Tszyu Backs Klitschko: He Didn't Avoid Chisora For Haye
By Ruslan Chikov
During a recent episode of Watching, former world champion Kostya Tszyu does not believe that IBO/WBO/IBF Wladimir Klitschko avoided a scheduled fight with unbeaten British boxer Dereck Chisora in order to finalize a deal to meet WBA champ David Haye. Klitschko was going to fight Chisora on December 11 in Germany. He withdrew a few days before the contest with an abdominal injury.
"I don't agree with the opinion that Klitschko refused to fight with Dereck Chisora because of some backdoor factors. I don't believe it. I watch professional boxing from the inside. Theoretically it's possible that someone, for whatever ridiculous reasons, to refuse to fight, but it's not the case here," Tszyu said. Wladimir was actually injured."
"I can not say that I am very much acquainted with the brothers, but still ... Oscar De La Hoya recently said that a possible fight between Klitschko and Haye, for him, is a great event. I do not agree with Oscar. For me it's just another fight. Yes, the Klitschko brothers - are known all over the boxing world and for several years they have held the championship belts. But, who is David Haye? He has yet to be full tested."
