I would like to see Vitali take on the Hayemaker, but it seems Vitali doesn't want to get knocked out cold.
Vitali could just retire again and get that bogus "emeritus" champ status. Then he can avoid fighting Maskaev, and just come back to fight whoever he wants when he wants the belt back.
If Klitschko by KO is anything less than -600, I'll be betting my house, car, and comic book collection on it. Money doesn't get any freer than that bet.
Vitali wanted to knock Haye out, but WBC forced him to fight Gomez the mandatory. Now Vitali wants to knock Haye, but WBC wants to force Vitali to fight Maskaev. Vitali should just go ahead and knock Maskaev out, making WBC look like fools, they simply knock Haye out, easy knock out for Vitali.
While this whole situation is laughable, Vitali has made his bed on this one. He played the sanctioning body game before with the Champion Emeritus crap where he was guaranteed a title shot despite several years of cancelled fights and layoffs. Now the sanctioning body is biting him in the but with his own second mandatory.
Maskaev because the Haye fight will always be there. I am really looking forward to Maskaev vs Vitali, i favor Vitali of course, but its a grudge match which is interesting. Plus I think Maskaev could win a rematch with Peter and the first one wasn't the total blow out some make it to be. Fights are sometimes like climate change, it has a tipping point and pow it goes one way. It went Peter's way. Vitali / Maskaev 09 Bring it On. Let Haye ****ing earn his shot for Christ sake lets see how he could deal with Peter, Rahman, Sinan SAm, Tua, McCall...
Haye has not earned a shot at the title, that is very true. I would like to see Vitali knock Maskaev out, then perhaps get his own choice next time. Get Maskaev out of the way. Vitali by very vicious knockout.
It is an interesting conclusion. How did you come to this when Vitaliy has been trying to stop the Maskaev fight in order to fight Haye?
With Maskaev broken chin, even Chambers can knock him out. I hope Vitaly fights Maskaev so he can retire this fool, for good.