Vitali Klitschko wants to go one better than his brother, Wladimir, by knocking out David Haye, after the Londoner said he was willing to delay his retirement for a shot at the WBC heavyweight champion.
It was Wladimir who took Haye’s WBA crown to add to his own WBO, IBF and IBO titles on a rainy July night in Hamburg, when all Haye’s pre-fight boasts came to nought and the Londoner offered up a broken little toe as an excuse.
It was not the note that Haye would have liked to have ended his career. He had intended to retire on his 31st birthday next month, but, after discussing the matter with Lennox Lewis on holiday in Jamaica, he said he will box on for