British boxing ready to bloom
If 2010 was a year when the green shoots of British boxing began to flower, 2011 could be one of those rare years when British boxing bursts into full bloom.
With both parties making conciliatory noises, looks like it should finally happen in the spring - although bitter experience tells us that, in boxing, obstacles you thought had been removed for good have a nasty habit of rolling back onto the tracks.
Haye, the WBA heavyweight champion, claims he has offered the Klitschkos a 50-50 split of all revenue and allowed the Ukrainian brothers to choose the German broadcaster and venue. The Klitschkos have since said Haye can fight whichever one of them he chooses - and that is likely to be IBF and WBO title-holder Wladimir.
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