i hope this is true!

[Chambers2]

Wladimir Klitschko 'to meet Haye'

WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has revealed that his younger brother Wladimir will fight Britain's David Haye this year.

Wladimir, 32, said plans were still at an early stage and named Chris Arreola as another possible opponent.

Vitali said: "I'm more than sure the fight will be this year, there's a big chance it'll be in England or Germany.

"I want to fight him but so does my brother so we decided the youngest one will fight David Haye."

Vitali, 37, who had announced his retirement in 2005 but reclaimed his WBC title last year, is now preparing for a mandatory defence against Juan Carlos Gomez of Cuba on 21 March.

The elder brother had hoped to fight Haye in London in June, but will instead take on the WBC's number-one ranked challenger in Stuttgart.

He said: "However reluctant I am to hold this fight, the WBC and the World Boxing Organisation decided to make the fight a mandatory defence.

"There is nothing left for me to do than to go ahead with the fight."

The Ukrainian brothers currently hold three of the world heavyweight belts - Wladimir is the IBF and WBO champion, and Vitali holds the WBC crown.

Only WBA champion Nikolai Valuev stands in the way of an unprecedented four-belt family sweep.

Both Klitschkos said they would be ready to fight the Russian, and Valuev himself has appeared to support the idea.

But the brothers claim Valuev's promoters, American Don King and German Wilfried Sauerland, are holding up the chance for one of them to take his title by offering an unacceptable share of the purse.

Sounds promising

[bennie]

Londoner David Haye is all set to challenge Wladimir Klitschko for IBF & WBO heavyweight titles at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge on June 20 in the latest 'big' fight announced for these shores. A few details are still to be finalised but the big-hitting, charismatic Haye, who moved up from cruiserweight last year, has pulled off a major coup to secure such a fight for this country and for himself so early into his heavyweight tenure. Haye, 28, promotes himself.
Haye was originally (tentatively) lined up to challenge Vitali Klitschko on the same date but the older (and better) of the two Ukrainian giants has been forced into a mandatory defence of his WBC title against Cuban pudding Juan Carlos Gomez, set for March 21 in Germany, and will need time afterwards to rest his famously delicate hands. He will almost certainly pound on the chubby Gomez. Meanwhile, Wladimir hinted of a defence against blubbery Los Angeles biker Chris Arreola in May in Los Angeles but Arreola is a joke and the boxing paymasters know it. He would last about five minutes with Klitschko and about 50 seconds with the muscled, dangerous, energetic, lightning-quick Haye, who brings a real sense of freshness (and fitness) to the horrendous heavyweight division and its ghastly collection of dinosaurs, which explains his early shot.
Haye did have to lower himself against one of those 'contenders' late last year when he dismantled 37-year-old Monte Barrett in five riproaring rounds at London's O2 Arena in his official heavyweight debut. Haye put the New Yorker down five times before it was waved off, Barrett still on the floor. Haye had previously dabbled at the weight with a three-knockdown, first-round destruction of big Pole Tomasz Bonin at Wembley in April 2007.
He stands a real puncher's chance against the solid but occasionally fragile Wladimir, who has been stopped three times in his career to date but done a lot of stopping himself at an imposing 52-3 (46). "Wlad", who belted old man Hasim Rahman in seven rounds in his last fight, always whips himself into great shape and knows to use his sheer size, strength and fitness, and will bark his "too soon, too small" mantra repeatedly over the ensuing months, relating to Haye.
Haye will enter the ring as the outsider and might be a bit fragile himself, you know. One also knows Haye will be in there to fight, in there to win, and stands a much better chance with Wladimir than he does with Vitali.
That can only be a good thing.

[Chambers2]

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[Chambers2]

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eh?

I was copying Bennies post to the Current scene and accidentally posted on this thread instead.

Wlad's Hayes ideal opponent, I'm trying not to get too excited about the fight happening yet after we were previously informed that it was definately going to be Vitali this Summer, but it's looking good



I hope the bookies are going to give us a decent price on a Haye KO

[Dioufy]

Haye's going to smash him up. Wlad struggles against speed. I think Haye knocks him out in three.

[My Name Is Earl]

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eh?

I was copying Bennies post to the Current scene and accidentally posted on this thread instead.

Wlad's Hayes ideal opponent, I'm trying not to get too excited about the fight happening yet after we were previously informed that it was definately going to be Vitali this Summer, but it's looking good



I hope the bookies are going to give us a decent price on a Haye KO

5/2 outright so you'd think there'll be better for the ko. His rounds are 50/1 each and pts 8/1.

[Chambers2]

5/2 outright so you'd think there'll be better for the ko. His rounds are 50/1 each and pts 8/1.

Cheers Earl

I'll be rich, rich, filthy fcuking rich

[Chambers2]

5/2 outright so you'd think there'll be better for the ko. His rounds are 50/1 each and pts 8/1.

I think they were the odds for the Vitali fight not the Wlad fight :(

http://www.oddschecker.com/boxing

[whatashambles]

I spoke to Booth earlier at he seems confident it will happen, Haye is in Cyprus and has been training now for the past 3 weeks

[Chambers2]

I spoke to Booth earlier at he seems confident it will happen, Haye is in Cyprus and has been training now for the past 3 weeks

hmmmm so if he's been training for 3 weeks already and presuming he's going to be in a 10-12 week training camp then he could be ready to fight again at the end of March, which coincides with the Liverpool bill that Hayemaker promotions are hosting (just a thought)

[whatashambles]

I spoke to Booth earlier at he seems confident it will happen, Haye is in Cyprus and has been training now for the past 3 weeks

hmmmm so if he's been training for 3 weeks already and presuming he's going to be in a 10-12 week training camp then he could be ready to fight again at the end of March, which coincides with the Liverpool bill that Hayemaker promotions are hosting (just a thought)

No it'll be in June. I was a bit worried about him peaking and said that but he didn't seem concerned. Price has turned Pro, Small-Rhodes, Magee-Dodson are all on the Liverpool bill. If anyone's interested in the show I did something about it here http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=55733

[Chambers2]

I spoke to Booth earlier at he seems confident it will happen, Haye is in Cyprus and has been training now for the past 3 weeks

hmmmm so if he's been training for 3 weeks already and presuming he's going to be in a 10-12 week training camp then he could be ready to fight again at the end of March, which coincides with the Liverpool bill that Hayemaker promotions are hosting (just a thought)

No it'll be in June. I was a bit worried about him peaking and said that but he didn't seem concerned. Price has turned Pro, Small-Rhodes, Magee-Dodson are all on the Liverpool bill. If anyone's interested in the show I did something about it here http://www.secondsout.com/UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=55733

Cheers for the clarification.

I didn't realise Price had turned pro with Hayemaker, but I expected him to considering Hayemakers Liverpudlian stable. It's looking like a quality bill with competitive fights down the bill

Small-Rhodes
Magee-Dodson
Matthews-Femi
David-Quigley
and I'm guessing Price will make his debut

Nice bill I hope it gets the live audience it deserves, I'm sure it will