Klitschkos promises fight with WBA champion Haye in 2011
Ukraine brothers
Vladimir and Vitali Klitschko, who hold four out of five world
heavyweight title crowns, promised on Saturday a much-anticipated fight
with WBA champion David Haye would take place next year.
“We promise that a
fight with David will take place in 2011, the brothers told German Bild
newspaper.” He can choose who of the two of us he will fight and will
lose his world title to,” they said.
Vladimir, who holds
the WBO, IBF and IBO belts, pulled out of his bout against Briton Dereck
Chisora on December 11 with a stomach muscle injury. Vitali retained
his WBC world heavyweight title by beating American Shannon Briggs on
points in October.
Haye easily defended his WBA title against fellow Briton Audley Harrison in Manchester, England, on November 13.
He had been due to fight Vladimir, the younger of the brothers, in June last year but withdrew citing an injury.
A Haye-Klitschko
fight will certainly generate major media attention, especially now that
many of the Klitschko world title defences get no or hardly any live
coverage in North America.
It is also the only fight that would give the Klitschkos the title of
undisputed heavyweight champions of the world, given they will not
fight each other.
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