In an eliminator, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder can square off to determine who is the undisputed heavyweight champion. On December 23 in Saudi Arabia, the pair will take on Otto Wallin and Joseph Parker, respectively, on the same card. And should both win in the Middle East, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman thinks AJ and Wilder will set up a tantalizing bout. "It seems like Wilder and Joshua are on a collision course," he said to Sky Sports. That may very well be the last round of eliminations to choose a mandatory WBC championship contender. That last elimination would rank among the most prominent that the sport has ever seen.

Incredible. For the fans, that would be the stuff of dreams. "You have the ability to dream big; we have been waiting for this, and now is the ideal time to usher in a new age of boxing. Thus, we shall provide as much assistance as we can."

Sulaiman went on to say: "We've been waiting and pushing and mediating and encouraging everyone to try to make this [an undisputed heavyweight champion] happen."There were a few times when Wilder and Joshua got really close while Wilder was the champion. After that, he was prepared to take on Joshua and then Usyk with Tyson Fury. "An obligatory competitor is the potential issue. We did order Wilder to face [Andy] Ruiz in order to determine a mandatory contender. It was an amazing battle. There was no battle that day. The WBC board of governors has thus authorized Fury's fight with Usyk in February and the rematch, meaning that nothing will stand in the way of the WBC's sanctioning of both bouts."