adminHe also expects to fight again later this year to put himself in a mandatory position to face either Vitali or Wladimir Klitschko for their respective titles at some stage in 2014.
“Instead of sitting around and waiting another year I want to get back in there,” Haye said.
“I’m happy to be back — a year is long enough time to wait for someone to phone you”
Haye’s own promotional company, Hayemaker, will promote his comeback fight in June and his trainer Adam Booth confirmed talks are ongoing to find a suitable opponent.
“David will fight an opponent who I am yet to secure, but who will be highly ranked” said Booth.
“He wants to fight twice this year against highly-ranked contenders to put himself in an unavoidable position to be the mandatory contender to one of the brothers. He is not waiting anymore. He is fighting his way into position.’
Haye was last in the ring last July when he defeated fellow British heavyweight Dereck Chisora at Upton Park, a bout he thought would lead to an encounter with WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. Vitali’s brother Wladimir beat Haye in Hamburg in 2011 to add the WBA title to his IBF, WBO and The Ring crowns and now Haye wants another shot at one of the Ukrainians.
“I want that heavyweight title back,” he said.
“I was hoping Vitali would be a man of his word and fight me after I did what he and his team wanted me to do and beat Dereck Chisora.
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali appears to have ruled out being David Haye’s comeback opponent.
Haye, the former undisputed cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight champion, will announce his return to boxing at a press conference today having not fought since stopping domestic rival Dereck Chisora inside five rounds in their grudge match last July.
Haye has stated on several occasions since then that only a fight with either of the Klitschko brothers, who hold all four recognised world titles, would tempt him back into the ring.
‘We have been sitting around, waiting for the phone to ring but that hasn’t happened. We have sent some e-mails but they have fallen on deaf ears” But IBF, WBO and WBA champion Wladimir, who comfortably beat the Londoner in 2011 on points, will face Francesco Pianeta in May and WBC belt-holder Vitali has now said Haye must wait his turn.
He told the BBC Ukrainian Service: ‘If David wants to fight, he has to wait because I have to defend my title against an official contender. After that maybe. “If David Haye has (a) high (enough) position on the world rankings, we can fight each other but it will not be soon. The fight against David Haye is not everything for me.’
With David Price also ruled out because of an upcoming rematch with Tony Thompson, Alexander Povetkin seems the most likely choice of opponent for Haye, with Britain’s Tyson Fury another possibility.
A victory could put him closer to a fight with one of the Klitschko brothers. — Mailonline.
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