[Roe]

David Haye is reportedly ready to go down the mandatory route to force a fight with one of the Klitschko brothers.

The British heavyweight has so far been frustrated in his attempts to lure the elder sibling Vitali into the ring having been beaten by Wladimir in 2011.

Haye remains highly ranked with all four governing bodies and is the No 1 contender with the WBA.

The WBO and IBF have the former world champion ranked at No 4 while the WBC include him in their top five.

And The Sun reports that Haye will work himself into position and leave the Klitschkos with no option but to fight him, or relinquish their title.

But Haye's route to such a fight is unclear. Wladimir, who is the WBA Super champion, will face the untested Italian Francesco Pianeta on May 4 and must then fight regular champion Alexander Povetkin by August 31.

Tyson Fury meanwhile is two fights away from becoming the mandatory challenger for the Ukrainian's IBF title and tackles Steve Cunningham in New York on April 20.

And Vitali, who holds the WBC belt, has yet to decide whether he will return to the ring following his election to Ukraine's parliament.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/bo...nsiders-mandatory-route-Klitschkos-fight.html

For a guy that only fights once a year and supposedly retired 18 months ago, this could take a while.

 

[Earl-Hickey]

Watch him get instant shot at Povetkins WBA"regular" title

 

[Roe]

Watch him get instant shot at Povetkins WBA"regular" title

I'd say the Chisora fight makes him deserving of that tbh. No one else has really done anything more to deserve it anyway.

Haye/Povetkin is a very good fight and one that should be made.

 

[nufc_jay]

What's the point, by the time he's in a position to be mandatory, VK will certainly have retired and Wlad will be past it/retired - pointless

 

[Earl-Hickey]

I'd say the Chisora fight makes him deserving of that tbh. No one else has really done anything more to deserve it anyway.

Haye/Povetkin is a very good fight and one that should be made.

Aye although people will still find something to moan about.

Haye has been knocking about with Saurland lately so it wouldn't surprise me if something is in the works, they don't want anything to do with K2 or their shitty contracts so Povetkin vs Haye with a 50/50 split is probably the most money Povetkin can make right now.

 

[JamieC]

He should try and get Vitali, he'd win then the Wlad rematch would happen. If he tries to be mandatory for Wlad that could take ages for him to finally get a shot and he'd only be paid a fraction of what he earned last time