Tucker boxed his way to a majority decision over previously unbeaten Euri Cedeno to win three secondary titles June 27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. On the heels of that win, a world title shot, revisiting a bout against Yoenli Hernandez, or facing interim WBO middleweight champion Denzel Bentley are among the intriguing possibilities that appeal to Tucker (17-1-1, 7 KOs).

“I’m one of the only guys fighting the guys he says he wants to fight or he’s willing to fight,” Tucker told The Ring. “Everybody else is kind of not doing that. This is my division. I haven’t really seen anybody taking any significant risks or doing anything major and making waves except for myself. That’s basically what I’ve been seeing, so now I feel like I’ve earned my shot at a championship.”

Tucker, 23, is The Ring’s No. 10 contender for a vacant championship. He is also ranked No. 4 by the IBF, No. 7 by the WBO and No. 14 by the WBC.

Tucker initially accepted an offer to fight Hernandez (10-0, 9 KOs) on March 28 in Las Vegas. Tucker went in a different direction once the Brooklyn native found out it’d be a fight for the No. 1 spot in the WBA’s rankings rather than for the interim WBA middleweight title.

Tucker opted for a fight with Sona Akale, which he won by sixth-round technical knockout February 28, before he faced Cedeno (14-1-1, 12 KOs).

Hernandez, The Ring’s No. 2-ranked middleweight, instead fought Terrell Gausha and became the first man to stop him, beating him by fourth-round stoppage on the Sebastian Fundora-Keith Thurman undercard at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Gausha was outpointed by middleweight titleholders Carlos Adames and Erislandy Lara and former unified 154-pound champion Tim Tszyu before facing the 29-year-old knockout artist from Camaguey, Cuba.

“A formidable opponent,” Tucker said of Hernandez. “Strong guy with a good amateur background, too. For me, he’s a good fighter, but there’s nobody who beats me in my division. I always find a way. I have to box, have to bang, have to do both, whatever it is, I’ll figure out a way. I think that’s my superpower.”

Bentley (22-3-1, 18 KOs) became the interim WBO champion thanks to a seventh-round stoppage of Endry Saavedra on April 4. The 31-year-old London native fought WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, but Bentley lost a unanimous decision in 2022. Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KOs) was stripped of his IBF title and suspended for one year by the WBO after he returned an adverse analytical finding for the performance-enhancing drug Meldonium following a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) test before a scheduled unification bout with Lara on December 6.

With the WBO’s middleweight title in limbo, Tucker would be willing to make the trip across the pond to face Bentley.

“Hell, yeah,“ Tucker said of possibly facing Bentley in the UK. “I love England. I have a lot of UK supporters, especially when I beat Troy Williamson. … I love a fight with Bentley.”