible” belt in the royal division currently belongs to Alexander Usik. The contenders' podium includes: Fury, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua.

In the statistical heavyweight ranking of the boxing portal Boxrec, built using an algorithm based on “dry” fight results, Ngannou is currently ranked 589th.