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Klitschko v Haye officially confirmed by Booth

Wladimir Klitschko is finally set to get it on with David Haye © PA Photos

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Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye have officially reached an agreement for a summer heavyweight title fight in Germany, confirmed Haye's manager Adam Booth on Sunday.

Klitschko cancelled his scheduled bout with Dereck Chisora on Saturday, citing a torn abdominal muscle for the abandonment. It is the second time that the IBF and WBO heavyweight champion has side-stepped a fight with Chisora.

Now, following over a year of failed negotiations, Klitschko's management have finally come to an agreement with Haye's camp for a monumental heavyweight collision later this year.

"It's signed, a fight will either take place on June 25 or July 2," Booth told Sky Sports. "This time around, it went very quickly and it sounds like Wladimir actually wanted it. So I'm ecstatic.

"We're talking about the fight taking place in Germany. We were always confident that we could make this fight happen because it's the biggest heavyweight fight in a decade. David will fight Wladimir anywhere, and now we're about to have a celebratory scrambled eggs on toast.

"I may now have to hold David back a bit, make sure he doesn't come off the leash too soon. We believe we'll get it right and come the morning after the fight he'll have a lot more belts around his waist."

Having failed so many times to nail Klitschko to a contract in the past, Booth was asked whether he still holds fears that the Ukrainian may back out, to which he replied: "No. I cannot wait for the fight to happen."

Klitschko has also confirmed the clash will happen, telling Welt am Sonntag newspaper: "I am really pleased that we have closed a deal on this fight."

Bernd Boente, Klitschko's manager, revealed the football stadiums of Borussia Dortmund, Schalke (in Gelsenkirchen) and Kaiserslautern have been targeted for the venue, with July 2 the more likely date.

Haye has previously stated that he will retire by the age of 31 but, asked if the collision with Wladimir will be his last, Booth responded: "The fight after, against Vitali, will be David's last fight, because after he's beaten the brothers, there's nothing left for him to do. If David knocks out the younger brother, what's the older one going to do?"

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