By Mark Vester

WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has an army of fighters who are ready, willing and able to take him on. After David Haye withdrew from the June 20th bout with Klitschko, dozens upon dozens of individuals who represent various heavyweights contacted BoxingScene.com to throw their names in the hat.

You name them, we heard from them. Chazz Witherspoon, Brian Minto, James Toney, Nikolai Valuev, Dominick Guinn, Odlanier Solis, Ruslan Chagaev, Cedric Boswell and Kevin Johnson - to name a few - are ready to replace Haye on the June date where over 60,000 fans are expected a heavyweight bout in Germany.

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The one man that Klitschko wants, he can't get. Klitschko would like to secure undefeated contender Chris Arreola. Arreola's promoter Dan Goossen had advised BoxingScene.com's Rick Reeno on Wednesday afternoon that Chris would need a lot more time to prepare and get in shape for a fight like this.

Klitschko's team will not make a final decision until they from Haye's camp and learn just how long the British fighter will need to revover from his mystery injury. 

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