By Rick Reeno

Universum's Vice-President, Dietmar Poszwa, advised BoxingScene.com that former champion Ruslan Chagaev (27-1, 17KOs) is ready and willing to travel to England to collect his mandatory shot at David Haye's WBA heavyweight title. The sanctioning organization ordered Haye to defend his title against Chagaev at their recent convention.

Haye (25-1, 23KOs) was negotiating a unification clash with WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko. Because of scheduling conflicts with their respective cable networks, in Germany and England, the two sides were unable to secure a date in the first half of 2011. Citing concerns with inactivity, Klitschko set his next fight for April 30 against undefeated British heavyweight Dereck Chisora.

A date of July 2 was agreed upon by Klitschko and Haye, but now it appears the fight is in jeopardy. If Klitschko moves forward with the Chisora defense, Haye will not agree to the agreed upon date of July 2.

Haye's press officer circulated a press release on Wednesday, which blasted Klitschko for fighting Chisora.

"If the fight doesn't happen now, it never will. I'm done with the Klitschkos," said Haye. "I now need to look for a fight of my own beyond April. Presumably Wladimir is expecting me to fight in either May or June and then face him in early July. It's ridiculous."

If Haye plans to stay active before a proposed Klitschko unification, or if he plans to abandon his unification plans - then he must fight Chagaev next, says Poszwa.

"Chagaev and Universum and ready and willing to fight David Haye. I met David and [manager] Adam Booth in Vegas [at the December 11 Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana fight] and we started talking about a possible showdown between Chagaev and David Haye. I think that it would be a very, very good fight," Poszwa said to BoxingScene.com.

"We have to respect that David is the world champion and Chagaev is ready to go anywhere to fight for the world title. If it's in Germany or if he has to go to England, it doesn't concern Chagaev. He has fought in a lot of countries."

"David Haye can make a unification or he has to fight his mandatory. I don't have a problem with David and I don't have a problem with Adam. I know they wanted Klitschko, but now if it's true that the Klitschko story is over, then of course we are interested in negotiating a possible fight against David.