After a month of wall-to-wall heavyweight action, it's down to the promoters and governing bodies to decide the direction of the division.
Eddie Hearn revealed one of the biggest breakthroughs on Twitter last night, announcing that the IBF had ordered a final eliminator between Dillian Whyte and Kubrat Pulev. The winner of that bout would eventually become the mandatory challenger for Anthony Joshua.
Furthermore, there is the debate around whether Joshua and Hearn can cut a deal with Deontay Wilder to organise the first undisputed fight since 2000 before their narrow window closers.
That's despite the fact Wilder has played around with the possibility of fighting Dominic Breazeale over the summer.
Don't forget to chuck in the fact Joshua could be called to face his WBA mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin in the coming months, too.
Eddie Hearn finally clears up the heavyweight situation
Complicated, right?
Well, the situation has been made clearer by Hearn once again who, as per the Mirror, has revealed something about the aforementioned IBF final eliminator that changes everything.
Eagle-eyed boxing fans will have noticed that it was number three ranked fighter Whyte as opposed to number two challenger Jarrell Miller who was called up to face Pulev - a fact identified and explained by Hearn in a bout of bad news for the Joshua v Wilder fight.
Hearn all but confirms the Joshua v Wilder plan
There's no better person than the man himself to explain with Hearn stating: “Wilder’s going to fight Breazeale next. There’s no doubt about that because the IBF ordered a final eliminator between Kubrat Pulev and Breazeale and Breazeale pulled out.
“Breazeale had a final eliminator to fight Pulev, a massive opportunity to become mandatory to Joshua and if he had fought Pulev, he would probably have won.
“So why pull out if he had nothing else on? The answer is because he’s fighting Deontay Wilder.
“If Wilder then fights in June or July against Breazeale, then our fight with Wilder would not take place until November or December.”
Well then, well then.
It's the news that almost certainly confirms the heavyweight schedule for 2018.
It seems that Wilder will fight Breazeale over the summer, while Joshua exchanges leather with either Povetkin or Jarrell Miller. Then, finally, the fight for undisputed status should take in the final months of the year.
On the upside, we should see more action from both Wilder and Joshua than expected in 2018 but it not only delays their mega-fight but adds an extra layer of precariousness to the situation.
If nothing else, though, it seems boxing fans finally have a clear view of the year ahead.
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