• Heavyweight

Vitali Klitschko calls out Haye

ESPN staff
March 3, 2012
Vitali Klitschko was too good for Dereck Chisora in February © PA Photos
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Vitali Klitschko has thrown down the gauntlet to David Haye, claiming he would like to knock out the Briton.

Haye is currently in retirement, having lost to Klitschko's brother Wladimir last year. Haye has been making bullish noises about fighting Vitali, but no deal has so far been agreed.

Should Haye come out of retirement he may well face sanction from the governing bodies, having been embroiled in an ugly brawl with Dereck Chisora following the latter's loss to Vitali in February, but the carrot of a title shot has been dangled in front of him by the Ukrainian.

"It would be great," Klitschko said on Sky Sports. "I gave him a proposal many months ago. He is not world champion, I am world champion. I have given him the chance.

"Nobody knows what can happen tomorrow. Maybe in the next couple of months we may see Klitschko fight against David Haye.

"It would be a great fight, I would be happy to fight David Haye. I would be happy to knock him out."

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