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Klitschko reveals conditions of Valuev bout
Published: 16 December, 2009, 18:39
Vitaly Klitschko (AFP Photo DDP / Sascha Schuermann Germany out)
TAGS: Sport, Boxing, Valuev, Klitschko
WBC heavyweight Vitaly Klitschko says he’ll face Russian Giant Nikolay Valuev only if he fails to agree on the fight with WBA title holder David Haye, fightnews.com reports.
The Klitschko brothers are on a quest to unify all four boxing championship belts in one family. Vitaly is the WBC champ, while his younger brother Wladimir holds the IBF and WBO titles.
The only belt they are missing is the one belonging to Haye, who won the WBA belt from Russia’s Nikolay Valuev in November.
The British boxer has pretty strained relations with the Ukrainians – he had been due to face each of them, but pulled out of both fights.
Earlier, the German Bild newspaper reported that the bout between Vitaly Klitschko and 2.13-meter-tall Valuev Nikolay in April or May next year.
Ukrainian Facts and Comments newspaper published an interview with the elder of the Klitschkos, in which he announced that his team have reached a preliminary agreement on a bout with Hay.
Meanwhile, Haye is obliged to defend his WBA title against mandatory challenger John 'The Quiet Man' Ruiz in March–April 2010.
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