Johnson's getting a shot, because really who else is there right now, maybe Povetkin?

Ring ratings.

Champ Wlad - clearly Vitali is not going to fight his brother
1. Vitali
2. Povetkin - Not sure what's going on with him honestly.
3. Chambers - In limbo right now was in negotiations with Wlad when Wlad got hurt.
4. Chagaev - Just got destroyed by Wlad
5. Valuev - fighting Haye
6. Arreola - Just got destroyed by Vitali
7. Boystov - Just fought Jason Gavern a few weeks ago.
8. Haye - had negotiation issues, fighting Valuev
9. Dimintrenko - Got blown out by Chambers in his last fight, scheduled to fight Krasniqi this month
10. Johnson - well here it is.

Johnson tries to fight a lot like James Toney he has pretty good power (busted Devon Vargas' eardrum in their fight) but it's hard for me to picture him beating Vitali, because his footwork isn't that great, so it should be near impossible to get in range.