Well, well, well....I guess the Haymaker got cold feet . It's best for his career if he just goes ahead and tries to fight someone else just so he can stay relevant longer than Audley Harrison....speaking of which former Audley foe, Domminick Guinn would be a good solid tune up for whenever Haye gets back, Guinn can punch and he has never been KO'd either...I would really respect a KO win over him.

As sad as this situation is, I hope the boxing gods smile down upon us and deliver us Wladimir Klitschko-Nicolay Valuev. Sure it's not going to happen but logically it SHOULD happen #1 Valuev is still in fighting shape having just trained for a fight that was supposed to happen last week #2 The 20th is still a couple weeks away so that if this fight was to happen Valuev and Wlad could train for different styles of their new opponents #3 There is already a venue where I am sure both fighters can get their fans to. Ruslan Chagaev could also be in the running to fight Wladimir, Wlad recently came out in support of Ruslan and against what Valuev and the Finnish did in cancelling the fight. Perhaps Wlad is trying to win over Chagaev or infuriate Valuev with his remarks in the hopes of fighting either of them.

Here's my list of possible/plausable (Valuev won't be either because he has no balls) opponents for Wladimir since he's going to try and fight on the 20th anyway: Ruslan Chagaev (very doubtful although Wlad says the Germans are cool with letting Ruslan fight there), Alexander Ustinov, Cedric Boswell, Michael Sprott, Denis Bahktov, Alexander Dimitrenko, Eddie Chambers (yeah right).

Those guys are decent(ish) heavyweights, some are ranked (some by the WBA ) and all of them should be either in camp or just finished with camp for upcoming fights. It should be really interesting to see who they will give the title shot to because a lot of guys either just fought or already in contracts for a fight which means it'll be hard to get out of. Guys that would be at the tip top of the list: Arreola and Povetkin have recently fought meaning they wouldn't really want to risk a good chance at Wlad with fatigue from the last fight and a short training camp.

This if anything makes the division interesting, a nice little plot twist, and hopefully Wlad still comes out the Champion via early dominant KO.