Are there ten legit title contenders at heavyweight?

[whollisboxing]

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.

Exactly. There will be a top 10 as long as there are fighters. They don't have to be the 10 greatest of all time either because the current era is the current era.

[tonysoprano]

What do you expect. When you have a lying drug-cheating gypsy piece of garbage who has barely fought 2 credible opponents in 12 years as the so called lineal champion. It's gotta be garbage.

[Roy Keane]

Wilder, Fury, AJ, Usyk, Joyce, Yoka, Ruiz, Whyte, Doubois, Rivas, Hunter, Parker, Ortiz, Povetkin. There are some good fights to be made.

[Satir]

Ortiz is as legit contender as Pulev, Pulev is actually ranked higher by boxrec, having one on your list and not the other one is bs

[james240]

Its much better than the Wlad/Vlad days.

[anonymous2.0]

I think right now we're in a transition time and have more prospects then contenders. I think the next few years we're going to see some guys pull ahead of the pack.

[Toffee]

Everyone on here constantly tells us that Usyk, Ortiz and a fit again Ruiz would beat Joshua. In fact the list is a fair bit longer according to some.

Yet there aren't many contenders?

There's a difference between contender and elite. There are never more than one or two elite fighters, but plenty can win and prove themselves over a period.

[j0zef]

Think people are underestimating the HWs nowadays. For ex, out of the replies so far, not a single mention of Hrgovic. That dude is legit as they come.

Yoka, Hrgovic, Dubois, Usyk, Gassiev are all mostly untested at HW, with very high potential. Out of them, Dubois got knocked out by Joyce after putting up a helluva fight and looking very strong for parts of it, while Gassiev got schooled by Usyk at CW. Otherwise, all those guys have legit promise on world stage. In 2021-22, there are some really exciting HW fights to make.

Hrgovic vs. Gasiev? Imagine!

[4truth]

The only time you will ever have 10 legit contenders in a division is if nobody is very good.

[REDEEMER]

Anyone asking if ten legit title contenders exist haven’t watched boxing long enough because it’s never that high at one time , until now .

1 .Hrgovic
2. Joyce
3. Usyk
4. Wilder
5. Povetkin
6.Whyte
7. Mahkmudov
8. Gassiev
9. Wallin
10. Dubois

You have to look at these names just here and see how dangerous the division is ,anyone of these guys is a contender to get a title some more then others obviously.