By Jake Donovan

Regardless of how many belts remain in tow by the time it happens, Tyson Fury is full steam ahead with plans for a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.

Fury pulled off a major upset with a 12-round unanimous decision win over the long-reigning and now former World heavyweight champion on November 28 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The win gained Fury recognition as the lineal heavyweight champion, but the slew of alphabet titles he inherited also meant as many mandatory challenges that await the new king.

Among the lot is – or now, was – Vyacheslav Glazkov, an unbeaten heavyweight from Ukraine who was actually due a title shot in August. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) agreed to allow Klitschko-Fury to first happen, with the understanding that the winner would have to next face Glazkov. A purse bid was ordered by the IBF upon request by Main Events, Glazkov’s promoter who opted to bypass the negotiation period and enter a hearing which was scheduled for December 11.

Language in the heavyweight championship bout contract, however, allowed for Klitschko to demand an immediate rematch in the event of a loss. The ex-champ announced on Wednesday that he intends to exercise such a clause.

Klitschko held at least one title for the past 9 1/2 years, dating back to his repeat win over Chris Byrd in April '06. Eighteen successful defenses have followed, including a 9th round knockout of Ruslan Chagaev to reestablish genuine heavyweight championship lineage in June '09.

As for Fury, he's fully prepared to honor the rematch clause for his first world title defense. The unbeaten and newly crowned heavyweight king is even prepared to toss the IBF title in a dumpster. He doesn’t mean it figuratively, but literally as he plans to hold a ceremony similar to what then-unbeaten World champion Riddick Bowe did with his World Boxing Council (WBC) title shortly after winning it in 1992 rather than be told when to face then-mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis.

Such a move would leave Glazkov to wait out appointment of the next highest challenger for a vacant title fight, should he go that route. His other option is a potential showdown with WBC heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder, who is due to announce his Jan. 16th opponent during a press conference this Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where his next fight will take place.

As for Fury, the when and where has yet to be decided. Knowing whom he's next facing for his first title defense is good enough for now.

“We're very excited, and very pleased that Wladimir Klitschko is taking the rematch,” Peter Fury, Tyson’s uncle and head trainer told Sky Sports when learning of Klitschko’s announcement. “We’re very happy to take it otherwise we wouldn’t have taken (the first fight) in the beginning.”

Plans call for an immediate rematch with the two promoters – K2 Promotions (Klitschko) and Hennessy Sport (Fury) – already discussing and choosing from a list of potential dates and venues to stage what would be the biggest event of 2016. While the first fight played to a sold out crowd upward of 50,000 at ESPRIT Arena in Dusseldorf, Team Fury believe they can bring in even more fans if presented with the chance of a home game.

“There's no voluntary, it's a straight rematch with Wladimir Klitschko,” the elder Fury confirmed. “We're looking at possibly getting it in Wembley Stadium next year. We are looking - me and Mick Hennessy, to put the fight on in the UK - if we can.”

Jake Donovan is the managing editor of BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox