Vitali Klitschko: 'I will take David Haye's title'
VITALI Klitschko has reached a preliminary agreement to fight Britain’s WBA champion David Haye.
Klitschko easily retained his WBC world heavyweight title on Saturday, winning a unanimous points decision against American challenger Kevin Johnson.
Haye won the WBA belt from Russian Nikolay Valuev in November and must next fight the WBA’s mandatory American challenger John Ruiz – likely to be fixed for the spring – before any fight with Klitschko. “In the near future I plan to fight Haye and take the title,” said Klitschko. “The preliminary agreement has already been reached.”
Haye said last month he was hoping for a “mega-showdown” with Klitschko. Klitschko’s younger brother Wladimir holds the WBO, IBO and IBF heavyweight belts.