This Saturday, Oleksandr Usyk puts his IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles on the line in his crunch rematch with Anthony Joshua, live and exclusive on Sky Sports Box Office.
But there is a missing piece of the heavyweight puzzle. Tyson Fury is the third leading figure in the division. Whatever the outcome this weekend, the calls for Fury to face the Usyk-Joshua winner will only increase.
Fury holds the WBC heavyweight title. The mercurial man from Morecambe, though, is unpredictable. In the last fortnight he has declared he wanted to fight Derek Chisora, floated a change of trainer and re-announced his retirement, while his US promoter Bob Arum remains keen to match him against Saturday night’s victor.
Fury’s next move might be hard to call, but it is safe to say the WBC titlist will be a difficult man to beat. He is 6ft 9ins tall with an instinctive feel for the rhythm and vagaries of a fight. He knows how to use his size and most importantly he knows how to win. He has defeated Wladimir Klitschko and Deontay Wilder (twice) and never lost in 33 professional fights.
Usyk, however, is another unbeaten heavyweight champion. He dazzled in his victory over Joshua last year and he could be the man to topple Fury.