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Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Sauerland is just trying to hold on to the WBA belt any way he can. If a fight vs Povetkin actually comes off you can bet Sauerland will have options on the winner even if it isn't Povetkin.

If you wonder what that means for the division just take a gander at how many Sauerland fighters have been willing to fight either Klitschko brother.
Not a chance on earth Haye will enter into a contract that gives Sauerland further options on him. IMO he destroys Povetkin in a quicker version of the Ruiz fight but that isn't the point here. Haye and Booth are way too good business wise to let this happen.

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of agreement had been made between team Haye and team Klit that if Haye gets Sauerland out of the picture by fighting his next opponent to sever ties with them and also kills the "Mandatory" bird with the same stone, Wlad would have a fight that would get him a lot of exposure in Britain against an opponent he can look spectacular against in Chisora because even with Wlads questionable chin, Chisora would have to land lots of shots to stop him and we all know that won't happen so Wlad can open up against Jizora and really look good in the process. Meanwhile both teams slag each other off in the press and blame each other for the fight not happening when really it just needs both men to win their next fights to become a reality.

Just a theory that has been rattling round in my mind for the last week or so but boxing is a business and to me it wouldn't surprise me at all if this was the case.
Agreed completely.
That's what I was thinking when the Chisora fight was made last time. There's no way he'd be getting a shot after having done so little if it wasn't simply to hype up something bigger.
I remember posting about it on a thread ages ago, but then the fight fell through.