By Victor Salazar

Brooklyn, New York - The heavyweight division is picking up steam after a decade long domination by the last name Klitschko.

The moment Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko last November to capture the WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF titles, the division quickly opened up. Last Saturday the division continued shift in a new direction with the crowning of a new IBF titleholder Charles Martin and the WWE in-ring war of words between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35KOs) - after Wilder had knocked out Artur Spzilka.

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Exciting times are ahead but one can’t forget former champion and Olympic gold medal winner Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22KOs), who is currently the mandatory challenger to Wilder’s WBC piece of the heavyweight crown .

While a fight between Wilder and Fury might be the biggest showdown to make in the division, Povetkin is next in line and would be Wilder’s toughest opponent to date. Povetkin says the outcome of negotiations should be revealed soon.

“I don’t participate in the negotiations, my promoter does,” Povetkin said to BoxingScene.com through his manager interpreting.  “According to his word, we should know about the fight really soon.”

Povetkin knows the division is changing and feels there is a new rightful king Fury.

“I think new young fighters are coming into this division and I believe Tyson won [over Klitschko] fair and square,” Povetkin said.

"But we can’t talk about him because he does have a rematch to do with Klitschko. I believe Wladimir will make an analysis of his errors and I think we may see a different fight in the rematch.”

When asked if unifying the division was his ultimate goal, Povetkin stated - “I don’t want to get ahead of myself. The immediate aim is to box Wilder. Once we get through that we can talk about other fighters, and of course I would love to unify the titles but first is Wilder.”