By Mark Vester
WBO/IBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has a big defense this Saturday against Eddie Chambers in Germany, and then has a mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, but WBA champion David Haye is still on his mind. Wladimir's older brother Vitali has the WBC title. They both want Haye's title and recently traded words over which brother would get him first.
“There is one title left that doesn’t belong to a Klitschko and Haye has that. My brother cares about winning the titles, but I care more about David Haye than belts. We had a conversation and I said, ‘Dude, I want to fight David Haye’, but he said, ‘You have too many titles. Give him to me’. I told Vitali I’ll fight Haye and if he cares about having belts at his house I’ll give Haye’s to him afterwards. I really care about fighting Haye," Klitschko told The Daily Star. “I’d prefer to fight him in a football stadium but I’d even face him in a car park. It doesn’t matter.”
Both brothers had fights scheduled with Haye in 2009. The British boxer withdrew from both contests. Instead he fought and beat Nikolai Valuev for the WBA title. Wladimir only hopes Haye's mandatory John Ruiz does not score an upset on April 3.
“Haye bitched out from boxing me and bitched out from Vitali. I just hope that Haye doesn’t get hit on his glass chin. As much as I don’t like him I don’t want him beaten by Ruiz before I get there," Wladimir said.
Wladimir is not overlooking Chambers. He thinks Chambers can beat just about any heavyweight out there, including David Haye.
Klitschko said: “He’d beat any heavyweight apart from me and my brother. I am 100 per-cent certain that Chambers would beat Haye if they fought.”
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