If obligations change, we’ll take Wilder or Fury next, says Martin’s manager

“What gets me is why take it off the linear heavyweight champion?” added Fury.

Fury holds the World Boxing Association title and will fight a lucrative rematch with Klitschko rather than having kept the IBF crown to fight its mandatory opponent, Glazkov.

Povetkin is 30-1 with his only career loss coming to Wladimir Klitschko, against whom he lasted 12 rounds in a unanimous decision loss.

On the same card, new bantamweight champion Holly Holm will make her first title defense after beating Rousey in November when she fights repeat title challenger Miesha Tate. Fury’s win against former Numero Uno Wladimir Klitschko gained him the street cred to be the new Number One.

Winning three fights to secure a title you’ve already got is far from ideal for Fury, and he’ll be beginning to understand the perils of holding so many belts in different divisions. Povetkin is just an aging short guy that should have been fighting in the cruiserweight division all these years instead of at heavyweight. Fury’s style is more reflex and technician-centric, which when placed next to Wilder’s power may make for a very sporadic fight. His heavyweight title rematch with Klitschko in May is one of the most anticipated events of 2016. “I got uncomfortable, and all of this has caused some fatigue, discouragement, and even confusion”.

That idea also seems perfectly fine with Povetkin, who loves the idea of facing Wilder in NY.

Another issue that Wilder must correct is that he is simply too reliant on his right hand and depends on it way too much to erase his mistakes. “But there are more belts that I want”. A smart fighter will fill that hole like a bridge with punches as Szpilka attempted to do; he just wasn’t good enough to make Wilder pay. “The people who never thought they had a chance in their life”. The fight was tough for Wilder until he ended it with an emphatic knockout near the end of the ninth round. I’m looking forward to getting him out of his zone and to have him come to America. Since the IBF ruled that it would not change the result of the Glazkov-Martin fight to a “no contest” along with not naming a mandatory for Martin the path for Wilder to face him should he lose to Povetkin is easier since both men are in the Haymon stable.