Well yeah considering he already beat the current number 4 .. he'd also beat the likes of Sanchez ortiz and Ruiz as well, get a grip he lost to Tyson Fury there's no shame in that it doesn't mean he's a bad heavyweight...
He is capable of scraping by Ruiz and Ortiz and Parker but that's probably it. I remember when old Povetkin KO'd him with a single uppercut for an eliminator. Prime Povetkin would have destroyed him much more easily because he was vastly superior to Whyte. Then they made Povetkin win the eliminator twice but at that point he was compromised by Covid. Whyte's handlers and fans thought that was a great win and a fair rematch. It shows the ethical level of anybody associated with Whyte.
I think Whyte's chin is completely gone. He likely gets KOed by anyone in the top 10. If Whyte fought Wilder, Wilder would possibly get the "body" on his record he spoke of years ago.
Whyte is still a live dog in a few of those top ten match ups,just because he couldn’t land a glove on Fury and looked very poor before being stopped does not mean he would not competitive against the rest of the top ten guys .