By Mark Vester
Adam Booth, manager and trainer of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, says there is no agreement in place to fight WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. During some a recent interview with a Russian media outlet, Klitschko claimed to have reached an agreement to fight Haye in 2010. Not only is there no agreement, Booth claims there have been no discussions for such a fight.
Booth says the next move for Haye is the mandatory defense against John Ruiz in either April or May, in England but they want to fight Klitschko at some point next year.
"There is absolutely no agreement in place for David to face Vitali next year. We have had no contact with Vitali or his team and were surprised to see him make those comments over the weekend. David's next fight will be against American mandatory challenger John Ruiz — and that will go ahead in either April or May," Booth said. "It will take place in England and David will need to be at his best to come through that."
"The Klitschkos are very much on our agenda for 2010. But nothing is set in place and nothing has been agreed or arranged. We haven't heard anything from the Klitschko camp since David won the WBA title from Nikolai Valuev and subsequently strengthened his bargaining position."
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