Valuev Forgets Chagaev, Targets Vitali Klitschko

By Mark Vester

WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev is no longer interested in wasting his time on a fight with Ruslan Chagaev. He wants to fight the other champions at the weight. The first target on his list is WBC champion Vitali Klitschko.

Klitschko still has issues to take care of. He is schedule to arbitrate his situation with the WBC next week. The sanctioning body is trying to force him to defend his title against Oleg Maskaev - even though Klitschko just made a mandatory defense against Juan Carlos Gomez in March.

“Now I am going to strive for a fight with Vitali Klitschko. Vitali has my phone number. So if anything crops up we’ll be able to talk it over without any middleman,” Valuev said at a press-conference in Saint-Petersburg.

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