By Dan Ambrose: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko reportedly has been offered 5 million euros [$6.5 million] to fight WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-2-1, 25 KO’s) in a fight that would take place at heavyweight. However, Wladimir has reportedly said no to the fight for some reason despite the big money involved if he were to take it.

Huck’s promoters at Sauerland Events are hoping Wladimir’s management will come up with a counter offer for what they want for a fight of this nature, but it’s possible that Sauerland Events may never hear anything back. It doesn’t make sense that Wladimir would say no a fight against Huck, who can really punch, and then fight guys like Jean Marc Mormeck, Tony Thompson, and Mariusz Wach. Huck would arguably be a much better test for Wladimir than putting in slow guys without a lot of power to compete with Wladimir. If the money is right why wouldn’t Wladimir say yes to a fight against Huck?

We saw Huck given WBA World heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin all he could handle earlier this year in losing by a controversial 12 round majority decision in February. A lot of boxing fans who saw that fight felt that Huck should have won the fight by at least a couple of rounds. Huck landed some monstrous right hand shots on Povetkin’s chin and had him buzzed at one point in the fight.

Huck showed that his cruiserweight power carries up to the heavyweight division quite nicely, and he’d be a major threat to Wladimir if that fight were to be made. But is Wladimir afraid to get knocked out by Huck or end up getting put down on the canvas once or twice? I don’t know but you have to wonder why Wladimir would say no to that kind of money.

For Huck to get a fight against Wladimir, Huck will have to get past his fight against 42-year-old challenger Firat Arslan this Saturday night at the Gerry Weber Stadium, Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.