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My one remaining goal is to beat Haye - Vitali

ESPN staff
December 28, 2011
Fighting David Haye is Vitali Klitschko's one remaining aim © PA Photos
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WBC heavyweight world champion Vitali Klitschko has just one goal left in his career - to fight David Haye.

The older Klitschko brother is due back in the ring in February, as he faces Dereck Chisora in the latest defence of his world title. While the 40-year-old admits that he is only a year or two from retiring, he has revealed that he still has one remaining ambition inside the ring - to fight another Englishman in Haye.

Brother Wladimir defeated the then-WBA champion on points in May, and Vitali wants to get the chance to replicate that victory - and perhaps even knock out the 31-year-old to boot - before he ends his career.

"I'm not going to beat the record of the legendary former world George Foreman, who even at 48-years-old continued to fight," Klitschko said, according to Boxing Scene.

"It is likely that I will finally hang up the gloves in a year or two. Right now I have one goal - to sign a contract to fight with David Haye."

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