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David Haye fought well but I will knock him out, says Vitali Klitschko

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 08, 2009

Summary

• Ukrainian WBC title holder 'ready to fight' against Haye
• Mandatory title defence against John Ruiz first for Haye

David Haye has immediately set his sights on a "mega showdown" with Vitali Klitschko after being crowned as the new WBA heavyweight champion.

Haye last night became Britain's first heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003 with a points victory over the 7ft Russian giant Nikolai Valuev in Nuremberg. The 29-year-old now faces a mandatory defence against John Ruiz while Klitschko, the WBC champion, faces off against the American Kevin Johnson on 12 December in Berne. But both men are angling for a unification clash next year.

"Let's bring it on and make it happen. I have got to get John Ruiz out of the way and then we can get a mega showdown next year," Haye told Sportsweek on BBC Radio Five Live. Klitschko claimed this morning he would fight Haye "at any time and knock him out".

The Ukrainian said: "Full congratulations [to Haye]. It was a good performance, a good points win. It was very close.

"It is a good fight for the future, maybe.

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