By Edward Chaykovsky

WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34KOs) believes he is in the driver's seat when it comes to a unification with WBO/IBO/WBA/IBF champion Tyson Fury (25-0, 18KOs).

Wilder views his WBC world title as being more meaningful than all four of Fury's titles combined.

The unbeaten puncher wants to fight Fury in 2016. First up, Wilder will defend his world title on January 16th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Wider's first defense has become a web of confusion. For the last few weeks, the frontrunner to face Wilder has been unbeaten Czar Glazkov of Ukraine. Things took a strange turn on Tuesday, when the IBF ordered Fury to make mandatory defense against Glazkov, and the purse bid is already scheduled for next week.

Fury captured the belts last Saturday night in Dusseldorf with a stunning upset decision of longtime champion Wladimir Klitschko.

"My ultimate goal is to become the undisputed champion of the world. If [the belts] were still in the hands of Klitschko, that still would have been the plan. But now Fury has the belts so he's the target. He has the remainder of the belts I want to unify the division with," Wilder told BBC Sport Radio.

"Of course I can sit back as the WBC heavyweight champion of the world, because the WBC belt is the most famous, most respected, most well known belt, the biggest crown in the sport of boxing. I can sit back with the WBC belt and then retire and say 'I had the belt that all the greats had.' My one belt overpowers all of the rest of the belts. I got the crown jewel."

Wilder hopes the unification with Fury, or whoever holds the other recognized titles, will take place next year.