Wach, Ustinov, Dimitrenko, Helenius, Price, Breazeale, Austin, McCline, Washington and Grant. Who was the best out of these ten heavyweight fighters? I think on his day Ustinov was, Fury didn't fancy that one when he met him in the flesh for the first time and ultimately pulled out of their scheduled fight.
Helenius is the best from the crop. The guy was a pretty good fighter before injuries and inactivity derailed his development.
Even fringe contenders have to have some remote chance of winning belts, even if it's just temporarily... Who out of this list would've stood even an outside chance with even the weakest of the true champions of this era? It doesn't matter if you consider AJ or Wilder to be the weak champion, they'd both beat all of these with ease - which means they're not even fringe contenders at all, in my book.
Fury blatantly ducked one of them for a reason. He shat his drawers when Ustinov was actually in shape and whined about it. Claimed The Klits, Chisora, and Haye were behind it as a plot to get rid of him.
