Some of the big questions centered on the cruiserweight division, with regard to Tony Bellew’s position as champion because he is fighting David Haye at heavyweight, leaving the WBC cruiserweight contenders jockeying for position.

The following are the mandatory challengers in the 17 weight classes:

Heavyweight – Alexander Povetkin and Bermane Stiverne meet on Saturday to decide the interim champion. Silver champion Johann Duhaupas meets Carlos Takam on Jan. 29.

Cruiserweight – Mauricio Sulaiman officially said that, as it has been a year, Emeritus champion Grigory Drozd will not longer hold that distinction.

Bellew asked for an exception to face David Haye and be allowed to keep his title until after that fight. No. 1 contender Mairis Breidis and No. 2 Marco Huck have been mandated to face each other to become the interim champion. Both sides were happy to work together to make the fight; they have 30 days to come to an agreement.

Huck’s representative asked that if Bellew loses and goes back to cruiserweight that the Breidis-Huck winner vs. Bellew to be a 50-50 purse split. Sulaiman explained that the rule is 55-45 for the champion.

Sulaiman also made a motion and it was agreed by the board that Olanrewaju Durodola, IIunga Makabu, Dmitry Kudryashov and Krszstof Wlodarcyk will meet in a tournament to find the next mandatory challenger.

Light heavyweight – Yvon Michel explained that titleholder Adonis Stevenson had been due to meet Eleider Alvarez but there was a delay due to a lack of PBC dates. No. 1 and Silver champion Alvarez will face No. 6 Lucian Bute Feb. 24 in a final eliminator and the winner will face Stevenson next, on April 29. Sulaiman said that in January the WBC would address the next mandatory because there has been no mandatory defense for three years.

Super middleweight – The winner of the WBC/IBF unification between Badou Jack and James DeGale will face No. 1 Callum Smith next, even if there is an IBF mandatory. The IBF has confirmed this. Ahmet Ohner asked for a final elimination between No. 2 Anthony Dirrell and No. 3 Avni Yildrim. Tom Brown asked to delay that to see how things play out in the unification first, and brought up that Anthony Dirrell fights on Jan. 13. Sampson Lewkowicz asked to do Rogelio Medina-David Benavidez in an eliminator. Sulaiman said that we will wait until after Jan. 13 to see how Anthony Dirrell does; if he loses he drops out of consideration.

Middleweight – There has been no mandatory defense since 2012 due to a myriad of reasons. Champion Gennady Golovkin will fight in March. No. 1 contender Jorge Heiland has been at the top spot for two years; his representative, Sebastian Contursi, asked for him to be made the official mandatory challenger to the title. Contursi also stated that Heiland had previously been misrepresented. Suliaman stated that the board would like a four-man tournament to decide the mandatory challenger. No particular fighters were named.

Junior middleweight – Champion Jermell Charlo will face No. 2 contender and Silver titlist Charles Hatley on Feb. 11 or 18.

No. 1 challenger Demetrius Andrade will face WBA titlist Jack Culcay; his promoter, Artie Pelullo, stated he wants his fighter to come back and face the WBC champion in a unification. Sulaiman ordered Vanes Martirosan to face the highest available contender. Lewkowicz said Erickson Lubin and Jorge Cota and the winner of Martirosyan vs. the highest available contender will meet to decide the mandatory challenger.

Welterweight – Champion Danny Garcia will face WBA beltholder Keith Thurman on March 4. No mandatories have taken place since 2014. Amir Khan is the mandatory challenger but he has been injured and asked for a few days to confirm his position. It was motioned for Errol Spence Jr. to face Tim Bradley. If Spence, who is in negotiations to meet Kell Brook for the IBF title, decided to go the IBF route then Bradley will become the mandatory but the division will be confirmed in January when more information is available.