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Wembley 'prime' for Haye v Klitschko clash - Schaefer

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Richard Schaefer, chief executive for Golden Boy promotions, has joined David Haye in hinting that a world heavyweight title fight between the Hayemaker and Wladimir Klitschko could be hosted at Wembley Stadium.

Klitschko had been set to take on undefeated Briton Dereck Chisora in Germany this weekend, defending his WBO and IBF heavyweight belts. However, that bout has now been cancelled after the Ukrainian tore a muscle in his back.

It is Haye who holds the most sought-after title, the WBA strap, and Schaefer believes a unification bout would be huge. Golden Boy promotions co-promote Haye, and Schaefer insists the market in England would be as huge as it would be in the US.

"I obviously think that a fight like that is prime for a Wembley Stadium," Schaefer was quoted as saying by BoxingScene.com. "I think it's going to be one of the biggest heavyweight showdowns of recent times.

"The actual place, in my opinion, would be Wembley Stadium. However, having said that, keep in mind that when we did Floyd Mayweather against Ricky Hatton here in Las Vegas [in 2007], that could have easily been a Wembley Stadium fight. But, what we did by doing the fight here was we created an additional pool of money, so we had two pools of money and we had a huge gate here in Las Vegas.

"Based on what I've seen, [the gate] is going to be just as big as a gate in England or Germany, and we can create a pay-per-view pot here in the United States as well. You can create additional revenues that would obviously be lost if the fight happens in Europe."

Schaefer plans to sit down with Haye and manager Adam Booth to discuss a Klitschko showdown next week.

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