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By Mark Vester

Adam Booth, manager and trainer of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, is claiming that his fighter actually budged to the financial demands of WBO/IBO/IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko. There is only one problem, Booth claims Klitschko is refusing to sign the agreement, but never gives an exact reason as to why Klitschko is stalling

The big issue with getting a deal done was the British pay-per-view money. Klitschko wanted 50% and Haye was refusing to give it up. Now Haye has offered, according to Booth, 50% of the British television revenue. Booth even claims that Haye is willing to fight Klitschko in Germany - if the fight generates the most money in that country.

Booth told the Guardian: "I have been negotiating with Bernd Boente, Wladimir Klitschko's manager, and two days ago I offered him a 50-50 split of everything, including the British pay-per-view money. And that the fight could be on RTL [the German TV station] and could be held anywhere they wanted to make the most revenue, including in Germany.

"Those were the only two points we were negotiating. But [Klitschko's manager] Bernd Boente came back and said: 'No point continuing. Forget about it. You do your fight and we'll do ours.' Wladimir was copied in on all the emails so I don't know why they are refusing. That is the question Boente refused to answer. Either Wladimir does not want to fight David Haye or, maybe, it is because they have this deal with RTL and they want to get that fight out of the way."

If Klitschko does not finalize a deal with Haye by January 11, then he must honor an existing agreement to fight unbeaten British boxer Dereck Chisora. Klitschko was set to face Chisora on December 11, but withdrew with an injury. The contract calls for a 30-day period which allows Klitschko to find a new opponent. If there is no movement in 30-days, Klitschko must reschedule the Chisora fight.

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I'm actually looking forward to Klitschko-Chrisora. People may look at a unfamiliar name and disregard it...I say bring it on! Something about an unknown fighter that creates alot of curiosity for me. There will always be boxers all over the globe who are the goods that no one knows about..or maybe never will. The fact Chisora is meant to have a somewhat of an aggressive style who happens to be young and undefeated! Maybe it will take an unknown, young up n comer to dethrone Wlad?

As for Haye, out of all the Heavyweights today, I'd give him one of the highest chances to beat either Klit but I still don't see it happening. Many have some form of hope/excitement for Haye making it a fight but I got this feeling that after the fight, fans maybe left let down with a "what the fuck was that?" kind of an effort. He may have the tools and skills on paper, but come fight night I get that feeling Haye will not do much more than past Klit opponents as he will do nothing to put himself in a winning position & eventually be stopped. Although I may have that feeling, I still want to see that fight as you never know when this long run of the Klits will end & Haye is the best opponent for either bro and is overall the best thing for the division & sport.

Got nothing against either bro as I got a lot of respect for them, but just to spice things up it would be a big surprise for one of the Klits to face defeat.

GO CHISORA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

This post has been edited by ViperSniper: Jan 5 2011, 07:36 PM