Due to Alex Leapai's, pictured, major victory over the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov late in 2013 he is now, as many will know, the mandatory WBO challenger to Wladimir Klitschko, the WBO, IBF and WBA "super" champion. The bout, which is currently being arranged as we speak is set to take place in the coming months though the surprising thing is that 2 countries are being spoken about as the likely host.

The obvious one is Germany. the country where the Klitschko brothers have been based for much of their career and where Wladimir has a massive fan based. Whilst the Americans may not be fans of "Dr Steelhammer" on the whole the German market really cannot get enough of him with TV coverage and huge stadiums giving him the attention that "the Heavyweight champion" rightfully deserves.

The second option that has appeared is Australia. Although Leapai is based in Australia himself the country is a bit of a shock to act as a Heavyweight title fight venue with the most famous Heavyweight title fight in Australia's history coming way back in the 1900's when Jack Johnson beat Tommy Burns for the title and became the first African American champion in the division's history.

Whilst we do like the idea of expanding the scope of boxing, we would hope that a fight in Australia would have a deep under-card. Thankfully there are numerous good prospects down under that could be put on the card, such as Joseph Parker, Cameron Hammond and Jeff Horn though whether or not German TV would be happy would be the big question. The time zone issue may force the bout to be in Germany unless some sort of a compromise could be found, for example the card starting earlier than usual for an Australian card.

Earlier today the WBO voted to make Australian Alex Leapai (30-4-3, 24) the mandatory challenger for their title.

Leapai, who is effectively being rewarded for defeating the previously undefeated Denis Boytsov back in November, has now got 30 days to negotiate a deal with champion Wladimir Klitschko (61-3, 51) before the bout will revert to purse bids.

The fight would see Klitschko putting his WBO, WBA "super", IBF and IBO titles on the line in a bout that will be widely regarded as a mismatched mandatory. Unfortunately however the division is so devoid of challengers vying for a fight with Klitschko that it's hard to complain overtly about this bout.

This bout, expected to take place in Q1 of 2014 will be Klitschko's 15th consecutive defense of the IBO and IBF titles, the 11th defense of the WBO belt and the 6th defense of the WBA "Super" title. Going by his scheduled of recent years we'd not be shocked if this is the first of 3 defenses for the Ukrainian champion.