The IBF had granted until May 17th for negotiations to be complete for a fight between current WBO, IBF, IBO, and Ring heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and current WBA heavyweight champion David Haye. The IBF had granted an exception for a unification bout instead of Wladimir taking on his mandatory Alexander Povetkin.
Now that the deal had not been reached (I truly think it was a fair deal 50/50 and Haye wanted no part of fighting Wladimir and the previous loudmouth has mysteriously has become silent) Wladmir has 30 days to come up with a deal to face his IBF mandatory Povetkin before a purse bid is ordered.
Here is what Haye's manager Adam Booth had to say about this matter:
"The talks are at an early stage. Right now I'm talking with Shelly Finkel(Wladmir Klitschko's advisor). As of this point a deal has not been reached. We shall see how the things play out but there is still a lot to be discussed - including the distribution of the money. We have to meet with representatives of the American network and the coordination of all of these formalities will take some weeks."
"This is a problem for Wladimir, not David. We can spend months negotiating and while this is ongoing Klitschko can fight Povetkin. Haye understands that to conquer America, it can only come with a victory over the Klitschko brothers. The next opponent for David will be one of the Klitschko brothers. However, they are just as interested in us. Wladimir wants the big fight. And the fight with David can be a grand event that can create interest all over the world."
Booth is acting like this is the first time the idea of a fight has been brought up. There should be some elements that are still in aggreement that have been agreed upon from the 1st time Haye signed the contract to fight Wladimir but backed out with a mysterious injury. Plus, I imagine the talks have gone on a little bit longer than Booth is suggesting. I think whats really going on is Haye wants no part of Wladimir but is going to pretend that he is, and then when it comes time he will be "busy" with a fight and so on and so forth. I believe Haye is just happy with his status and fighting sub par fighters in England and is in no hurry to risk it all by fighting a Klitschko.
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