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Wladimir Klitschko believes David Haye has no desire to face him again after the British fighter's heavy points defeat in Hamburg.
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Wladimir Klitschko believes David Haye has no desire to face him again after the British fighter's heavy points defeat in Hamburg.

Legendary corner man Manny Steward thinks that heavyweight contender Chris Arreola would be "a great opponent" for Ukrainian WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO titlist Wladimir Klitschko, the man Steward trains, perhaps in the fall. On Saturday night Arreola (33-2, 28 knockouts) won a ten round unanimous decision over journeyman Friday Ahunanya (24-7-3, 13 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. In doing so, Arreola secured his fourth victory of 2011.

DAVID HAYE'S lackluster show in defending his WBA title against Wladimir Klitschko turned him from media darling to major letdown.

Later tonight, heavyweight contender Chris Arreola will pursue his fifth straight win and his fourth knockout during that run when he enters the ring for the fifth time in the past six months and the fourth time this year opposite journeyman Friday Ahunanya at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Famous German coach Ulli Wegner was very disappointed with David Haye's performance in the recent fight with Wladimir Klitschko, who won an easy twelve round decision last Saturday in Hamburg. Wegner told Sportal that Haye lacked the necessary courage to win the fight and he also lacked a proper strategy to defeat the much bigger Klitschko. He even compared the bout to Arthur Abraham's recent one-sided loss to Andre Ward. Wegner trains Abraham.

It's been a week since the biggest heavyweight fight in the last few years and the search is on. Both Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, the two-headed king of the sport’s elite division, are looking for new challenges in and out of the sport. Both brothers took part in a Moscow presser at the MK media hall to share their thoughts and their feelings about K2's foreseeable future.

Heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (32-2, 28 KOs) is going to continue his streak of heavy activity on Saturday night, when he faces Friday Ahunanya (24-7-3, 13 KOs) in a ten round bout at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Arreola-Ahunanya fight will take place on the undercard of Paul Williams vs. Erislandy Lara, which is being televised by HBO. This will mark Arreola's fourth bout of the year and the year is only halfway done.

Ricky Hatton still firmly believes that David Haye can unify the heavyweight division and has called on the former WBA world champion to postpone his retirement.

Heavyweight boxing brothers, Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, continue their press conference tour. After holding a video press conference in Hamburg, Germany , and then holding a press conference in in Kiev, Ukraine, the brothers make another press conference stop in Moscow, Russia. Wladimir unified the WBA/IBO/WBO/IBF heavyweight titles last Saturday with a twelve round decision win over David Haye. Older brother Vitali holds the WBC's version of the heavyweight crown.

Mariusz Kolodziej, the head of Global Boxing, who promotes Polish heavyweight giant Mariusz Wach (24-0, 12 KOs), believes his fighter has a realistic chance of securing the opportunity of a lifetime - a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers, Wladimir and Vitali. Wach faces Kevin McBride (35-9-1, 29 KOs) at the Mohegun Sun Casino on July 29.