By Dave Lahr: Wladimir Klitschko had to have known that by choosing to fight Dereck Chisora in April, he would effectively be ruining the chance of his unification bout against WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. How could Wladimir not know that? By choosing the Chisora fight, Wladimir pretty much left Haye with no other choice but to scrap the idea of fighting Wladimir in July, because it would have required faith on Haye’s part that Wladimir would actually make the July 2nd date only two months after the Chisora fight.
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Will Haye and Klitschko fight this year?
By Dallan o’ Donnell: I am beginning to wonder if this fight will happen this year. Another long, drawn out saga, which mirrors Manny Pacquiao and Foyd Mayweather Jr. David Haye fighting a Klitschko is the only worthwhile fight in the heavyweight division yet fans are kept waiting with poorer match ups that are surely no contests.
Haye still plans on retiring in October, but wants Wladimir before retiring – Why not Vitali?
By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye is stubbornly committed to retiring in October around his 31st birthday rather than fighting a little longer so that he could have enough time to fight both of the Klitschko brothers. Haye’s retirement in October is going to mess up his plans on fighting them, and he’s going to just have to be content with taking on the likes of WBA #1 mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev in May and whoever else Haye can squeeze in after that.
Haye to fight Chagaev next, Booth says Klitschko fight is dead!
By Sean McDaniel: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and his trainer/manager Adam Booth have given up on the July 2nd unification mega-fight with IBF/WBO Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) and will be moving ahead to fight #1 WBA mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KO’s) next for a fight that will likely take place in May. Booth had this to say about Klitschko: “The Klitschko situation is dead. I have asked Chagaev’s manager to supply medical records.” The medical records are out of concern for Haye’s safety, as there has been speculation in the past that Chagaev has had hepatitis.
Wladimir Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek in September in Poland
By Dan Ambrose: According to the latest news, there’s talk of IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) having reached an agreement to fight former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek (43-1, 28 KO’s) in September a the Wroclaw Stadium in Poland. This would be a very interesting fight if it gets made, but it’s going to be hard to squeeze the fight in September due to Wladimir’s July 2nd fight with WBA heavyweight champion David Haye.
Wladimir wants to fight three times in 2011 against Chisora, Haye and possibly Adamek
By Jim Dower: Despite what WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has been saying about his July 2nd bout with IBF/WBA heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko being in jeopardy because of his tune-up bout against Dereck Chisora on April 30th, Wladimir is still sees himself fighting Haye on July 2nd. Wladimir wants to fight at least three times in 2011, starting with Chisora and followed by Haye on July 2nd and then possibly Tomasz Adamek near the end of the year.
Fights that really must happen in 2011 – The ultimate card: Maidana-Brook, Haye-Klitschko, Froch-Ward, Pacquiao-Mayweather
By By Simon Hirst:
Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye
This fight for me would be the main event of the card. It’s the fight everyone wants in the division that needs it the most. In sport, you judge it by its top division and for boxing, that is the Heavyweight division. David Haye has been calling out the Klitschko brothers since knocking out Enzo Maccarinelli in 2008, doing anything to get their attention.
Haye says he’s hoping Wladimir is getting a lot of criticism, thinks he’ll go down in history as someone who faced poor opposition
By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) wants IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) to be taking criticism from boxing fans for having selected Dereck Chisora to fight as a tune-up on April 30th before their fight on July 2nd. Haye is someone that has things twisted in his mind where he believes that Wladimir is looking for a way out of their fight.
Wladimir says he’s going to teach Chisora a lesson on April 30th
By Dan Ambrose: IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) wants to make his April 30th opponent Dereck Chisora (14-0, 9 KO’s) pay for the remarks he made about him and his girlfriend during their past press conferences. Wladimir was taken aback by Chisora’s ultra confidence that he showed during their prior press conferences and by Chisora’s complete lack of respect for him as a fighter. Chisora made it clear that he thinks Wladimir was bad for boxing because his fights were often boring and didn’t live up to the ideal that Chisora thought that heavyweight champions should represent.
Haye may be forced to fight Chagaev – Is this why Haye is unhappy with Wladimir choosing Chisora?
By Sean McDaniel: One thing that people may be over looking overlooking at the real root of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye’s unhappiness with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko picking unbeaten Dereck Chisora to fight on April 30th is because it means that Haye will likely be forced by the World Boxing Association to defend his WBA title against #1 contender Ruslan Chagaev (27-1-1, 17 KO’s) in May of 2011 or else risk having the title stripped from him.