By Jason Kim: WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-1, 25 KO’s) is really hoping that a win over the WBA heavyweight paper champion Alexander Povetkin (23-0, 16 KO’s) on February 25th in Germany will get him the fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) that Huck has been looking to get for some time.

Huck has already tried to get both Klitschkos to fight him but neither take him seriously as a fighter, and don’t want the circus-like atmosphere that would surround giving an unproven fighter a shot at a heavyweight title. However, things could change dramatically on that end if Huck is able to beat Povetkin in February without controversy.

It will obviously have to be legitimate clear case win for Huck, because he still won’t likely be taken serious by the Klitschkos if he gets the type of victory that he bagged against Russian Denis Lebedev last year by a 12 round split decision in Germany.

Huck won that fight but almost no one agrees that he deserved to get the decision. Huck needs to really beat Povetkin for him to get a fight against Vitali or Wladimir, because the stink of a hometown decision will keep the Klitschkos away from a fight against Huck almost like mosquito repellant.

Huck, 6’1 ½”, is small in heavyweight comparisons and not particularly fast. He tends to hang on the outside and periodically rush his opponents to throw wild haymaker shots. Huck tends to foul quite a bit but usually is able to get away with his fouling. Povetkin is a pretty limited fighter, so Huck has a real chance here. But better heavyweights like Dereck Chisora, Robert Helenius, Tyson Fury and David Price would likely have no problems beating a crude fighter like Huck.

It won’t take the Klitschkos to expose how average Huck is, as he’s clearly not even the best fighter in the cruiserweight di vision and here he is moving up in weight to face the worst of the heavyweight champions.