By Edward Chaykovsky
WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman is hoping that a future unification takes place between undefeated heavyweight punchers Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36KOs)and Anthony Joshua (17-0, 17KOs).
Joshua will be making the next defense of his title in Manchester in late November, but there is nothing set as of yet for Wilder - who is still recovering from injures that were suffered during his TKO win over Chris Arreola in July.
Wilder hopes to resume his career by late January. Once he's back, he will either have a voluntary defense or collide with the winner of the WBC eliminator between Alexander Povetkin and Bermane Stiverne.
Joshua's next opponent is unknown, but Kubrat Pulev has been mentioned in recent weeks as a frontrunner.
The WBC President says Sulaiman is very important to his organization. The 2012 Olympic gold medal winner is already a superstar in the UK who fights on pay-per-view. His promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, wants him to fight again in March and then have a major fight - possibly against Wilder - in the summer.
Sulaiman told Sky Sports in an exclusive interview: "Absolutely Joshua is a very important fighter for the WBC. He fought for the WBC International title and the WBC was the first organisation to rank him.
"We understand that he had a great opportunity to challenge for another organisation. He was WBC No 2 at this time. We wish him the best. He's one of the greatest fighters out there and is the future of boxing.
"The winner of Bermane Stiverne v Alexander Povetkin is supposed to fight Wilder when Wilder is ready. So we would see how medical treatment is going and first we'll have the championship fight then we'll go from there but I'm excited to see Joshua fight for the WBC title."
