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David Haye has admitted a fight with Wladimir Klitschko is now unlikely ever to happen as he turned his sights on mandatory challenger Ruslan Chagaev.
With Klitschko agreeing to re-arrange his fight with England's Dereck Chisora for April 30, WBA heavyweight champion Haye must now make the third defence of his title against the German-based Uzbek Chagaev.
Klitschko says July 2 has been set aside for him to face Haye, but with the Brit taking on Chagaev some time in May, the mid-summer date appears unrealistic.
Haye believes the stars were aligned for him to finally meet the IBF and WBO champion in the ring this year, but Klitschko didn't want the fight.
Puzzle
"Fight fans just want to see the best against the best - if only it was that simple," Haye said.
"Very rarely in boxing do you get a situation where you have all the pieces of the puzzle, all the politics have been smoothed over.
"Then all of sudden he announces he is fighting Chisora, knowing I have to then fight Chagaev.
"To then fight me after is impossible - it is a shame he has now shown his true colours.
"What is wrong with now? Nothing. It does not make sense, especially after all the public campaign to get me in the ring. This would be a once in a life-time fight.
"Once I retire, people will always ask him 'why did you not fight David Haye?' and he will have to live with that. If it does not happen now, it never will.
"Hopefully he is getting some serious stick, will read what the world is saying about him and think 'okay maybe I will just cancel this fight and do the fight everyone wants to see'.
"It is pretty sad but shows the mindset of Wladimir Klitschko and why he will go down in history as a heavyweight who just fought the worst possible people out there."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...642602,00.html
With Klitschko agreeing to re-arrange his fight with England's Dereck Chisora for April 30, WBA heavyweight champion Haye must now make the third defence of his title against the German-based Uzbek Chagaev.
Klitschko says July 2 has been set aside for him to face Haye, but with the Brit taking on Chagaev some time in May, the mid-summer date appears unrealistic.
Haye believes the stars were aligned for him to finally meet the IBF and WBO champion in the ring this year, but Klitschko didn't want the fight.
Puzzle
"Fight fans just want to see the best against the best - if only it was that simple," Haye said.
"Very rarely in boxing do you get a situation where you have all the pieces of the puzzle, all the politics have been smoothed over.
"Then all of sudden he announces he is fighting Chisora, knowing I have to then fight Chagaev.
"To then fight me after is impossible - it is a shame he has now shown his true colours.
"What is wrong with now? Nothing. It does not make sense, especially after all the public campaign to get me in the ring. This would be a once in a life-time fight.
"Once I retire, people will always ask him 'why did you not fight David Haye?' and he will have to live with that. If it does not happen now, it never will.
"Hopefully he is getting some serious stick, will read what the world is saying about him and think 'okay maybe I will just cancel this fight and do the fight everyone wants to see'.
"It is pretty sad but shows the mindset of Wladimir Klitschko and why he will go down in history as a heavyweight who just fought the worst possible people out there."
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...642602,00.html
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