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CHENG DU, China -- The Klitschko brothers, who hold four of the world's five heavyweight boxing titles, have challenged giant Russian Nikolai Valuev to a showdown for his WBA title.
It will be a difficult fight, but we have a dream, and we are going to make it come true, by taking the last belt for the Klitschko family.
Vitali, who last month came out of retirement to defeat Samuel Peter for the WBC crown and together with younger brother Wladimir, become the first siblings to simultaneously hold world heavyweight belts, issued the challenge Monday.
"Valuev is the biggest heavyweight champion in history. He's huge and dangerous, this won't be easy and I don't want to underestimate him," the Ukrainian said of the 7-foot champion at the WBC's annual convention.
"It will be a difficult fight, but we have a dream, and we are going to make it come true, by taking the last belt for the Klitschko family."
Vitali, having long ruled out a potential unification bout between brothers, added it did not matter whether he or IBF, IBO and WBO champion Wladimir took on the intimidating Russian.
"[This] won't amount to a dispute between close brothers," he said.
"My message to Valuev is that this isn't about size, but internal quality, so let's see who's the strongest and the best. Why not Kiev, Moscow or London? We'd have to do this in a stadium which holds thirty or forty thousand people or more."
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