Nikolai Valuev's fight still on with David Haye

Chris Meyer, general manager of team Sauerland, promoters of Nikolai Valuev, has allayed fears that David Haye's world title tilt at the WBA heavyweight champion, scheduled for Nov 7, could be called off due to a legal argument.

Meyer said on Wednesday: "There is certainly no problem with the Valuev Haye bout. Everything has been sorted out. We have struck a deal with Team Ruiz for him to step aside.
"Our attorneys are just putting it in writing. Once this deal has been signed, we will submit the necessary papers to the WBA by the end of this week."

"German TV ARD and UK´s Sky Box Office have booked the Nov 7 date in their schedules. We are just discussing the dates for the press conference.
"Valuev is scheduled to start his final preparations at the beginning of September."
According to Boris Dimitrov, the 7ft Russian fighter's manager, a claim by American John Ruiz that he is the authoritative challenger to the World Boxing Association title held by Valuev could have scuppered the Haye Valuev bout.
Dimitrov had affirmed early this week that the Haye Valuev competition could be facing a challenge by Ruiz's legal team, with his camp also disputing the outcome of their competition in Berlin in August last year, which Valuev won on a split points decision.

David Haye's World Boxing fight against Nikolai Valuev in jeopardy

David Haye's world heavyweight title challenge against Nikolai Valuev on Nov 7 could be cancelled, according to Boris Dimitrov, the fighter's agent.

American John Ruiz has clained that he is the mandatory challenger to the World Boxing Association title and not the the 7ft 2in Russian.
The news could be destroying for Haye, who withdrew from a altercation with Wladimir Klitschko, holder of three of the world title bands in the summer, citing a back injury. He then began negotiations to fight Vitali Klitschko, the World Boxing Council champion, before currently announcing a shock deal with Valuev's German promoters, Sauerland, for a November challenge.

Dimitrov, speaking to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper on Tuesday, asserted the Haye-Valuev contest could be facing a challenge by Ruiz's legal team, with his camp also disputing the outcome of their contest in Berlin in August last year, which Valuev won on a split points decision.
I was ringside at that contest, and had Valuev as a convincing winner.
"The fight could be off because of Ruiz," said Dimitrov. "Ruiz is writing accusation to the WBA. He has good lawyers. Ruiz is the official challenger for the WBA title. Initially we had planned the bout with him.
"But as Nikolai had at present fought this fighter and won [twice against him], his promoters [Sauerland] adjudge to look for another opponent.
"Now they must ask Ruiz to wait for his title bout challenge against Valuev. But if he doesn't. the November bout with Haye could be cancelled."
The World Boxing Association are expected to rule on the matter in the coming week.

Klitschko brothers don't see future with champ David Haye

LOS ANGELES — Vitali Klitschko says David Haye might have burned the bridge leading to three of the four major heavyweight title bash.
Klitschko and his manager think it's highly clouded that the Klitschko brothers, who appreciation three claims between them, will give a title fight to Haye, the English cruiserweight champion who backed out of deals to fight both brothers this fall, they say.
Haye alternately is slated to fight Nikolai Valuev, the seven-foot Russian WBA heavyweight champ, on Nov. 7 in Germany.
Bernd Boente, Vitali Klitschko's German manager, felt betrayed by Haye's bluff move to fight Valuev, who isn't considered to be on the lapplander level as WBC champion Vitali or his younger brother, Wladimir, who holds the IBF and WBO belts.