By Ruslan Chikov
WBC heavyweight Vitali Klitschko is planning to return in the month of March. He says the two opponents under heavy consideration are WBA champion David Haye and seven-foot Nikolai Valuev. Klitschko made the fifth defense of his title on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. He gave ex-champion Shannon Briggs a very bad beating for twelve rounds.
Klitschko has lost very few rounds since returning to boxing in 2008. He does see a problem coming up, a lack of opponents. He hopes to get Haye or Valuev. If he doesn't get either, then it will likely be the winner of the WBC mandatory eliminator on December 17, being contested between Ray Austin and Odlanier Solis. Klitschko has two fights left on his very lucrative television contract with German network RTL.
"I am the strongest boxer in the world. I have the problem that there are no more opponents. Haye has an offer of a 50-50 split and there are no options. Another candidate is Nikolai Valuev, the Russian giant in the Sauerland stable, if he is fit after the recent shoulder surgery," Klitschko said.
