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Published 22:54 5 Jan 2017 GMT
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As Sky Sports notes, the WBA is set on the winner of Joshua and Klitschko taking on undefeated challenger Luis Ortiz, and this could see the victor opt to vacate the IBF belt.
That scenario would set the stage for a title fight between the second and third-ranked heavyweights, as IBF Championships chairman Lindsey E Tucker has explained to Sky Sports:
"Under our rules, it's the two highest rated available fighters. Pulev who is sitting at No 2, he would be one of them. "Whoever is sitting at No 3, they would get the first choice, or refusal, and we would continue down the list. "Klitschko is No 3 and Haye is No 4. Theoretically yes, it would go to Pulev and Haye, assuming Haye was available and wasn't contracted to fight somebody else."Of course, let's not get ahead of ourselves. First of all Haye has to beat Bellew, which is hardly a given. If and when that happens, we can start talking.
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