Vitali Klitschko wants fight with Haye
May 31st, 2010
By Dan Ambrose: WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KO’s) wants to fight WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (24-1, 22 KO’s) before he retires from boxing. Vitali, 38, is sick of Haye’s constant talk and wants to put him away to shut his trap for good. However, Haye, after talking a good game, seems to be content with fighting other opponents right now. Haye, 29, is reportedly looking at fighting 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Audley Harrison next rather than the Klitschko brothers. It would be a fight that would be really big in the UK, but the rest of the world would tune out entirely. Haye, however, would at least have a good chance of winning the fight and holding onto his WBA title for a little while longer.
This fight, like most in Klitschko’s career, showed how much better he is than the run of the mill contenders that reside in the heavyweight division. Haye would be a step up from Sosnowski, but not much of one. Haye is more like a pumped up cruiserweight without the frame or the chin to compete against the bigger heavyweights in the division.
Vitali says “All Haye does is trash talk” and wants to get him in the ring to prove how good – or in this case – how not so good Haye is. But getting Haye in the ring may be a difficult thing, because he wants a 50-50 deal with either of the Klitschko brothers just to start with, even though Haye has done very little in the heavyweight division compared to the Klitschko brothers.
Haye believes that because of his popularity, a fight between him and one of the Klitschko brothers would be huge. And Haye is exactly right. Haye may not be nearly as good as either of the Klitschko brothers, but boxing fans want to see him fight regardless of his lack of heavyweight credentials. It doesn’t matter that Haye has been matched against mostly older heavyweights on their last leg since he moved up to the heavyweight division in 2008, boxing fans still want to see him fight.
Not many of those same fans give Haye much of a chance to beat the Klitschkos, but they still want to see him try and go out on his shield. However, the chances of that happening aren’t very good right now. Haye appears to be more interested in milking his WBA heavyweight title than to take risky fights against the Klitschko brothers and end up getting knocked out and sent packing back to the cruiserweight division.
One problem is that only now is Haye making the big bucks since he won the title over former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev last November. Haye has defended the title once, beating 38-year-old John Ruiz and received a huge payday for that mismatch fight. Haye obviously would like to continue to get big money against the heavyweight contenders in the division.
With little danger in beating the mostly mediocre heavyweights that the WBA has ranked in their top 15, it’s not a really worth it for Haye to take fights that he has little chance of winning against the Klitschko brothers. This is why it’s not likely that Haye will accept the challenge from the Klitschko brothers despite all the taking that he has done in the past.
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The fight with the Klitschkos will be the day of truth I am sure he is the position to beat both of the Klitschkos both are very predictable boxers have the same style of leaning, pawing clutching their opponents keeping them at arms reach without punching which isnt allowed in boxing but tolerated in Germany. Both have glass chins and go into reverse once hurt. The fight must not take place in Germany or they will cheat David out of the title they are notorious for this kind of behaviour.
if vitali wants to fight david then he should give him a decent offer to fight him. david will beat vitali comfortably.
mark…haye has fought only old, slow fighters without a punch…none of these fighters could punch even in their prime…haye needs to step up in class and fight a A level fighter…..ruix 3-4 in his last 7 fights, never had much of a punch, slow afoot and no hand speed…valuev extremely slow, no pop in his punch despite his size…has fought only 2 top 10 fighters and lost to both…only had a belt because he was protected by don king…lost to a 46 year old holyfield but got the decision….chageav beat him, whom vlad destroyed…and monte,,,poor monte….3-5 in his last 8 fights, never could punch, had gotten slow with age…so what exactly has haye done at heavyweight?
blazing hand speed and catlike reflexes…oh to be young and in love…
toney…he lost to rahman and peter..did you see what vitali did to peter.. and vlad did to both…briggs lost to 2 fighters that vlad beat down without losing a round…tua hasnt fought a top 30 fighter in years…..chageav beat holyfield easily….and vlad nearly killed him..at first i thought you post was a joke…maybe not…i hope so…and now you want to critisize vlad for fighting the number 3 contender in the world and the 3rd top 5 contender he has fought in a row…haye has run from a fight and has only fought one top 10 fighter in his career…valuev…who lost to chageav…haye hasnt even fought a top 5 fighter….oh, its time for you medications..take them and post again
Haye has backed himself info a corner. He has trash talked the Klitschko’s and challenged them and backed out. This is not doing much for his reputation.
Other fighters have started to challenge Haye now also. Haye is going to have to step up and fight the Klitschko’s. If he doesn’t fight the K’s, he should fight the other contenders. I am talking about the tougher contenders such as Peter, Briggs, Tua, Solis, Boytsov, Povetkin etc. There are others also. This list is growing. Barrett, Valuev and Ruiz do not count for that much.
no fletch im british and proud of it..but silly idiots like u shoutin about a big mouth makes us look like yanks yes i hope he wins yes id love him to but untill he grows a set instead of dodging gd fighters and fighting bums and has beens then he shudnt get any praise wat soever..and the fact ur calling him a legend just proves to me ur an idiot..have a gr8 day
As a longstanding boxing fan I am getting fedup with the heavweight,s
anybody else getting bored of these 3 flirting with each other, make the fight or leave the room
@Big G Is you a yank by any chance you sound like one full of poo what i said is true and you aint got a clue you stupid wanky yanky
I met Adam booth at an unliscinced boxing after were I was fighting. He’s a nice bloke and I happen to no he is in hamburg right now getting a fight on wiv vitali mark my words this is happinibg they had a 4 year plan moving up to hw and trust me it’s all going excactly how they planned it. Feel free tohate haye now but one day u will be telling your kids about the man that saved the hw division!!
There are 3 chances of Haye fighting Harrison, slim chance, fat chance and no chance. It would be a massive fight in the UK but it would be a complete mismatch and a waste of Haye’s time.
I think Haye would have a chance against either Klit bro. Either bro would rightly go into the fight as favourite but Haye has more power and speed than he ever seems to get credit for, easily enough power to blow away either bro if he landed with a big right. Would he get the chance to land that big right before he ate about 20 jab/straight right combos? Probably not, and would those jab/straight right combos from either bro put him down? Probably yeah, which is why you would make either bro favourite.
But the fight would be exciting nonetheless because even the biggest Haye haters (and there are plenty of them) have to admit he has at least a punchers chance
Fans just want to see that clown Haye being totally destroyedin ring by superior fighter. Thata all.
All Vitali has to do is write up a contract that is not a joke.
As much as Haye wants the fight hes not guna get screwed on the contract table.
I noticed that Vitali said that regards to fighting Haye “that the contract was still on the table”. This made me think that Vitali is talking about the unsigned contract before Haye’s Valuev fight. Well it seems to me that Haye has moved on from then and is now the WBA champ. So i think there could be a big gap in each others expectations. I just hope an agreement can be reached soon.
haye does not deserve to be defended by use lot im a brit and i cant do it and use guys make me sick defending him with ur biased posts he has fought no1 and untill he puts up he shudnt even be given the time of day..use r pricks and no nothin about boxing to be honest id go to say its embaressing..he wud have a chance at vitali with his aging and slowing down but wudnt get near wlad..i hope he does beat them but he has to grow a set 1st…
haye has a punchers chance at vitali cause hes slowing down now at 38 thats about it..he wont get near vlad…im a fello brit and use brit guys backin haye up r makin me sick with ur biased posts who has he fought so far no1 and untill he does he dosnt deserve any credit..i for one wud love him to beat the k bros but untill he puts up i for one wont be defending him unlike u silly idiotic pricks who dont have a clue about boxing…
haye has a weak chin barret put him on his ass klitckos will both ko haye he has a glass jaw look how many times cruiserwieghts put him down
I was talking with Haye on Facebook the other day and he said that he considers Audley to be a personal friend but that he is on a different level from him when it comes to boxing and i agree with him – Audley would have a punchers chance saying that though the left hook he hit Sprott with would knockout anyone even a Klitschko so it would be interesting – As for Haye not fighting Vitali- He is a freak of nature and he isnt a heavywieght he is a SUPERHEAVYWIEGHT its like fighting KING KONG!
Mark… forget about this nonsense about his chin its about stamina.
Haye hasn’t been knocked down or hurt since his appearance at HW because he hasn’t met a decent HW.
Valuev hasn’t KO anybody since 2006 and then it was Barrett.
Ruiz a Ko rate of 54% 38yrs old and lost 4 fights in 4 years.
Barrett 46% ko rate 37 yrs old at the time of Haye fight and had lost 6 previous fights.
Yes some resume for Haye at HW.
Cant understand why he hasn’t been hurt??
Vitali to win by KO
Wladimir by KO
goodness.. so much talking and no action from Haye. What a little girl…
Maybe people are wrong to say that Haye has no chin. But he certianly has no courage.
I don’t get how every journalist on this site reckons Haye is on the verge of signing a deal to fight Audley Harrison. I’m sure he is actually trying to negotiate a fight with 1 of the Klitschko’s right now but to be fair, why should Haye accept less than 50%? He will be bringing more interest to the fight than either of the Klitchsko’s
ha! what a surprise! yet another anti haye/british article! judging by the manner in which you refer to other british fighters! Why dont you check out the sky sports interview with Haye and see what he says about a fight with Harrison…he practically laughs it off. Oh and whatever you say, if haye and vitali do one day fight..vitali is going to want to keep that left hand up unlike his fight against sosnowski..
I think its just points to how dominant the Klitschkos have been that the boxing community has been reduced to saying a cruiserweight is “ducking” them.
why does everyone assume haye has no chin ? he hasnt been knocked down or hurt since he moved to the heavyweight division !!
sometimes when fighters have to lose weight to make a weight limit they become weak .. maybe haye not having to burn through muscle to make a weight limit actually makes him stronger in the chin department !!
haye will never fight the klitschkos.he will never be involved in a unification fight with anyone.
he will just be another forgettable wba title holder like the fat guys from the 1980′s.
forget him,hes not really a world champion anyway.hes a paper champ who will lose to the first decent fighter he faces.
I respect holyfields wbf title more than that wba belt
Haye is way 2 good way 2 fast waye 2 powerful a LEGEND !!!!
Wether you like haye or not isnt relevant. Fact is vitali doesnt have the stamina to keep up with him or the reflexes to dodge hayes speed. Haye,tua,briggs, holyfield and possibly james toney would all beat the klitschkos however they just fight guys like povetkin who have no chance.
Haye is completely underestimated. Blazing hand speed and cat like reflexes. Power and precision. He has it all and the Bit chkos will not have faced anything like him before. Haye needs a few more title defenses to prime himself before the final thrust.
Yah! Haye is only after his money.If He beats Harrison, He will wait for klitschco to turn 40.
Haye (puncher) has a better chance againts wladamir (chinny) … however i feel vitali will be a little too much for him.
I think haye will make as much money as he can before facing either of the Brothers.
Haye will get squashed like a bug