Are there ten legit title contenders at heavyweight?

[Wurider]

Where have all the heavy weights gone? Any good up and comers out there? It has been Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Whyte for years. How many can you count before you get into bum territory? Can you legitimately get to 10?

[Marchegiano]

Nah

1. Fury - Has won every title.
2. Joshua - Has unified and defended three and re-won them
3. Wilder - His title defense numbers and KOs speak for themselves.
4. Ruiz - Only man to beat Joshua, the three majors should be respected. Also, I felt he beat JP.
5. Parker - Only reason I include him is because he defended his WBO twice.
6. Ortiz - One of the best title contenders and a dangerous southpaw for anyone.
7. Povetkin - A former fake champion who has always done well
8. Joyce - Seems to be the best of the new kids.
9. Hunter - The draw with Pov.
10. Whyte - Got KO'd recently otherwise he'd be higher. Whyte's put together a better resume than most on this list.

Not really

[Bain01D]

There’s a good crop of Eastern European’s coming though, Hergovic and the like. People might note rate them but they are right in the mix with the level below, Whyte and the like. Then there’s people right there now to break through, Joyce, Usyk etc

The way things are you can defo get 10 names that could all legitimately beat AJ or Wilder, at a push Fury

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

There’s 1 elite HW in Fury.
Two very good HW’s in Wilder and AJ.

Then there’s a couple of decent 40 yr olds hanging about but they ain’t no threat anymore.
Usyk is a legit contender.
Joe Joyce is a problem for anyone, so he’s a contender too in my opinion.

After that it’s very slim pickings IMO.

[Dariusz]

Although HW fight can be won with one lucky punch one cannot say that there are multiple LEGIT contenders. No, there are IMO only three really legit contenders nowadays -- Fury, Joshua and Joyce. Then there is a pack of secondary choice legit contenders.

[whollisboxing]

Where have all the heavy weights gone? Any good up and comers out there? It has been Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Whyte for years. How many can you count before you get into bum territory? Can you legitimately get to 10?

You can legitimately get to 10 because it's relative to the current era if nothing else.

It's all well and good if you think this era pales in comparison to the 90's for example but the 90's heavyweights aren't active anymore (recent exhibitions notwithstanding).

In other words, you can only face other active fighters so if there are 10 average fighters and 90 so-called bums then the 10 average fighters would still be the top ten.

[tophat1]

There are plenty of tough fights out there down the line but slot of them are former amateur stars, similar age to aj and fury if not older

[Alan Smithee]

Where have all the heavy weights gone? Any good up and comers out there? It has been Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Whyte for years. How many can you count before you get into bum territory? Can you legitimately get to 10?

Ten legitimate contenders is asking a lot in any division. There are some up and comers on the way. I was at Jared Anderson's third pro fight. The kid looks pretty good so far!

[boliodogs]

Where have all the heavy weights gone? Any good up and comers out there? It has been Fury, Joshua, Wilder, Whyte for years. How many can you count before you get into bum territory? Can you legitimately get to 10?

It matters not how weak heavyweight is. The ten best of these weaklings are the legit top 10 contenders. You can't just have no contenders. The ten heavyweights with the best records are the legit top 10 contenders.

[Earl-Hickey]

Oh man heavyweight sucks so bad let's go back to the days when Eddie Chambers and Chris Areolla were the best contenders, it was so much better then.